What does this "EN" mean?
Hi, I don't catch why do we need to put the "EN" in the second sentence below. Do you have a grammatical explanation?
"Mais il était impatient de grandir. Il en oubliait de remarquer les promeneurs qui venaient cueillir des fruits ou des champignons."
Why do we write "Il EN OUBLIAIT"? instead of "IL OUBLIAIT"? Does this "EN" refer to "impatient de grandir"? Thanks!!!

Question

What does this "EN" mean?
Hi, I don't catch why do we need to put the "EN" in the second sentence below. Do you have a grammatical explanation? 
"Mais il était impatient de grandir. Il en oubliait de remarquer les promeneurs qui venaient cueillir des fruits ou des champignons."
Why do we write "Il EN OUBLIAIT"? instead of "IL OUBLIAIT"? Does this "EN" refer to "impatient de grandir"?  Thanks!!!

Answer

Dans cette phrase « en » = « pour cela »
Cela = « Mais il était impatient de grandir. »

Il oubliait, parce qu'il était impatient de grandir, de remarquer les promeneurs...

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Hi, I'm not a teacher but my mother tongue is french. The adverbial pronoun EN as a lot of different uses. Here, EN refers back to the preceding sentence. It is the "explanation" of why "il oubliait". It gives you more detail and is the extention of the previous sentence, if that makes sens for you. If you just say "il oubliait" it does not put you in context. There would be no correlation between the sentences. I hope this helps.

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