What is the translation of "A la maison, il y en a toujours un pour remettre ça dans le frigo ..." in English?

The phrase "A la maison, il y en a toujours un pour remettre ça dans le frigo ..." translates colloquially to: "At home, there's always one to put it back in the fridge..."

What does the word "la" mean in this context?

In this phrase, "la" means: the (feminine)

What does the word "maison" mean in this context?

In this phrase, "maison" means: house / home

What does the word "il" mean in this context?

In this phrase, "il" means: it / he

What does the word "y" mean in this context?

In this phrase, "y" means: there

What does the word "en" mean in this context?

In this phrase, "en" means: some of it / of it

What does the word "a" mean in this context?

In this phrase, "a" means: has / there is (3rd person singular of avoir)

What does the word "toujours" mean in this context?

In this phrase, "toujours" means: always

What does the word "un" mean in this context?

In this phrase, "un" means: one (masculine)

What does the word "pour" mean in this context?

In this phrase, "pour" means: for / to

What does the word "remettre" mean in this context?

In this phrase, "remettre" means: to put back / to replace

What does the word "ça" mean in this context?

In this phrase, "ça" means: it / that

What does the word "dans" mean in this context?

In this phrase, "dans" means: in / into

What does the word "le" mean in this context?

In this phrase, "le" means: the (masculine)

What does the word "frigo" mean in this context?

In this phrase, "frigo" means: fridge

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PHRASES

A la maison, il y en a toujours un pour remettre ça dans le frigo ...

→ “At home, there's always one to put it back in the fridge...”

A — to

la maison — house / home

, —

il y — there

en — some of it / of it

a — has / there is (3rd person singular of avoir)

toujours — always

un pour — for / to

remettre — to put back / to replace

ça — it / that

dans — in / into

le frigo — fridge

... —

📐 GRAMMAR ANALYSIS

📌 Existential Construction 'Il y a'

The phrase il y a is the standard way to say 'there is' or 'there are' in French. It uses the impersonal subject il, the adverbial particle y (indicating location/existence), and the verb avoir (to have) conjugated as a. The en following 'il y a' replaces a noun phrase introduced by 'de' (e.g., 'of it', 'some'), meaning 'some of it' or 'of it' in this context.

Example: “Il y a un (It there is one)”

📌 Infinitive Verbs after 'Pour'

The word pour means 'for' or 'to'. When followed by another verb, it indicates purpose or intention, requiring the second verb to be in its infinitive form (the base form). Here, remettre is the infinitive of 'to put back'.

Example: “Pour remettre (To put back)”

📌 Colloquial Contraction 'Dans le'

In spoken and informal written French, prepositions like dans (in) often contract with the definite article le (the) to form dans le. This is a very common contraction used before masculine nouns.

Example: “Dans le (In the)”

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