Why is french ''en'' used here?

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Why is french ''en'' used here?

Postby queenkatherine__ » Tue Aug 03, 2021 7:55 am

Just when I thought I knew everything about the scary ''en,'' I get confused. Someone please help.

''Toutes les images pas trop esthétiques
Autobiographiques
Fais-EN un film.''

Why can't you say, ''fais-le'' ?

From a song: Alice et Moi - filme moi
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Re: Why is french ''en'' used here?

Postby Dragon27 » Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:12 pm

queenkatherine__ wrote:Fais-EN un film.''

Make a movie out of them.
The pronoun "en" essentially acts as a replacement for "de ça" (or any other prepositional complement starting with the preposition "de").
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Re: Why is french ''en'' used here?

Postby ilmari » Wed Aug 04, 2021 5:07 am

Fais un film de cela.
Fais-en un film.

En is here a pronoun replacing de X.
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Re: Why is french ''en'' used here?

Postby Le Baron » Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:59 pm

As ilmari says above it is a pronoun referring to what has already been mentioned: toutes les images... So en here = of it/them.

Fais-en un film = make a film from them/make from them a film.
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Re: Why is french ''en'' used here?

Postby Voxel » Thu Aug 05, 2021 7:37 am

J'en ai déjà parlé ici.
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