>>35
Its not short for something, basically we always write it this way to avoid double-vowels (not always but if i recall its usually with pronouns and determinants such as "le,la,les" [all these stand for "the"]) Basically instead of saying "La école" we say "L'école" to avoid double-vowels =P
As for "j'y" it stands for : Je y
"Je" is the pronoun "I".
"y" indicates the object.
i.e. : J'y vais. (I'm going [there])
"y" stands for [there] which is omitted in english.
We can rephrase it in another way : Je vais y aller
Basically as i said "y" is there to show that there is a object thats being talked about.
-Can you go to the library to pick up a book for me?
-Alright I'm going [to the library]
-Est-ce que tu peux aller me chercher un livre à la bibliothèque?
-Daccord J'y vais. (Daccord je vais aller [à la bibliothèque])
[] is replaced by "y" =P
I hope this will be useful, fucking tards gtfo if you're not here to learn a language or help someone with it.