Translingual

Symbol

Se

1. (chemistry) Symbol for selenium.

Translingual

Abbreviation

se

1. (ISO country codes) Sweden

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• s'n (used without a following noun)
• syn (obsolete)

Etymology

Unstressed form of sy, syn ‎(“his, its”), from Dutch zijn, z'n ‎(“his, its”). An Afrikaans innovation is the use of se regardless of the number or gender of the possessor, which may be due to a merger with the Dutch genitive suffix -s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s‌ə/

Particle

se

1. follows a noun to indicate that this noun possesses that which follows, much like English 's

   Dis my ouma se huis.

   This is my grandmother’s house.

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tśe(i), *tśi from Proto-Indo-European *kwe-, *kw(e)i- 'how, what'. Interrogative and relative pronoun, especially in connection with a preposition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ/

Conjunction

se

1. that as, when

   Më duket se ke nevojë për disa shokë të rinj.‎

   It seems to me that you need some new friends.

   Im vëlla më tha se don të bisedojë me ty rreth librit të ri.‎

   My brother told me that he wants to talk to you about the new book.

Related terms

• si
• sa

Bonan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə/

Noun

se

1. water

References

• Üjiyediin Chuluu (Chaolu Wu) (November 1994), “Introduction, Grammar, and Sample Sentences for Baoan”, in (Please provide the title of the work), Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
• Henry G. Schwarz, The Minorities of Northern China: A Survey (1984), page 140: 'water' Daur os

Breton

Pronoun

se

1. that, this

   Petra eo se?‎ ― What's that?

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin sē, from Proto-Indo-European *swé ‎(reflexive pronoun).

Pronoun

se ‎(enclitic, contracted 's, proclitic es, contracted proclitic s')

1. himself, herself, itself (direct or indirect object)
2. oneself (direct or indirect object)
3. themselves (direct or indirect object)
4. each other (direct or indirect object)

Declension

Usage notes

The use of se and other direct personal pronouns can indicate the passive in Catalan.

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sę.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

se ‎(reflexive pronoun)

1. myself
2. yourself
3. himself
4. herself
5. itself
6. ourselves
7. yourselves
8. themselves
9. oneself

Declension

Synonyms

• sebe

Related terms

• si

Preposition

se ‎(also s)

1. with

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin sē.

Pronoun

se

1. (reflexive) oneself

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish se, from Old Norse sjá, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‎(“to see, notice”). Compare Norwegian and Swedish se, Icelandic sjá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seː/, [seːˀ]

Verb

se ‎(imperative se, infinitive at se, present tense ser, past tense så, perfect tense har/er set)

1. To see.

Dimasa

Numeral

sé

1. one

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian se, influenced by French si, Spanish si, and Latin sī.

Conjunction

se

1. if

Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ/

Noun

se ‎(plural sewo)

1. law

Fala

Alternative forms

• si

Etymology

From Old Portuguese se, sse, from Latin sē, from Proto-Indo-European *se-.

Pronoun

se

1. used for passive constructions with transitive verbs and undetermined agent (equivalent to one)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme II, Chapter 2: Recunquista:

     Non poemos analizar con pormenoris estis siglos, pero tampoco se debi toleral que, sin fundamentus, se poña en duda algo que a Historia documentá nos lega sobre nossa terra.

     We can’t thoroughly analyse these centuries, but one mustn’t tolerate that, unfoundedly, something documented history tells us about our land be questioned.

2. reflexive and reciprocal: oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves, yourself; each other, one another
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Anexu: A Porcá:

     Cumían algu de herba por camiñus, se bañaban i os devulvían a casa por as tardis.

     They ate some pasture along the way, bathed themselves and were returned to their home in the afternoon.

Synonyms

• (reflexive): -si

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse/
• Hyphenation: se
• Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

se ‎(stem se-, also si-, and sii-, see below)

1. (demonstrative, including in Kven) it; (when the speaker does not point at the thing) that
2. (colloquial and dialectal, Kven) he, she
3. (colloquial) the (see the usage notes below)

Usage notes

• Due to the influence of Germanic languages, and nowadays especially to that of English, se may often be used as a kind of definite article in colloquial Finnish, though in standard Finnish it is ungrammatical, where word order expresses whether something is definite or indefinite. (Compare the usage of yksi.)

(standard) Mies tuli luokseni. → (colloquial) Se mies tuli mun luokse.

The man came to me.

(standard) Luokseni tuli mies. → (colloquial) Yks mies tuli mun luokse.

A man came to me.

Inflection

Irregular.

Synonyms

• hän (Kven)

Derived terms

• se ja se
• se siitä
• sellainen
• sen koommin
• sen pituinen se

See also

• tämä
• tuo
• nämä
• nuo
• ne

French

Etymology

From Middle French se, from Old French se, from Latin sē, from Proto-Indo-European *swé ‎(reflexive pronoun). See also soi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə/
• Rhymes: -ə
• Homophone: ce

Pronoun

se m, f ‎(pre-vocalic s')

1. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
   1. (to) himself
   2. (to) herself
   3. (to) oneself
   4. (to) itself
   5. (to) themselves
   6. (to) each other

Usage notes

• Se becomes s' before a vowel or unaspirated h, and sometimes, in nonstandard writing, in other cases where the e would be silent, e.g. in lyrics.
• Se is often used with an actual subject, but it is also very often used with an abstract subject:

  Il est normal de se parler.‎ ― It is normal to talk to oneself.

See also

• The other reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronouns: me, m', te, t', nous, vous.
• The third-person reflexive and reciprocal disjunctive pronoun: soi.

Related terms

Derived terms

• s'en aller

Anagrams

• es, ès

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese se, from Latin sē, ablative and accusative pronoun form.

Pronoun

se reflexive, sg and pl

1. himself, herself, itself (reflexive singular third-person personal pronoun)
2. themselves (reflexive plural third-person personal pronoun)

Usage notes

The form se is the reflexive pronoun only when used as a direct or indirect object. The prepositional object reflexive form is si.

Related terms

• si

Etymology 2

From Latin sī.

Conjunction

se

1. if

See also

• Appendix:Galician pronouns
• consigo

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German sê, variously from Old Saxon sia and Old Saxon siu, ultimately developed from forms of Proto-Germanic *hiz and possibly influenced by Proto-Germanic *sa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zeː/, /seː/, /zɛɪ/, /sɛɪ/

Pronoun

se

1. she

   Se is Anke.‎

   She is Anke (Annie).

Pronoun

se

1. they

   Se kaamt ut Bremen.‎

   They come from Bremen.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French c'est ‎(“it is”)

Verb

se

1. to be
2. that is (compare French c'est)
3. it is (compare French c'est)

Usage notes

• Use ye at the end of a clause.
• This word does not appear when the predicate is an adjective or prepositional phrase, except when the preposition in the prepositional phrase is pou ‎(“for”) or tankou ‎(“like”).

References

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɛ]

Conjunction

se

1. neither

Derived terms

(Compound words):

• sebaj
• sehogy
• sehova
• semennyi

(Expressions):

• se füle, se farka
• se híre, se hamva

See also

• sem

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto se.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se/, /sɛ/

Conjunction

se

1. if

   La klerko komencus laborar se ilu povus.‎ ― The clerk would begin to work if he could.

   Se me povus, me komprus altra domo.‎ ― If I could, I would buy another house.

Noun

se ‎(plural se-i)

1. The name of the Latin script letter S/s.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze ^{(Category: io:Latin letter names)}

Interlingua

Pronoun

se ‎(third person)

1. Reflexive: oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves.

   Illa se videva in le speculo.‎ ― She saw herself in the mirror.

2. Reciprocal: each other, one another.

   Quando illes se cognosceva?‎ ― When did they meet (each other)?

3. Used for passive constructions with undetermined agent (translated by "one").

   De mi casa se vide le mar.‎ ― From my house the sea is seen. (Literally, “...the sea sees itself.”)

4. Hence, used for expressions of the type "to get/become ...-ed".

   espaventar — “to frighten”; espaventar se = "to get frightened" (lit., "to frighten oneself")

Usage notes

• (reflexive, reciprocal, oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves, each other, one another): Many verbs bear a reflexive pronoun by default. Se must be replaced by me, te, etc., according to the subject.

  infiltrar se — “to infiltrate”

  repentir se — “to repent”

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin sī.

Conjunction

se

1. if
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 99:

     Biela, se ti vedissi li galiere,‎

     Beautiful one, if you saw the galleys,

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se/
• Rhymes: -e

Etymology 1

From Late Latin se, from Latin sī^[1], from Proto-Indo-European *swé ‎(reflexive pronoun).

Conjunction

se

1. if

   Se non è vero, è ben trovato.‎

   If it is not true, it is a good story.

2. whether
3. if only

Derived terms

• se non
• se non che

Etymology 2

Pronoun

se

1. Alternative form of sé

Usage notes

• Used especially when combined with verbs or other pronouns.
• Becomes si when used as part of a reflexive verb.

References

1. ↑ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Japanese

Romanization

se

1. rōmaji reading of せ
2. rōmaji reading of セ

Kalasha

Pronoun

se

1. he/she/it (absent from speaker)

Coordinate terms

• áya

Kurdish

Alternative forms

• seg (Sorani)

Etymology

From West Iranian *spaka "dog-like, relating to dogs" (compare Median σπάκα ‎(“dog”), Persian سگ ‎(sag), and Old Armenian ասպակ ‎(aspak, “dog”), a borrowing from Median), from Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬁 ‎(spā), Pashto سپۍ ‎(spəy)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Sanskrit श्वन् ‎(śvā́)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Noun

se ?

1. (Kurmanji) dog

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin sē.

Pronoun

se

1. (indefinite) one, you, we, they, people. Note: often translated using the passive voice in English.
2. (reflexive) oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves; (reciprocal) each other, one another. Note: With some verbs, si is not translated in English.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swé ‎(reflexive pronoun).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seː/

Pronoun

sē

1. the accusative of the reflexive pronoun meaning himself, herself, itself, themselves

   Sē amat.‎

   He loves himself.

   Necessario sē aperiunt.‎

   They were forced to open themselves.

   In marī sē praecipitāvit.‎

   He drowned himself in the sea.

2. the ablative of the reflexive pronoun meaning by himself, by herself, by itself, by themselves

Usage notes

• There is little distinction made between the accusative forms sē and sēsē as the two forms are used indifferently, except that sēsē is preferred where emphasis is intended (especially in reference to a preceding ipse, or at the beginning or the end of a clause).

Inflection

Personal pronoun declension.

Derived terms

• inter sē
• per sē
• sēcum

Descendants

See also

Lojban

Cmavo

se ‎(rafsi sel)

1. exchanges the x₁ and x₂sumti of the following brivla

   mi se viska la djan.‎ ― I am seen by John.

2. indicates that the object of a preposition fills x2 of its corresponding brivla

   ti cukta se bau la oDET.‎ ― This is a book in Odette's language.

3. reverses the two clauses connected by a logical conjunction

   mi klama le zarci se.u le ckule‎ ― I go to the school whether or not the store.

See also

• te
• ve
• xe

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɛ]

Pronoun

se

1. myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves, oneself
2. each other, one another
3. used to form passives

Derived terms

• se wě

References

• se in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zə/

Pronoun

se

1. unstressed form of si

Declension

Malay

Etymology

Shortened form of esa, from Proto-Malayic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Alternative forms

• esa
• ĕsă
• sĕ (sĕ-)
• sa (sa-)
• să (să-)
• اسا
• س (س-)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə/
• Rhymes: -sə, -ə

Numeral

se ‎(Jawi spelling س)

1. (cardinal) one

Derived terms

• se- / س-

Synonyms

• satu / ساتو
• tunggal / توڠݢل
• eka (eka-) / ايک (ايک-)
• ahad / احد

Mandarin

Romanization

se

1. Nonstandard spelling of sè.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle English

Adverb

se

1. so

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French se, from Latin sē.

Pronoun

se

1. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct object pronoun.
   1. himself
   2. herself
   3. oneself
   4. itself
   5. themselves
   6. each other
2. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal indirect object pronoun.
   1. to himself
   2. to herself
   3. to oneself
   4. to itself
   5. to themselves
   6. to each other

      ils se donnerent bataille‎ ― they gave each other battle (they gave battle to each other)

Usage notes

• Whether to translate as himself, herself, oneself, itself, themselves or each other depends on the gender (male, female or none) and number (singular or plural).
• Usually becomes s' before a vowel. In older manuscripts, it becomes s- with no apostrophe.

Descendants

• French: se

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

• Stem vowel: ê⁴
  • (originally) IPA^(key): /seː/

Etymology

Variously from Old Saxon sia and Old Saxon siu, ultimately developed from forms of Proto-Germanic *hiz and possibly influenced by Proto-Germanic *sa.

Pronoun

sê

1. (third person singular female nominative) she
2. her (accusative of sê)
3. (third person plural nominative) they
4. them (accusative of sê)

Declension

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin sē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se/
• Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

se

1. reflexive third person pronoun: oneself, himself, itself, herself, themselves etc.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse sjá, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‎(“to see, notice”). Compare Danish and Swedish se, Icelandic sjá.

Pronunciation

Verb

se ‎(imperative se, present tense ser, passive ses or sees, simple past så, past participle sett, present participle seende)

1. to see (perceive with the eyes).

Derived terms

References

• “se” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Novial

Pronoun

se

1. (reflexive) himself; herself; itself; themselves

Usage notes

• Used only for the third person.

Old English

Alternative forms

• þe (later form for se), þēo (alternative form for sēo)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Indo-European *só. Cognate with Old Saxon sē and thē (thiu, that), Old Norse sá (sú, þat), Gothic 𐍃𐌰 ‎(sa) (𐍃𐍉 ‎(sō), 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 ‎(þata)), Old High German ther (thiu, thaz) (German der (die, das)), Ancient Greek ὁ ‎(ho) (ἡ ‎(hē), το ‎(to)).

Article

se m ‎(definite)

1. the

   se mona.‎

   the moon.

Adjective

sē ‎(demonstrative)

1. that, those

   Þone ræd gerædde Widsið.‎

   Widsith gave that advice.

Pronoun

sē m ‎(demonstrative pronoun)

1. he, it, that

   Þa ne sacað.‎

   They do not quarrel.

Usage notes

• (he, it, that): se is normally read as sē when used pronominally.

Declension

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin sē ‎(“himself, herself, itself”), accusative of reflexive pronoun.

Alternative forms

• sei
• soi

Pronoun

se m, f ‎(invariable)

1. himself (reflexive direct and indirect third-person singular pronoun)
2. herself (reflexive direct and indirect third-person singular pronoun)
3. itself (reflexive direct and indirect third-person singular pronoun)
4. oneself (reflexive direct and indirect third-person singular pronoun)
5. themselves (reflexive direct and indirect third-person plural pronoun)

Descendants

• French: se

Etymology 2

From Latin si.

Conjunction

se

1. if
2. then (afterwards; following)

Descendants

• French: si

Old Frisian

Pronoun

se

1. she
2. they

Old Irish

Determiner

se

1. Alternative spelling of so

Old Saxon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seːo̯/

Etymology

Representing the Proto-Indo-European demonstrative pronoun *siā, *sā, adapted in West Germanic as the definite article by analogy with the t- stem forms (Old Saxon that). Cognate with Old English seo, Old Norse sú, Gothic 𐍃𐍉 ‎(sō), Ancient Greek ἡ ‎(hē).

Article

sē m ‎(demonstrative)

1. definite article: the

   sē māno‎ ― the moon

2. demonstrative adjective: that, those

   Hē gaf thē gift.‎ ― He gave that gift.

Declension

See also

• Feminine: siu
• Neuter: that

Pilagá

Pronoun

se

1. I

   se-take‎ ― I want

References

• 2001, Alejandra Vidal, quoted in Subordination in Native South-American Languages

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *sɨmayV. Compare Classical Nahuatl ce ‎(“one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseː/

Numeral

sē

1. one

   Nikneki semaya se‎

   I want only one

Article

sē

1. a, indefinite article

   Tikitat se tekulut tik ne kwajkwawit‎

   We saw an owl in the trees

Pronoun

sē

1. someone, something, indefinite pronoun

   Walajsik se ina ka metzishmati‎

   Someone came who said she/he knows you

   Se anmejemet nemi pal yawi pal kikua ne takwal‎

   One of you has to go to buy the food

   Ne nunan nechmakak se anmupal‎

   My mom gave me something for you all

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si/
  • Homophone: si
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /se/
  • Homophone: cê
• Hyphenation: se
• Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese sse, se, from Latin sē, from Proto-Indo-European *swé ‎(reflexive pronoun).

Pronoun

se m f

1. third-person singular and plural reflexive pronoun; himself; herself; itself; themself; themselves

   Ela se viu no espelho.‎

   She saw herself in the mirror.

2. third-person singular and plural reciprocal pronoun; each other; one another

   Quando eles se conheceram?‎

   When did they meet (each other)?

3. second-person singular and plural reflexive and reciprocal pronoun, when used with second-person pronouns other than tu and vós; yourself; yourselves

   E você se diz um professor!‎

   And you call yourself a teacher!

4. forms the passive voice; be; get

   espantar‎ ― to frighten

   espantar-se‎ ― to get frightened (Literally, “to frighten oneself”)

   Da minha casa se vê o mar.‎

   The sea can be seen from my house. (Literally, "...the sea sees itself.")

5. impersonal reflexive pronoun; oneself

   Vive-se bem em Belém.‎

   One lives well in Belém. (Literally, *"∅ lives oneself well in Belém.")

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:se.

Usage notes

• When the verb precedes se, a hyphen must be used. In Portugal post-verb se is more common, while in Brazil it usually precedes the verb.
• (reflexive and reciprocal): Many verb senses take a reflexive pronoun by default; they are called pronominal verbs. Se must be replaced by me, te, etc. according to the subject.

  comunicar-se (com)‎ ― to communicate (with)

  arrepender-se‎ ― to repent

• Many ergative English verbs are translated by a bare verb for transitive usage and a pronominal one for intransitive:

  O professor acalmou os alunos.‎

  The teacher calmed the students down.

  O professor acalmou-se.‎

  The teacher calmed down.

See also

Etymology 2

From Old Portuguese se, from Latin sī ‎(“if”).

Alternative forms

• si (eye dialect)

Conjunction

se

1. if (introduces a condition)
   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 317:

     Desculpe, acho que dá mais medo se for meia-noite!‎

     I'm sorry, I thought it would be more fearsome if it were midnight!

   Se for sair, leve um guarda-chuva.‎

   If you go out, take an umbrella.

   Só começaremos se nos pagarem.‎

   We will only begin if they pay us.

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:se.

Synonyms

• caso

Antonyms

• caso contrário, senão

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin sē, from Proto-Indo-European *swé ‎(reflexive pronoun).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

se

1. (reflexive pronoun) oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves

Related terms

• sine

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) si
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sen
• (Puter, Vallader) sü

Adverb

se

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) up, upward, upwards

Samoan

Article

se

1. a (singular indefinite article)

See also

• le

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *sę.

Pronoun

se ‎(Cyrillic spelling се)

1. oneself (clitic form of reflexive pronoun)
   1. myself
   2. yourself
   3. himself
   4. herself
   5. itself
   6. ourselves
   7. yourselves
   8. themselves

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *sь.

Particle

se ‎(Cyrillic spelling се)

1. (obsolete) this is; here is
   • 1404, anonymous, Kočerin tablet:

     се лежи вигань милошевиꙉь

     Here lies Viganj Milošević.

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ/
• Tonal orthography: se

Pronoun

se

1. oneself: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself (accusative)
2. ourselves, yourselves, themselves (accusative)

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se/, [se̞]
• Homophone: sé

Etymology

From Latin sē, from Proto-Indo-European *swé ‎(reflexive pronoun).

Pronoun

se m, f ‎(third person, including ‘usted’ and ‘ustedes’)

1. Third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object; oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another
2. Used to form the passive voice in the third person (also used for usted and ustedes).

   ¿Cómo se llama? — “What is your name?” (Literally, “How are you called?”)

3. Used to form impersonal sentences.

   Se dice que... — “It is said that...”

4. Used instead of indirect object pronouns le and les before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las.

   El samaritano se las dio. — “The Samaritan gave them to him.”

Usage notes

• (third person (and used for ‘usted’ and ‘ustedes’) reflexive): Se is used as a suffix with verbs in the infinitive and imperative.
• (passive voice): Se often conveys the passive voice without any literally reflexive connotation:

  Aquí se habla español — Spanish is spoken here or They speak Spanish here.

See also

Verb

se ‎(main verb saber)

1. Misspelling of sé.

See also

• Appendix:Spanish pronouns

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sēa, sē, sīa, from Old Norse séa, sjá, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‎(“to see, notice”). Cognate with Danish se, Norwegian Nynorsk sjå and Icelandic sjá, English see, German sehen and Dutch zien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seː/
• Homophones: C, c
• Rhymes: -eː

Verb

se

1. to see; use one's sight
   • 1888, August Strindberg, Fröken Julie

     Tvärtom, fröken Julie, som ni ser har jag skyndat uppsöka min övergivna!‎

     Quite the opposite, miss Julie, as you can see I have rushed to find my abandonned one!

   • 1915, John Wahlborg, Stjärnbanér i blågult

     Vad jag sett och hört och känt har helt enkelt överväldigat mig.‎

     What I have seen and heard and felt has quite simply overwhelmed me.

2. to see; to understand

   Jag ser inte hur det skulle kunna vara möjligt.‎

   I don't see how that could be possible.

3. to see; to form a mental picture of

Conjugation

Hypernyms

• förnimma

Related terms

• höra
• lukta
• smaka
• känna

Derived terms

• avse
• bortse
• frånse
• inse
• se an / se något an
• se efter
• se på
• se ut
• se till
• tillse
• återse
• överse

Synonyms

use one's sight

• titta
• kolla
• stirra

understand

• förstå
• fatta
• begripa

See also

• syn
• sikt

Tarantino

Pronoun

se ‎(impersonal, reflexive)

1. it
2. one

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *suHyús. Cognate with Tocharian B soy, Old Armenian ուստր ‎(ustr) and Ancient Greek υἱύς ‎(huiús).

Noun

se m

1. son

See also

• ckācar
• pācar
• mācar
• pracar
• ṣar

Turkish

Noun

se

1. The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.

Tuvaluan

Article

se ‎(indefinite article)

1. a, an

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *se.

Determiner

se

1. it
2. that (far)

Inflection

Derived terms

• -se

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “та, то, тот”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Volapük

Preposition

se

1. out of

Welsh

Verb

se

1. (colloquial) Contraction of basai.

West Frisian

Pronoun

se

1. she
2. they

Synonyms

• hja
• sy

Zazaki

Adverb

se

1. what

Noun

se

1. dative singular of is

Conjunction

se

1. if