The Impersonal Se in Spanish

[@Baselang]

Need a more detailed guide to Impersonal SE?
Check out our blog post on the Impersonal SE: gotothe.link/impersonal-SE

[@TomtheMagician21]

How does the impersonal work with reflexive verbs?
For example, probar has a slightly different meaning to probarse so how would they be different in the impersonal form?
Would "se prueba aquí" mean:
"You try it here"
Or
"You try it on here"
Or are they the same?

[@daltonalberto4718]

You try it on here would be correct, because "Probarse" generally is used for "Put on" clothes, Probar generally means another whole different thing like "Try" and "Taste".
In general for reflexive and no reflexive sometimes is used different verbs in english.

[@TomtheMagician21]

Thank you! Se is very confusing especially in phrases like se puede because it means it can. But who is it canning to? Why is it not just puede? Idk 😭

[@TomtheMagician21]

So can se be a subject pronoun or an object one?

[@Burt-qs8lc]

Errors in this video for learners.
02:57 "Volverse is a copulative verb". WRONG.
Ser, estar, and parecer are copulative verbs in Spanish.
Volverse is simply a pronominal verb.
03:12 Intransitive verbs
Abrir, cerrar, and necesitar are 100% TRANSITIVE verbs.
The examples she provides for these verbs are all 'impersonal se' use cases.
04:04 Ofrecer
"se ofrece alojamiento" passive se
"se vive mejor cuando eres feliz" impersonal se
"se ríe como loco viendo esa obra de teatro" impersonal se
I watched this video one year ago in 2023 (now 2024), and I now know why I was so confused
the first time I watched it. Because she's all over the place in this video, and it wasn't just me, it
actually is in-fact a sloppily put together, confusing video with wrong information. She said to be careful of the
passive se, then proceeds to use the passive se and said it was impersonal.
If you're trying to learn this topic, find another video.

[@mariadanielalatorre1005]

is a great video but has a HUGE mistake: impersonal SE would be conjugated in third person, BUT NOT ALWAYS SINGULAR. Will be singular for singular objects ("se necesita tiempo para estudiar") and NEEDS TO BE FORM IN PLURAL for plural objects ("se necesitan agallas para renunciar a tu trabajo"/ " se buscan voluntarios para una obra de beneficencia")

[@inbcetc3569]

The standard is Always singular. I'm afraid you conflate se impersonal and se pasiva. See "Nueva gramática de la lengua española"

[@bantorio6525]

@@inbcetc3569 ... Pues no ... !!! ... mucho ojo ... !!! ... fíjate en estos ejemplos: “Se necesitA recursos” y “se necesitAN recursos” son dos frases diferentes que se usan en contextos distintos. “Se necesitA recursos” se refiere a la necesidad(singular) de tener los medios o herramientas necesarios para lograr un objetivo o cumplir una tarea . Por otro lado, “se necesitAN recursos” se utiliza para referirse a situacionES(plural) en las que se requiere más de un recurso para lograr un objetivo o cumplir una tarea ... ... ... eso según la RAE ... actualízate ... !!!

[@inbcetc3569]

@@bantorio6525 Esos ejemplos no son de impersonales reflejas (SE impersonal), sino de pasivas reflejas
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[@jovanyrichesse3983]

Thx profe

[@Baselang]

De nada

[@seacucumber-bu4ti]

Can you leave a bit more time with the writing on because it goes off the screen in a millisecond making it a nightmare to copy out.

[@bantorio6525]

🧭 ... pause the video ...

[@viviamrusso6207]

She said a lot of wrong things. She doesn't know Spanish grammar.

[@juanmendezpu174]

Literalmente es incorrecto
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