French

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Etymology

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Suppletion of the verb "to go" by corresponding forms of the verb "to be" in the simple past tense is common in Romance languages (see simple past tense forms of Spanish and Portuguese ir).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /s‿ɑ̃.n‿ɛtʁ/

Verb

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s’en être

  1. (formal or dated) used only in the simple past tense for s’en aller

Conjugation

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Only conjugated in the simple past tense.