I have seen that "en" is placed between "Us/We,You,They" and a verb sometimes. Example:
Nous en avons discuté
I know what it means, but I don't understand what "en" is doing there. Why not
Nous avons discuté
?
We have discussed
Not
We in have discussed
I assume that "en" means "in" in this case?
For instance
Nous avons discuté de la situation. => Nous en avons discuté.
En is a pronoun that replaces de la situation. It is not a preposition.
In English it would be conveyed by:
We have discussed about it.
Usually in English one can omit about it. In French, it isn't so.
Other example:
Il en avait compris l'importance => He had realized the importance (of it).
As a side remark, note that en as preposition is not always translated by in. E.g.
En allant à l’université, j’ai rencontré une belle fille = While going to college I met a beautiful girl.
Aller en Amérique = Go to America.
See https://www.francaisfacile.com/exercices/exercice-francais-2/exercice-francais-105600.php
