Breakdown of Ce livre est intéressant, je veux en lire un autre.
je
I
être
to be
lire
to read
le livre
the book
vouloir
to want
intéressant
interesting
ce
this
en
some of it
un autre
another one
Questions & Answers about Ce livre est intéressant, je veux en lire un autre.
Why is it ce livre and not cet livre?
Why is intéressant not intéressante?
What does en mean here?
Is this en the same as the word meaning in?
It is the same spelling, but not the same function.
In this sentence, en is not the preposition meaning in. It is a pronoun.
So here, en means something like:
- of it
- of them
- one(s) of that kind
The exact English wording depends on the sentence.
Why is en placed before lire?
Why do we need un in un autre?
Could I also say Je veux lire un autre livre?
Why not use le instead of en?
Because le and en do different jobs.
Je veux le lire = I want to read it
This means that specific book.Je veux en lire un autre = I want to read another one
This means another book, not the same one.
So le points to a specific object, while en works when French is referring back to a noun with an idea like one, another, some, three, and so on.
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Every French noun is either masculine or feminine, and this affects the articles and adjectives used with it. "Le" is used with masculine nouns and "la" with feminine ones. Adjectives also change form to match — for example, "petit" (masc.) becomes "petite" (fem.).
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