The French pronoun “en” replaces a noun. Unfortunately in French, there are many French pronouns to chose from according to the grammatical value of the noun, or the way it’s being used. We use “en” in French to replace a noun modified by a notion of quantity.

When certain verbs are followed by a non-human object, you use the pronoun en to replace the whole phrase. For example, when using the verb avoir peur de (to be afraid of), j’ai peur de l’orage (I am afraid of the storm) becomes j’en ai peur (I am afraid of it).

A pronoun (I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, each, few, many, who, whoever, whose, someone, everybody, etc.) is a word that takes the place of a noun. In the sentence Joe saw Jill, and he waved at her, the pronouns he and her take the place of Joe and Jill, respectively.

Quick Recap

1. Y replaces the structure à + noun, it can replace anything except a person (or more precisely an animate object).
2. En replaces the structure de + noun. You could also think about this pronoun when you encounter a noun after a partitive article, a quantity word or a number.

Most commonly, the pronoun y replaces indirect objects following the preposition à (to), and it roughly means “there” in English (the key word here being “roughly”). The pronoun en replaces indirect objects following the preposition de (of), and it roughly translates to “some” or “any” in English (again, roughly!).

Confusion about using en to replace people The lesson says you can’t use the pronoun “en” to replace people.

Ë appears in words like French Noël and Dutch koloniën. This so-called trema is used to indicate that the vowel should not be monophthonged. For example, Noël is pronounced [nɔɛl], whilst Noel would be pronounced [nœl].

2 Answers. J’ is a Je indeed, but it is not the same as the do not/don’t contraction. In the case of do not/don’t, you contract because you want to save some effort/time by biting one syllable. In the case of je/j’, you don’t get to choose whether you contract or not.

For a condom, just use the word condom. This is the proper word used in the UK and the USA. As the following links show, using the word rubber to mean a condom, is American slang: US slang for a condom (Cambridge Dictionaries Online)

French Letter may refer to: Condom, a birth control device.

The French alphabet is based on the 26 letters of the Latin alphabet, uppercase and lowercase, with five diacritics and two orthographic ligatures. The letters ⟨w⟩ and ⟨k⟩ are rarely used except in loanwords and regional words.

The biggest reason for unpronounced letters is that, at one time, the letters were pronounced. Spelling tends to reflect the language as it was spoken when the language was standardized, rather than how it’s pronounced today.

Euphony, a rule of harmony. Another reason why people find FRench language charming is the intonation. French language has an ardent dedication to “euphony” or the quality of sounding harmonious. There are rules to make sure that French always sounds like a song or an old fashioned drama.