When I arrived in the United States, my first priority was to learn English, and one of my initial curiosities, among others, was how to say the Spanish “se” in this language I was acquiring. I asked my English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher, and she calmly replied: “they”.
But how could it be they if “se” doesn’t refer to anyone in particular? Well, I gradually realized that it was they, among other forms used in English for other functions of “se”. Continue reading “The “Se” in Spanish and its Difficulties in English”