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The Impersonal and Passive The Impersonal and Passive

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se El se impersonal y pasivo Se dice que nuestro piloto tiene mucha experiencia Menos mal Me da miedo viajar en avión The impersonal se You will remember using the reflexive pronoun ID: 313286

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Slide1

The Impersonal and Passive se

(El se impersonal y pasivo)

Se dice que nuestro piloto tiene mucha experiencia.

¡Menos mal! Me da miedo viajar en avión.Slide2

The impersonal se

You will remember using the reflexive pronoun se to talk about what people do to or for themselves.

Marta se lava el pelo los lunes.

Marta washes her hair on Mondays.

Spanish often uses this se in an impersonal sense, that is, without mentioning a particular person.

Aquí se lava la ropa los martes.

Here you wash clothes on Tuesdays.

Some English equivalents would be:

Here one washes clothes on Tuesdays.

Here they wash clothes on Tuesdays.Slide3

The impersonal se

Following are other examples of this type of usage:

Se dice que hay oro al final del arco iris.

They say that there is gold at the end of the rainbow.

People say that there is gold at the end of the rainbow.

It is said that there is gold at the end of the rainbow.

¿Aquí se permite fumar?

Is smoking permitted here?

Do they permit smoking here?

Can you smoke here?Slide4

The impersonal se

The third-person plural of the verb may be used without se

to express these impersonal subjects.

Dicen que no hay mal que por bien no venga.

They say that every cloud has a silver lining.Creen que Dora es muy aplicada.

People think that Dora is very studious.Slide5

The passive se

The pronoun se may also be used with the third-person singular or plural form of the verb as a substitute for the passive voice in Spanish. The agent, or person who does the action, is not mentioned in this type of construction since the speaker is making a general reference.

Se

The lost soccer ball was found this morning.

Use

se

plus the

third-person

singular

when the noun acted upon is

singular

.

encontró

el balón perdido esta mañana.Slide6

The passive se

The pronoun se may also be used with the third-person singular or plural form of the verb as a substitute for the passive voice in Spanish. The agent, or person who does the action, is not mentioned in this type of construction since the speaker is making a general reference.

No se

Tickets are not sold on Sundays.

Use

se

plus the

third-person

plural

when the noun acted upon is

plural

.

venden

boletos

los

domingos

.Slide7

The passive se

The pronoun se may also be used with the third-person singular or plural form of the verb as a substitute for the passive voice in Spanish. The agent, or person who does the action, is not mentioned in this type of construction since the speaker is making a general reference.

No se

It is not permitted to walk on the lawn.

Use

se

plus the

third-person

singular

when

followed by an

infinitive

.

p

ermite

caminar

por

el

césped

.Slide8

Práctica1. Se __________ (vender) carne en la

carnicería.2. Se __________ (poder (ue)) encontrar

todo en el mercado.3. Se __________ (encontrar

(ue)) muebles en la mueblería.4. No se __________ (permitir) comer en la

clase.vende

puede

encuentran

permite