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Level 38 - En

En means 'in' but it is less flexible than dans and tends to appear in set phrases. We have already seen in Level 24 that it is used with feminine countries to mean 'in' or 'to' but there are many more uses, of which the list below is a selection.

en avance
en bas
en ce moment
en centre-ville
en colère
en face de
en forme
en général
en haut
en même temps
en panne
en plein air
en provenance de
 en retard
 en sixième, en cinquième, en quatrième, en troisième, en seconde, en première, en terminale
en train de
en ville

  

ahead of schedule
down / at the bottom / downstairs
at the moment
in the centre of town
angry
opposite
fit, in form
in general
up / at the top / upstairs
at the same time
broken down
in the open air
coming from
late
in Year 7, in Year 8, in Year 9, in Year 10, in
Year 11, in Year 12, in Year 13 (at school)
in the process of
in town

Of it / of them / some

En also means 'of it', 'of them' or 'some' and it appears before the verb you are using, for example:

j'en suis très fier
qu'est-ce que tu en penses?
il y en a beaucoup
j'en mange
  I am very proud of it
what do you think of it?
there are lots of them
I'm eating some

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