Meaning of се | Babel Free
[sɛ]Definitions
- all, everything
- Short reflexive direct object pronoun (all persons).
- the accusative short form of the reflexive pronoun себе си, part of reflexive verbs, denoting that the subject is simultaneously the direct object; corresponds to myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
- accusative reciprocal pronoun, denoting that the agents perform the mutual actions among themselves; corresponds to each other, one another
- 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
- 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
- used for passive constructions with transitive verbs and undetermined agent
- used for passive constructions with transitive verbs and determined agent
- 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
Examples
“Се сакам.”
I love myself.
“Се сака⟳.”
He/she/it loves himself/herself/itself.
“Марија и Петар се сакаат.”
Maria and Petar love each other.
“Петар се навреди⟳.”
Peter became offended.
“Вратата се отвори⟳.”
The door was opened.
“Од мојата куќа се гледа⟳ морето.”
From my house one can see the sea.
“Се вели⟳, дека...”
It is said that...
“Куќата се проектира⟳ од познат архитект.”
The house was designed by a famous architect.
“Јас се гордеам со школскиот успех на Иво.”
I am proud of Ivo's success as school.
“Таа се надева дека ќе освои⟳ златен медал.”
She is hoping to win the gold medal.
“Tоа е сѐ што сакам.”
That's all that I want.
“Сѐ беше црно.”
Everything was black.
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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