s'en être

French

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /s‿ɑ̃.n‿ɛtʁ/

Verb

s'en être

  1. (formal or dated) Used only in the simple past tense for s'en aller
    • 1937, Léon Berman, chapter 15, in Histoire des Juifs de France des origines à nos jours, page 125:
      Exilés du domaine de la Couronne, les proscrits s’en furent demander asile aux provinces limitrophes[.]
      Exiled from the Crown lands, they went to request asylum in nearby provinces.

Conjugation

Only conjugated in the simple past tense.

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