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C'est notre héritage, et nous en sommes fiers.

C'est notre héritage, et nous en sommes fiers.
It is our heritage, and we are proud of it.
From Lesson 232:The pronoun 'en' with verbs (en)·French

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?
The pronoun en replaces a phrase that starts with de. The French expression for 'to be proud of' is être fier de. Since we are saying 'proud of it' to refer to the heritage, en replaces de l'héritage.
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.
Why does fiers end in an s?
Adjectives must agree in gender and number with the subject they describe. Since the subject nous (we) is plural, the adjective fier takes an s to become fiers.

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