Meaning of се | Babel Free

Definitions

1. the accusative short form of the reflexive pronoun себе си (sebe si), part of reflexive verbs, denoting that the subject is simultaneously the direct object; corresponds to myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
   clitic, pronoun, reflexive
2. accusative reciprocal pronoun, denoting that the agents perform the mutual actions among themselves; corresponds to each other, one another
   clitic, reciprocal
3. reflexive pronoun, part of autocausative verbs, denoting that the referent represented by the subject combines the activity of actor and undergoes a change of state like a patient
   clitic, pronoun, reflexive
4. reflexive pronoun, part of anticausative verbs, denoting that the subject of the verb undergoes an action or change of state whose agent is unclear or nonexistent
   clitic, pronoun, reflexive
5. used for passive constructions with transitive verbs and undetermined agent
   clitic, pronoun, reflexive
6. used for passive constructions with transitive verbs and determined agent
   clitic, pronoun, reflexive
7. inherent part of an unergative reflexive or reciprocal verb with no meaning of its own, and an obligatory part of the verb's lexical entry
   clitic, pronoun, reflexive

Equivalents

Examples

“Обичам се.”

I love myself.

“Обича се.”

He/She/It loves himself/herself/itself.

“Мария и Петър се обичат.”

Maria and Petar love each other.

“Петър се обиди.”

Petаr became/was offended.

“Вратата се отвори.”

The door was opened.

“От моята къща се вижда морето.”

From my house one can see the sea.

“Говори се, че...”

It is said that...

“Писмото се пише от мен.”

The letter is being written by me.

“Къщата се проектира от известен архитект.”

The house was designed by a famous architect.

“Гордея се с работата на Сиву в училище.”

I am proud of Sivu's schoolwork.

“Тя се надява да спечели златния медал.”

She is hoping to win the gold medal.

CEFR level