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[upper zinc]

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[indigo dust]

The negative particle « ne » ?

Before « y »

Il n’y avait plus de quiches
[ne y = n’y]

The order is basically
Subject + (ne) + me/te/le/la/nous/vous/les + lui/leur + y + en + Verb

You can get a max of two pronouns

Je ne le lui ai pas donné
I did not give it to him/her

[glad meadow]

there wasn't a "ne", though. the sentence in the post copy-pasted is this: "...arrivée au supermarché y'avait plus de quiches". but thanks! I've been struggling with negation for some time

[indigo dust]

Oh yes, the particle « ne » is often dropped in spoken French and written French meant to emulate speech

[glad meadow]

ahhh i see. thanks!

[indigo dust]

The subject « il » is what we call a dummy pronoun; it’s just there to conjugate the verb

In very specific circumstances it can be dropped and it is here

Il n’y avait plus –> Y avait plus

[calm hamlet]

are there circumstances when a dummy il cannot be dropped informally? i guess with être or when an intransitive verb like pleuvoir follows it