Breakdown of C'est notre héritage, et nous en sommes fiers.
être
to be
ce
it / this (with être)
et
and
nous
we / us (object pronoun)
Questions & Answers about C'est notre héritage, et nous en sommes fiers.
Why do we use en here instead of a direct object pronoun like le?
Why is en placed before sommes?
In French, object pronouns like en go immediately before the conjugated verb they belong to. Here, the pronoun is tied to the verb sommes, so it forms nous en sommes.
Why does the sentence start with c'est rather than il est to say 'It is'?
You must use c'est when 'it is' is followed by a noun that has a determiner, such as the possessive word notre. Because héritage is modified by notre, c'est is the correct choice.