Why use "y" instead of "lui" as an indirect object? Essentially, you are calling this an adverbial pronoun rather than an idirect object pronoun.

DanC1Kwiziq community member

Why use "y" instead of "lui" as an indirect object? Essentially, you are calling this an adverbial pronoun rather than an idirect object pronoun.

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ChrisC1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

I don't want to get into grammatical semantics, but did you have a question regarding how to use "y"?

UmaA1Kwiziq community member

Je pense à ma famille. Here 'ma famille' are people. What pronoun should I use for 'ma famille' and why?

Why use "y" instead of "lui" as an indirect object? Essentially, you are calling this an adverbial pronoun rather than an idirect object pronoun.

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