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Uses of the Impersonal & Passive "se"



Impersonal "Se"       Passive "se"            
The Spanish "se" is equal to saying "one...", "you...", "people...", or "they..."  in English. 
You can say it has an unidentified human agent.
ie. In the United States people eat a lot . (It doesn't concern what they are eating.)
En los estados unidos se come mucho. 
Note: The verb is always singular.
The verbs are always intransitive.
Transitive verbs do not have an object.
Examples of intransitive verbs are: eat, sleep, die, swim.		Can only be used with singular or plural, transitive verbs.
This is only used with non-living nouns and pronouns.
Examples of transitive verbs are: see, give, cook, lift.
Think about it this way:
Se vendió la casa.
The house was sold.
 (We don't know who sold the house. We just care that it was sold.)
It's possible to indicate action without knowing who performed the action.
The influence is placed on the action itself, not the doer of the action. 
     Se entra por aquí.          One goes this way.    
Se está mejor aquí.One is better off here.
Se dice que hay osos que vivien en la sierra.They say that there are bears that live in the mountains.
Se vendió la casa.The house was sold.
Se gasta mucho dinero en el mercado.A lot of money is spent in the market.
No se habla español en ese ciuidad.Spanish isn't spoken in that city.


Impersonal "se" Passive "se"
un-identified human agentNon-living nouns and pronouns
CrowdNon-living example rocks




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