Empathic pronouns are often used to emphasise something.

Direct object pronouns directly receive the action of a verb and go before the verb

Indirect object pronouns indirectly receive the action of a verb and go before the verb.

Pronoms adverbiaux - Y and En The adverbial pronouns y and en are so tiny that one might think their role in a sentence is not very important, but in fact quite the opposite is true. They are both extremely important in French. Y refers to a place that has already been mentioned; it is normally translated by there in English. Y usually replaces a prepositional phrase beginning with à, chez, dans, etc. Note that there can often be omitted in English, but y can never be omitted in French. « Je vais » is not a complete sentence; you have to say « J'y vais. » Y can also replace à + noun when the noun refers to a place or thing. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.) or de + the indefinite article (un, une, des) + a noun. It is equivalent to some, any, or a number in English. If there is a modifier like beaucoup de or a number in the sentence, en replaces the noun and the modifier or number is placed at the end of the sentence.