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It is possible (and in fact usual) in French to replace là with y, which also
means there. Let’s look at both:
to go there (using là) aller là
to go there (using y) y aller
I want to go there. Je veux y aller.
I want to go there with you. Je veux y aller avec vous.
I don’t want to go there. Je ne veux pas y aller.
You don’t want to go there. (inf.) Tu ne veux pas y aller.
He wants to go there. Il veut y aller.
She wants to go there. Elle veut y aller.
to eat manger
She wants to eat. Elle veut manger.
We want to eat. Nous voulons manger.
You want to eat. Vous voulez manger.
They want to eat. Ils veulent manger.
They want to eat. (female group) Elles veulent manger.
The Present
NOTE! Don’t forget that veulent is pronounced “vurl”. The letters “ent” are silent
here, as they are whenever “ent” comes at the end of a verb that follows “they”.
They don’t want to eat. Ils ne veulent pas manger.
They don’t want to eat it. Ils ne veulent pas le manger.
I want to know why they don’t want Je veux savoir pourquoi ils ne
to eat it. veulent pas le manger.
I want to know why they don’t want Je veux savoir pourquoi ils ne
to eat any of it. veulent pas en manger.
“can”
I can go there with you. Je peux y aller avec vous.
I can go there this evening. Je peux y aller ce soir.
I cannot go there this evening. Je ne peux pas y aller ce soir.
You cannot go there this evening. (inf.) Tu ne peux pas y aller ce soir.
He can go there this evening. Il peut y aller ce soir.
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