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The indirect object pronoun  means to him or to her:

Likewise, the indirect object pronoun means to them:

Lui replaces à [person]:

Likewise, leur replaces à [people]:

Lui and leur usually only refer to people; they will sometimes also be used in reference to things.

The expression means there is … or there are …:

The interrogative form of il y a is. That is, il y a is inverted to y a-t-il, meaning is there? or are there?, within questions:

Both How much … and How many … (quantity) are translated as.

If the person or thing it refers to is countable, combien de is always followed by a plural noun:

However, with uncountable nouns, such as and, the singular form is used:

Inversion
Nouns and verbs are often inverted within questions. The inverted words are connected by a dash:

is used to connect vowels in inverted phrases (called an euphonic or pleasing to the ear):

For example:

Conjunctions in french function in the same way as english.

In addition to, , and , there are several common prepositions in French.