Season 2 – Lesson 21 – Coffee Break French

Lesson 21 marks the beginning of Level 2b of Coffee Break French. In this week’s lesson we look at two tiny pronouns which can cause some confusion for French learners: y and en. Please note that lesson 21 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 61 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners.

Get the podcast

Access this lesson and all future lessons of Coffee Break French automatically by subscribing to the podcast. You can access the podcast on your computer, tablet or phone using the appropriate links below.

Join the conversation

Join the conversation with the Coffee French team on social media! We post regular language and cultural information on Facebook, and you can keep up with Coffee Break Languages on Instagram.

Go Premium...

The premium version of Coffee Break French Season 2 provides additional materials which will help you move forward more effectively with your French studies. These are available on the Coffee Break Academy.

Video lessons

Listen to each lesson and see the words and phrases covered in the lesson displayed on the screen of your computer, phone or tablet.

Bonus audio

Use our review lessons to practise the language covered in the main lesson, and to pick up some useful bonus vocabulary.

Lesson notes

Study the language of each lesson in greater detail and access additional information about French in our comprehensive lesson notes.

Available on the Coffee Break Academy

All our online courses are available only on the Coffee Break Academy where with a single login you’ll be able to access the premium elements of the course.

You can access everything online or, if you prefer, you can download the materials to your own device and take your learning with you wherever you go.

Would you like a free trial?

Not quite sure if you’re ready to sign up for the premium version of Coffee Break French? Pas de problème! We’d love to offer you a free trial. Just enter your details below and we’ll send you an email to confirm your level and get you set up with the first three lessons of the course absolutely free, with no obligation!

10 thoughts on “Season 2 – Lesson 21 – Coffee Break French”

  1. In the exercise notes, for question 12, the answer is “Je vais en emmener.” My original quess was “J’en vais emmener.” Is that an acceptable answer or is it just wrong.

    Reply
  2. Hi everyone

    I’m Ellie, one of Radio Lingua’s Community Managers (along with Katie and Marylou). Do you feel like you need a bit more practice with “y” and “en”? Well, if you head over to Facebook, we’ve got a quiz on the discussions board as well as conversations about different topics, including food, cinema and travel. Click on the link to practise your French or just to come and say “salut!”

    À plus!

    Reply
  3. Great website.

    Learners are lucky today as when I learned French 15 years ago, we had none of these great teaching sites. i had to do it the horrible way with textbooks only 🙁

    This site is great and I wish it all the best 🙂

    Reply
  4. are “y” and “en” similar to “hi” and “en” in catalan language?
    I noticed that in most of the examples, these words could be translated into “hi” and “en” in catalan , but not sure if they mean exactly the same.

    examples:

    english:Are you going to the bank today? No, I’m going(there)tomorrow.
    french: Tu vas à la banque aujourd’hui ? Non, j’y vais demain.
    catalan: Tu vas al banc avui ? No, jo hi vaig dema.

    english: I’d like two books. I’d like two (of them).
    french: Je voudrais deux livres. J’en voudrais deux.
    catalan: Jo voldria dos llibres. Jo en voldria dos.

    Reply

Leave a Comment