illegalstepdad

[cursive zenith]

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[ancient jungle]

did you give it a try and answer it on your own first? 👀

[lapis kayak]

my answers are literally written there

[ancient jungle]

oh...

those in the parentheses?

[lapis kayak]

yes

[ancient jungle]

well, n°1 is correct

n°2 and n°3 are wrong

[lapis kayak]

2. Now I would say, vous y pensez?

[ancient jungle]

yesss

[lapis kayak]

cause it is a place?

[ancient jungle]

👏

[lapis kayak]

YAY

tyyy

[ancient jungle]

that would be correct

[lapis kayak]

now the third one e_e

hmmm
3) Je ne veux pas de pain. Je ne lui veux pas ?

i dont know if i can use lui for things and stuff

[hard briar]

Not because of that. With penser à, you use either y for an inanimate thing or à + tonic pronoun for an animate being.

[lapis kayak]

ohhh

thats really specific

good to know

[hard briar]

As for the last one, it's still wrong.

[ancient jungle]

well, we use « le », « la » and « les » when we refer to something specific, like « le gâteau » or « la chaussette »
hwoever, in n°3, we have non-specific quantity, « de pain », which calls for a different pronoun

[hard briar]

We have "de pain" here.

[ancient jungle]

in this case, the pronoun is « en »

so the correct answer is « Je n'en veux pas »

[lapis kayak]

oh i see

[ancient jungle]

as « en » refers to "de pain"

[lapis kayak]

i am writing down all that stuff xD

[ancient jungle]

lol

yeah, you should

it can get a bit overwhleming

[lapis kayak]

it is a lot of details

one more question, so it is incorrect to say "y" is for places and "en" for things?

like, they can refer to a wider range of words

[ancient jungle]

no, it's is correct to say that
however, that isn't all what they are used for

[lapis kayak]

ok gotcha, thats how i was taught, probably thats why i am getting them wrong

thank you so much both of you 😄 ❤️

[ancient jungle]

for example, « y » can also to refer to places with the preposition other than « à », like « dans », « sur », « sous », etc...
and it can also refer to implied places, just like in « Vas-y »
and « en » can refer to places too that are accompagnied by the proposition « de », just like in « Tu sors de la piscine ? Oui, j'en sors », among other things as well

[lapis kayak]

btw can you take a look in these ones

1. Irène va chez Jean-Pierre.
2. La chemise est .sous le pull.
3. Antibes est près de Cannes.
4. La maison est entre la banque et la boulangerie.
5. Paul se promène sur Daniel dans la rue.
6. La voiture est .dans le garage.

Les options
avec
sur
dans
entre
près de
chez
sous

1. Il est au lycée pour trois ans, à partir de septembre prochain.
2. Il y a longtemps que je travaille dans cette entreprise.
3. Repassez dans la semaine s’il vous plaît !
4. Sam danse depuis qu’il a huit ans.
   are those correct? lol

Les options
depuis
pour
il y a
dans
en

[ancient jungle]

n°5 is incorrect

the preposition « sur » means "on" or "on top of"

here, Paul and Daniel are taking a walk with each other

so which preposition is more suitable?

[ancient jungle]

wow, this is all correct

👏

[lapis kayak]

avec

[ancient jungle]

yup