aluminum0719

[terse fulcrum]

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[wispy oyster]

@wind condor to use y in this way, it is 'there'. "j'y vais" -> I go there

y replaces a place when you've already mentioned it

[wind condor]

is it different than saying "je vais en france""

[rotund dragon]

can't say the place and y, it's the same thing

it's redundant

je vais en france

or

j'y vais

[wispy oyster]

i go there france

that makes no sense, same in french

j'y vais en France.

so you gotta pick

[rotund dragon]

same thing as in english, but it's before the verb in french

[wind condor]

so you use je vais if youre gonna say somewhere specific and j'y vais if you arent?

[wispy oyster]

y = there

same in english

"Tu vas à l'école?"
"Oui j'y vais"
OU "Non je vais au travail"

[rotund dragon]

it's just not to repeat the place all the time

feels fluider

smoother sorry

[wispy oyster]

yeh

[rotund dragon]

french .....

[wispy oyster]

mdr

[wind condor]

what about "qu'y a-t-il?"

wdym

i just saw it in a show

[rotund dragon]

that's different

i'm unable to help you there 😅 a

[wispy oyster]

i think thats deconstructed 'il y a'
n'est pas?

[rotund dragon]

similar to "qu'est ce qu'il y a"

but "qui y a t'il" is tricky

oh sorry, "qu'y a t-il"

[glossy pelican]

Y a-t-il is just interrogative inversion.

[wind condor]

alr

what about j'y pense?

[wispy oyster]

i think there (lit)

y replaces à

which is normally a place

but when we think of a thing

we say pense À

so since there is à

the contracted is y (FOR THINGS ONLY)

[glossy pelican]

J'y pense = I think about it.
This construction is only for things, not for persons.

[wispy oyster]

je pense à boire un café

j'y pense

if its people its moi/toi/lui/elle/nous/vous/leur/elles

je pense à une fille
je elle pense

je pense à un mec
je lui pense

[glossy pelican]

Je pense à lui, elle, toi, etc.

Penser does not use indirect pronouns.

[wind condor]

alr i understand now thanks

[wispy oyster]

pas de socui alors, bonne journée

[dense ridge]

if you’re tryna say “isn’t it?” i think it’s “n’est-ce pas ?” instead of “n’est pas ?” which is why it sounds like “ness pa”

ce when attached like that is like an s sound