en (partitiu amb objectes quantificats)

Partitive En for Quantified Noun Phrases

Level 6

En replaces the understood noun in a quantified object while the quantity remains.

How It Works

Compare vull dues pomes with en vull dues. The numeral or quantity still tells how much; en supplies the understood noun. Gender remains visible on a quantity such as dues when the noun is feminine.

A quantified object in formal prose can combine en with a longer quantity expression: n'hem rebut més de vint. The noun remains understood, but the quantity phrase does not disappear. If the quantity varies for gender, retain the matching form, as in en seleccionarem dues. A following de phrase can clarify the noun as a detached specification; it should not be confused with an ordinary redundant direct object.

Examples (3)

  1. N'hem rebut més de vint.

    We have received more than twenty of them.

  2. En seleccionarem dues.

    We will select two of them.

  3. D’informes, encara en falten tres.

    Three reports are still missing.

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en (partitiu amb objectes quantificats)Level 6Partitive En for Quantified Noun Phrases

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Keep numeral gender and an understood noun distinct in a quantified object.

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