What’s on the Y and En poster
The rule, 3 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes.
- Y stands for à + a thing or place. En stands for de + a thing, or an amount.
- Je vais à Paris → J'y vais · J'ai trois livres → J'en ai trois
- Tu penses à ton travail ? = Oui, j'y pense
- Tu as des frères ? = Oui, j'en ai deux
- Tu viens du bureau ? = Oui, j'en viens
- Common mistake: Using y for people → Use à lui, à elle for people
Il y a — 'there is' — is y in its most common appearance, and the phrase never changes form.
Questions about the Y and En poster
- What’s on the Y and En poster?
- The rule, 3 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes. Y stands for à + a thing or place. En stands for de + a thing, or an amount.; Je vais à Paris → J'y vais · J'ai trois livres → J'en ai trois; Tu penses à ton travail ? = Oui, j'y pense; Tu as des frères ? = Oui, j'en ai deux; Tu viens du bureau ? = Oui, j'en viens; Common mistake: Using y for people → Use à lui, à elle for people. Il y a — 'there is' — is y in its most common appearance, and the phrase never changes form.
- Who is the Y and En poster for?
- Y and En belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning french can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Y and En poster?
- Y replaces à + thing. En replaces de + thing, or a quantity. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Y and En belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Y and En?
- Adjective Placement, Articles and Avoir & Être sit alongside Y and En in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adjective PlacementArticlesAvoir & Être
- Is the Y and En poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Y and En downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Y and En poster print at?
- Y and En is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Y and En loses nothing.Printing guide
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