I understood that this sentence means, it's not worth the trouble, but, Why is there 'en' between ne and vaut? What does it signify? Is it a pronoun?
In which other connotations can "en" be used?
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Sign up to join this communityI understood that this sentence means, it's not worth the trouble, but, Why is there 'en' between ne and vaut? What does it signify? Is it a pronoun?
In which other connotations can "en" be used?
This "en" means "de le faire" (The "doing" in "It's not worth doing"). The sentence without "en" would be :
ça ne vaut pas la peine de le faire
"En" can be used when when you have a verb using the preposition "de", for example :
J'ai mangé de la tarte.
If the pie was already mentioned before, you could just use "en" instead :
Mr X : As-tu mangé de la tarte ?
Mr Y : Oui, j'en ai mangé.