terorbyte (corrigez-moi svp)

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[supple pond]

I can answer this : D

In your sentences, notice how you use DES instead of LES. That is to say, you "read books" and not "THE books".

When, like in this case, you're replacing an article indéfini like DES or DU, you use the pronom "EN"

It always helps to illustrate:

Je mange la pomme sur la table = je la mange
Je vois les oiseaux = je les vois

BUT am i not using an article défini like in the above examples, then i can use EN

Je mange des pommes = j'en mange

J'ai lu un des (here: de + les) livres = j'en ai lu un

That covers the main idea i think, maybe someone else can come along and expand because there's a number of rules and use cases

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[worthy elk]

Interesting, thanks!

[supple pond]

You're absolutely welcome !

[worthy elk]

And in the case of "des", you'd still say that they are CODs?

[supple pond]

I'm not sure i understood correctly so tell me if i'm not answering the question...:

"en" and stuff like "le/la/les" are ALL pronoms personnels

But "en" is like you said a pronom adverbial, whereas le/la/les are pronoms COD

And if that's not an answer, then i'd say that
"Je mange des pommes" here des pommes still counts as a COD, it's just a question of whether or not the amount is specified/determined

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