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Meaning of се | Babel Free

Pronoun CEFR C2
[sɛ]

Definitions

  1. all, everything
  2. Short reflexive direct object pronoun (all persons).
  3. 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
    clitic, pronoun, reflexive
  4. accusative reciprocal pronoun, denoting that the agents perform the mutual actions among themselves; corresponds to each other, one another
    clitic, pronoun, reciprocal
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. used for passive constructions with transitive verbs and undetermined agent
    clitic, pronoun, reflexive
  8. used for passive constructions with transitive verbs and determined agent
    clitic, formal, pronoun, reflexive
  9. 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

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.
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