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[oak shoal]

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[sacred monolith]

y is for places (with some exceptions)
and en is to replace de/des/du/de la

[robust yoke]

thanks! that really helps

[sacred monolith]

pas de souci

[agile trench]

I'd say y used for objects introduced by à is more the rule rather than the exception

[stray remnant]

You‘re an angel

I can put that in my "Cahier de grammaire"

[sacred monolith]

"lui demander" is not really an object ><

imo but do correct me

thats why i said with exceptions

[agile trench]

It's an indirect object

COI

[stray remnant]

Je lui ai dit

[agile trench]

Yea

[sacred monolith]

elle pense à lui demander

[agile trench]

But I'm not sure why you bring that up cuz we're talking about y

Ah

Anything introduced by à, regardless

Except people

[uneven heart]

Yeah that's the way my prof explained it to me. Anything introduced by à other than proper nouns is y, and de/des etc is en. also important to remember that y comes before en if they occur together

[agile trench]

not so much proper nouns as people

[uneven heart]

ah

merci