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What does the “y” stand for in “Je m’y attendais”?

Personal pronoun “y” can replace something that is indirect object to a verb whose indirect object is introduced by preposition “à”.

A verb phrase :

A- Il pleut.
B- Je m’y attendais, il y avait de gros nuages noirs.

A noun :

A- Voilà la pluie.
B- Je m’y attendais, il y avait de gros nuages noirs.

The verb is “s’attendre à“. We could react to “Il pleut” with:

Je m’attendais à ce qu’il pleuve.

and to “Voilà la pluie” with :

Je m’attendais à la pluie.

we will usually replace “à ce qu’il pleuve” or “à la pluie” by personal pronoun “y” placed just before the verb.

 

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