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[tame fern]

s'en sortir is a fixed expression

from wordref:

so the m'en is just part of the expression

[flat haven]

Ty

[tame fern]

yw

[flat haven]

Can you give some other examples pls?

[tame fern]

on s'en est sorti bien

"mon français n'est pas bon mais je peux m'en sortir"

[flat haven]

What is the est for?

[tame fern]

passé composé

être is used instead of avoir for pronominal verbs

[flat haven]

Ah ok ty. How do you pronounce s’en or m’en?

@tame fern

[tame fern]

https://fr.forvo.com/word/s'en_sortir/#fr

s'en is pronounced the same as sans

m'en is the same but with an m

[tame fern]

maybe this should have been "on s'en est bien sorti", now that i think about it

[sacred cove]

It is

[neat osprey]

*bien sorti