Questions & Answers about Je me souviens de ce film.
If I know a film, I use connaître (Je connais ce film). Can I use connaître or savoir to say I remember it?
No, remembering is a different action. While connaître means you are familiar with a noun (like a film) and savoir is for knowing facts, 'to remember' requires the verb se souvenir. You cannot use savoir or connaître to express recalling a memory. Why is there a me in Je me souviens?
The verb for 'to remember' is se souvenir, which is a reflexive verb. This means it requires a reflexive pronoun that matches the subject. For je, that pronoun is me. Literally, it is a bit like saying 'I remind myself'. Why do we need the word de before ce film?
The verb se souvenir must always be followed by the preposition de before the thing you remember. In English, we just say 'I remember this film,' but in French, the grammatical structure requires that de. Why is it ce film instead of cet film?
Ce is the masculine singular word for 'this' or 'that'. We only change it to cet when the following masculine word starts with a vowel or a silent H (like cet acteur). Since film starts with a consonant, it stays as ce. Learn Je me souviens de ce film and more in French
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