In the one question they use 'en': "Il s'en souvient. = He remembers it." I don't see anything in this lesson explaining when we would use en with this verb?
When to use en?
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M L.Kwiziq community member
When to use en?
This question relates to:French lesson "Se souvenir de/Se rappeler (de) = To remember something in French"
Asked 9 months ago
Hi M,
The 'en' replaces the prepositon 'de' in the verb 'se souvenir de quelque chose'.
Take a look at the following lesson if you need a reminder -
How to use the pronoun "en" to replace phrases in French
Bonne Continuation!
Jim J. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Bonjour M,
"Il s'en souvient" The verb form is se souvenir de (qch/qqn) in the sense of recall or recollection of something or someone previously mentioned (the adverbial pronoun en).
You haven't provided a link to the actual question, which is the source of your query; so it isn't easy to be specific in this case -- if you were to include the original text, I could help further.
Bonne continuation.
Jim
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