02 How to use Impersonal Se / Passive Se in Spanish — Transcript

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1. 0:01"Hola"
2. 0:02En esta lección, vamos a hablar acerca del "se" Impersonal.
3. 0:08A while back, while I was visiting Mexico,
4. 0:11a little boy was eating some chips
5. 0:13and the chips there was this little piece of cardboard
6. 0:15with grooves to build things with.
7. 0:18And he saw that and told me.
8. 0:20Hmm.
9. 0:21Esto no se come,
10. 0:23¿verdad?
11. 0:25Interesting.
12. 0:26If you remember the videos on "se permite" "se prohíbe" for
13. 0:29talking about things that are allowed or unallowed
14. 0:32"se permite" means it's allowed and "se
15. 0:35prohíbe" means it's prohibited or it's not allowed.
16. 0:38So maybe "no se come" here is like saying
17. 0:42it isn't eaten.
18. 0:45In fact, you could also say: one doesn't eat
19. 0:48this piece of cardboard.
20. 0:51What do these mean exactly?
21. 0:53Hmm.
22. 0:55I guess in English, you might say.
23. 0:56Instead, you don't eat this cardboard or I shouldn't eat this cardboard.
24. 1:01It gives the idea of it's probably not a good idea to eat this.
25. 1:06The "se" before "come" makes this a usage that we
26. 1:09call the Impersonal "se" or Passive "se".
27. 1:14We actually seen this before without realizing it in the videos.
28. 1:17And I've mentioned "se permite" and "se prohíbe"
29. 1:20But if we go even further back to one of the first
30. 1:23videos and the entire series on the alphabet,
31. 1:26we saw the phrases
32. 1:28"¿Cómo se dice?"
33. 1:31And the answer: "se dice..."
34. 1:33And really what we're asking is how is it said?
35. 1:37It's said.
36. 1:39I also saw: "¿Cómo se escribe?"
37. 1:42And the answer: "Se escribe..."
38. 1:45How is it written?
39. 1:47It's written.
40. 1:49We call that the Impersonal say or Passive say because it's often used
41. 1:53instead of naming a specific person doing the action.
42. 1:57Let's look at some more examples.
43. 2:00"Se habla español"
44. 2:04The literal translations here are Spanish spoken or one speak Spanish.
45. 2:09If you realize that say is kind of an is something or one does the action.
46. 2:14What do you think that actually means?
47. 2:18We speak Spanish, we speak American.
48. 2:20We need Spanish.
49. 2:23I means in that place, wherever that is.
50. 2:25We speak Spanish, so the people speak Spanish to those
51. 2:28that need it as a service.
52. 2:31I'm about here.
53. 2:32"Se vende pollo"
54. 2:34The literal translations would be chicken
55. 2:36is sold or one sells chicken.
56. 2:40"¿Qué quiere decir?"
57. 2:42What does it mean?
58. 2:44Everyone sells chicken here.
59. 2:46We sell chickens here.
60. 2:47Or I am selling one chicken.
61. 2:54The best one would be.
62. 2:54We sell chickens here.
63. 2:56Although chicken is used singularly here,
64. 2:58it's the idea of, in general,
65. 2:59chicken as a food.
66. 3:01So the person, wherever that is,
67. 3:03sells chicken.
68. 3:06"Uno más"
69. 3:08"Se venden tortas"
70. 3:11The literal translation is here.
71. 3:12If you know that "tortas" are a type of sandwich in Mexico.
72. 3:15Sandwiches are sold.
73. 3:17Or one sells sandwiches.
74. 3:21"¿Qué quiere decir?"
75. 3:23We sell sandwiches, everyone sells
76. 3:25sandwiches or we eat sandwiches.
77. 3:28Here, the people advertising are saying we sell sandwiches.
78. 3:33Hmm.
79. 3:34These all have a say before the verb.
80. 3:36Let's look again.
81. 3:37"Se habla español" "Se vende
82. 3:39pollo" y "se vende tortas"
83. 3:42Notice that we say "se venden", because there's
84. 3:45more than one thing being sold.
85. 3:48So that's basically the Impersonal or Passive "se",
86. 3:51the way we form it is we take "se",
87. 3:55plus
88. 3:56the he or she form of the verb or the day form of the verb.
89. 4:01All right.
90. 4:01Let's look at some other examples.
91. 4:03Some people teach that the Impersonal say
92. 4:04is often used instead of the to form.
93. 4:06Should I be called the Impersonal saying we're not really saying you do
94. 4:10it, but we're giving the idea of people do it.
95. 4:12So we're kind of encouraging you to do it.
96. 4:14For example, one little boy told me "esto no
97. 4:16se come", he was saying,
98. 4:17You don't eat this, like,
99. 4:18don't eat this or I don't eat this.
100. 4:21But it could be telling me as well, Hey,
101. 4:23hey, don't eat that in a very impersonal way.
102. 4:26Also, we could see this in the phrase "Sí,
103. 4:28se puede".
104. 4:29And here I say was kind of implied.
105. 4:31So you're saying, yes,
106. 4:32it can be done.
107. 4:34That is.
108. 4:34Yes, you can.
109. 4:35You can do it.
110. 4:36But we're not saying it in the you form
111. 4:38the two form or the instead form,
112. 4:41the really common one.
113. 4:41You might hear from parents to their kids: "Eso no se
114. 4:44hace"
115. 4:45literally, that is not done.
116. 4:48But it's telling the kids, don't do that.
117. 4:49Don't do that.
118. 4:50No, no, no.
119. 4:51Not here.
120. 4:51Not here.
121. 4:52And you might hear somebody say at some point,
122. 4:54if you're dancing like me very badly, you might hear them say,
123. 4:56"Así no se baila"
124. 4:58Which would be like saying, that's not how it is dance,
125. 5:01but it's not how one dances.
126. 5:03But they're telling.
127. 5:04That's not how you should dance.
128. 5:06And so we're giving this idea of you, but without really saying you.
129. 5:10And we're not making it personal, but we're doing it.
130. 5:12Impersonal does Impersonal "se"
131. 5:15And to summarize again, the uses of the Impersonal "se" or
132. 5:18Passive "se" we use it when one does something as a person
133. 5:22does something in general, you do something,
134. 5:26we do something and or something is
135. 5:29done or some things are done.
136. 5:33Well, it's basically the Impersonal "se" or the Passive "se" in Spanish.
137. 5:37Hopefully from this but you helpful.
138. 5:39Let me know if you have any questions or comments about this video and
139. 5:42please leave your own interesting sentences
140. 5:45in Spanish using the Impersonal "se".
141. 5:48Also, don't forget to subscribe to my channel
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143. 5:54Also, you might check out some other videos in this series
144. 5:58to practice the Impersonal "se" with signs from my visit in Mexico,
145. 6:02click on this video
146. 6:04to see the video on how to use "se permite and se prohíbe".
147. 6:07Click on this video
148. 6:09and to see how to use the Impersonal "se" to shift
149. 6:12the blame off of yourself or somebody else.
150. 6:15Click on this video.
151. 6:21"Gracias por mirar y... nos vemos".