Se

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Table of contents

1 Translingual 1.1 Abbreviation 2 Danish 2.1 Verb 3 Esperanto 3.1 Conjunction 4 Finnish 4.1 Pronoun 4.2 Declension 4.3 Related terms 5 French 5.1 Reflexive pronoun 5.2 See also 5.3 Usage 5.3.1 Translations 6 Interlingua 6.1 Pronoun 7 Italian 7.1 Conjunction 8 Portuguese 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Pronoun 8.3 Conjunction 9 Spanish 9.1 Reflexive pronoun 9.2 See also 10 Swedish 10.1 Verb

Translingual

Abbreviation

Se

1. (chemistry) symbol for selenium

se

1. ISO country code for Sweden

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Danish

Verb

se (så, set)

1. See

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Esperanto

Conjunction

se

1. if

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Finnish

Pronoun

se (stems se-, si- and sii-, see below)

1. It
2. (colloquial and dialectal) He, she
3. (demonstrative) The, that (translation varies).

Declension

This pronoun has unpredictable stems and even some case endings. For plural forms, see ne. The forms for comitative, abessive and instructive don't exist.

case	form
nominative	se
genitive	sen
accusative	sen, se
partitive	sitä
essive	sinä
translative	siksi
inessive	siinä
elative	siitä
illative	siihen
adessive	sillä
ablative	siltä
allative	sille

Related terms

• siellä
• sieltä
• siksi
• sinne
• siis
• siten

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French

Reflexive pronoun

se (can be abbreviated to s')

1. both for infinitive as for third person singular and plural

See also

me, m', te, t', nous, vous

Usage

ex. "s'endormir", to fall sleep. N.B. Some verbs require se when they would not normally require so in English.

Translations

• Dutch: zich
• English: oneself, herself, himself, themselves, each other
• German: sich
• Italian: si
• Spanish: se

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Interlingua

Pronoun

se

1. Reflexive, third person: oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves.

   Illa se videva in le speculo. = "She saw herself in the mirror."

   Many verbs bear a reflexive pronoun by default: infiltrar se = "to infiltrate", repentir se = "to repent", etc. "Se" must be replaced by "me", "te", etc. according to the subject.

2. Reciprocal: each other, one another.

   Quando illes se cognosceva? = "When did they meet (each other)?

3. Used for passive constructions with undetermined agent (translated by "one").

   De mi casa se vide le mar. = "From my house the sea is seen" or "From my house one sees the sea." (lit. "...the sea sees itself".)

4. Hence, used for expressions of the type "to get/become ...-ed".

   espaventar = "to frighten"; espaventar se = "to get frightened" (lit. "to frighten oneself")

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Italian

Conjunction

se

1. if

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA: Portugal /sə/, Brazil /si/

Pronoun

se

1. Reflexive, third person: oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves.

   Ela se viu no espelho. = "She saw herself in the mirror."

   Many verbs bear a reflexive pronoun by default; they are called pronominal verbs: comunicar-se (com) = "to communicate (with)", arrepender-se = "to repent", etc. "Se" must be replaced by "me", "te", etc. according to the subject.

2. Reflexive, related to the pronouns "você, vocês": yourself.

   E você se diz um professor! = "And you call yourself a teacher!"

3. Reciprocal: each other, one another.

   Quando eles se conheceram? = "When did they meet (each other)?

4. Used for passive constructions with transitive verbs and undetermined agent (usually translated with one).

   Da minha casa se vê o mar. = "From my house the sea is seen" or "From my house one sees the sea." (lit. "...the sea sees itself".)

5. Hence, used for expressions of the type "to get/become ...-ed".

   espantar = "to frighten"; espantar-se = "to get frightened" (lit. "to frighten oneself")

6. It also developed to a form of undetermined subject for intransitive verbs (usually translated with "one").

   Vive-se bem em Belém. = "One lives well in Belém." (litt. *"∅ lives oneself well in Belém.")

Conjunction

se

1. if.

   Se quiseres, eu compro. = "If you want (me to), I('ll) buy (it)."

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Spanish

Reflexive pronoun

se

1. Third person (and second person polite) reflexive pronoun

   used as a suffix with verbs in the infinitive and imperative

See also

• sé

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Swedish

Verb

se (såg, sett)

1. See

pl:se