/i/
Translation
there, to it, about it (adverbial pronoun)
Word origin
From Latin ibi ('there, in that place'), though some accounts trace it instead to hic ('here'). The adverbial pronoun developed in Old French to mean 'there' and 'to it'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- ibi
Other proposed origins
- Most often traced to Latin ibi ('there'). (ibi)
- Some accounts derive it from Latin hic ('here') instead. (hic)
Examples
? , j' l' .
Have you been to Paris? Yes, I went there last summer.
, j' .
I'm thinking about this problem, I think about it all the time.
.
There are people in the street tonight.
J' , - .
I'm going there right away, wait for me five minutes.
belle, ' .
This town is lovely, one feels good there.
Y est un pronom adverbial qui remplace un complement de lieu (j'y vais = je vais la-bas) ou un complement introduit par a (j'y pense = je pense a cela). Sa place est toujours avant le verbe, sauf a l'imperatif affirmatif ou il se place apres (vas-y, allons-y). Dans la locution il y a (there is / there are), le y est fige et ne remplace rien.
Le piege courant est de confondre y avec en : y remplace un groupe introduit par a ou un lieu, en remplace un groupe introduit par de ou une quantite. Je pense a Paris > j'y pense ; je viens de Paris > j'en viens. Les deux pronoms ne sont jamais interchangeables.
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