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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Abbreviation 2 Bosnian 2.1 Pronoun 2.1.1 Synonyms 3 Breton 3.1 Pronoun 4 Croatian 4.1 Pronoun 4.1.1 Declension 5 Czech 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Pronoun 5.2.1 Synonyms 5.2.2 Related terms 5.3 Preposition 6 Danish 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Pronunciation 6.3 Verb 7 Esperanto 7.1 Conjunction 8 Ewe 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Noun 9 Finnish 9.1 Pronunciation 9.2 Pronoun 9.2.1 Inflection 9.2.2 Usage notes 9.2.3 Derived terms 9.2.4 See also 10 French 10.1 Pronunciation 10.2 Pronoun 10.2.1 Usage notes 10.3 See also 11 Galician 11.1 Etymology 11.2 Pronoun 11.2.1 Usage notes 11.2.2 Related terms 11.3 See also 12 Haitian Creole 12.1 Verb 12.1.1 Usage notes 13 Hungarian 13.1 Pronunciation 13.2 Conjunction 13.2.1 See also 14 Ido 14.1 Conjunction 15 Interlingua 15.1 Pronoun 15.1.1 Usage notes 16 Italian 16.1 Pronunciation 16.2 Conjunction 16.2.1 Derived terms 16.3 Pronoun 16.3.1 Usage notes 17 Japanese 17.1 Noun 18 Korean 18.1 Adjective 18.1.1 Derived terms 18.1.2 See also 19 Kurdish 19.1 Noun 20 Kven 20.1 Pronoun 20.1.1 Synonyms 21 Latin 21.1 Pronoun 21.1.1 Declension 21.1.2 Usage notes 21.1.3 See also 21.1.4 Derived terms 22 Lojban 22.1 Cmavo 23 Mandarin 23.1 Pinyin syllable 23.1.1 Usage notes 24 Norwegian 24.1 Etymology 24.2 Pronunciation 24.3 Verb 24.3.1 Conjugation 25 Old English 25.1 Etymology 25.2 Pronunciation 25.3 Article 25.4 Adjective 25.5 Pronoun 25.5.1 Usage notes 25.5.2 Declension 25.6 See also 26 Old Frisian 26.1 Pronoun 27 Portuguese 27.1 Pronunciation 27.2 Pronunciation 27.3 Pronoun 27.3.1 Usage notes 27.4 Conjunction 27.4.1 See also 28 Serbian 28.1 Pronoun 28.1.1 Synonyms 28.1.2 See also 29 Slovene 29.1 Pronoun 30 Spanish 30.1 Pronoun 30.1.1 Usage notes 30.2 See also 31 Swedish 31.1 Etymology 31.2 Pronunciation 31.3 Verb 31.3.1 Hypernyms 31.3.2 Related terms 31.3.3 Derived terms 31.3.4 Synonyms 31.3.5 See also 32 Tocharian A 32.1 Etymology 32.2 Noun 33 Tuvaluan 33.1 Article

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Abbreviation

se

1. (ISO country codes) Sweden

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[edit] Bosnian

[edit] Pronoun

se (reflexive pronoun)

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

[edit] Synonyms

• sebe

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[edit] Breton

[edit] Pronoun

se

1. that, this

   Petra eo se ? — What's that?

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[edit] Croatian

[edit] Pronoun

se

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

[edit] Declension

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Pronoun

se (reflexive pronoun)

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

[edit] Synonyms

• sebe

[edit] Related terms

• si

[edit] Preposition

se (also s)

1. with

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Danish se (Old Norse sjá) < Proto-Germanic *sehwan. See se (Swedish).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /seː/, [seːˀ]

[edit] Verb

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

1. see

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[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Conjunction

se

1. if

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[edit] Ewe

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɛ/, SAMPA: /sE/

[edit] Noun

se (plural sewo)

1. law

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: se
• Rhymes: -e
• IPA: [se]

[edit] Pronoun

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

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

[edit] Inflection

Irregular.

Declension of se noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative se ne superessive siellä – genitive sen niiden, niitten delative sieltä – partitive sitä niitä sublative sinne – accusative se, sen ne lative siis – inessive siinä niissä temporal silloin – elative siitä niistä causative siten – illative siihen niihin multiplicative – – adessive sillä niillä distributive – – ablative siltä niiltä temp. dist. – – allative sille niille prolative – – essive sinä niinä situative – – translative siksi niiksi oppositive – – instructive – (niin) abessive – (niittä) comitative – niine

[edit] Usage notes

• Due to the influence of Germanic languages, nowadays especially to that of English, se may often be used as some kind of definite article in colloquial Finnish – in standard Finnish that is ungrammatical because it is expressed with the word order whether something is definite or indefinite. (cf. 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.

[edit] Derived terms

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

[edit] See also

• tämä
• tuo
• nämä
• nuo
• ne

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Pronoun

se (pre-vocalic s')

1. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.

[edit] 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.
• 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.”

[edit] 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.

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Etymology

From Latin sē, ablative and accusative pronoun form.

[edit] Pronoun

se reflexive, sg. and pl.

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Related terms

• si

[edit] See also

• Appendix:Galician pronouns
• consigo

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[edit] Haitian Creole

[edit] Verb

se

1. to be

[edit] Usage notes

Use ye at the end of a clause.

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʃɛ/
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[edit] Conjunction

se

1. neither

[edit] See also

• sem

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[edit] Ido

[edit] 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.

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[edit] Interlingua

[edit] 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")

[edit] 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”

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [se]

[edit] Conjunction

se

1. if
2. whether
3. if only

[edit] Derived terms

• se non
• se non che

[edit] Pronoun

se

1. Variant of sé

[edit] Usage notes

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

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

se (hiragana せ)

1. せ: hiragana letter se
2. セ: katakana letter se

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Adjective

se (hangul: 세)

1. three, tri-

[edit] Derived terms

• semo (세모) triangle

[edit] See also

• ne (네) four, quadr-

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[edit] Kurdish

[edit] Noun

se

1. dog

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[edit] Kven

[edit] Pronoun

se

1. (personal) he, she, it

[edit] Synonyms

• hän

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[edit] Latin

[edit] 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 mare se praecipitavit.

   He drowned himself in the sea.

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

[edit] Declension

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	-	-
genitive	suī	suī
dative	sibi	sibi
accusative	sē, sēsē	sē, sēsē
ablative	sē, sēsē	sē, sēsē
vocative	-	-

[edit] Usage notes

• There is little distinction made between the accusative forms sē and sēsē as the two forms are being 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).

[edit] See also

• suus m., sua f., suum n.

[edit] Derived terms

• inter sē
• per se

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[edit] Lojban

[edit] Cmavo

se (rafsi sel)

1. exchanges the x1 and x2 sumti 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.”

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

se

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having the tone, sè.

[edit] Usage notes

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

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

From Old Danish se (Old Norse sjá) < Proto-Germanic *sehwan. See se (Swedish).

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Verb

se (Bokmål)

1. To see (perceive with eyes).

[edit] Conjugation

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

Representing the Indo-European demonstrative pronoun *soi, *so, adapted in West Germanic as a definite article by analogy with the t- stem forms (Old English þæt). Cognate with Old Saxon sē, Old Norse sá, Gothic 𐍃𐌰, Greek ὁ. See also feminine forms under sēo.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /se/

[edit] Article

se m. (definite)

1. the

   Se mona.

   The moon.

[edit] Adjective

se (demonstrative)

1. that, those

   Þone ræd gerædde Widsið.

   Widsith gave that advice.

[edit] Pronoun

se m. (demonstrative pronoun)

1. he, it, that

   Þa ne sacað.

   They do not quarrel.”

[edit] Usage notes

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

[edit] Declension

	Singular			Plural
	m	n	f
nominative	se	þæt	sēo	þā
accusative	þone	þæt	þā	þā
genitive	þæs	þæs	þǣre	þāra, þǣra
dative	þǣm, þām	þǣm, þām	þǣre	þǣm, þām
instrumental	þȳ, þī, þon

[edit] See also

• Feminine: sēo
• Neuter: þæt

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[edit] Old Frisian

[edit] Pronoun

se

1. she
2. they

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: se

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /sə/
• (Brazil) IPA: /si/

[edit] Pronoun

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number	Person	Subject (nominative case)	Direct object (accusative case)	Indirect object (dative case)	com + indirect object
Singular	First	eu	me	mim	comigo
	Second	tu	te	ti	contigo
	Third	ele, ela	lhe, o, a, se	ele, ela, si	consigo
Plural	First	nós	nos	nós	conosco
	Second	vós	vos	vós	convosco
	Third	eles, elas	lhes, os, as, se	eles, elas, si	consigo

se (third person, including ‘você’ and ‘vocês’)

1. Reflexive and reciprocal: oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves, yourself; each other, one another.

   Ela se viu no espelho. — “She saw herself in the mirror.”

   E você se diz um professor! — “And you call yourself a teacher!”

   Quando eles se conheceram? — “When did they meet (each other)?”

2. Used for passive constructions with transitive verbs and undetermined agent (usually translated with one).

   Da minha casa se vê o mar. — “From my house the sea is seen.” (Literally, “...the sea sees itself.”)

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

   espantar = "to frighten"; espantar-se = "to get frightened" (lit. "to frighten oneself")

4. It also developed to a form of undetermined subject for intransitive verbs (usually translated with "one").

   Vive-se bem em Belém. — “One lives well in Belém.” (Literally, *“∅ lives oneself well in Belém.”)

[edit] Usage notes

• (Reflexive, reciprocal, oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves, yourself; each other, one another): Many verbs bear 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”.

[edit] Conjunction

se

1. if.

   Se quiseres, eu compro. — “If you want, I’ll buy (it).”

[edit] See also

• se ... ou

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[edit] Serbian

[edit] Pronoun

se (reflexive pronoun)

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

[edit] Synonyms

• sebe

[edit] See also

• се

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Pronoun

se (reflexive pronoun)

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

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Pronoun

se (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.”

[edit] 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.

[edit] See also

• sé
• Appendix:Spanish pronouns

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Swedish sē, sēa, sia (Old Norse sjá). Danish and Swedish se from Old Norse sēa (stress on ē); Norwegian Nynorsk sjå and Icelandic sjá from Old Norse sjá (stress on á). Both variants, sēa and sjá, are derived from Proto-Germanic *sehwan. Cognate with English see, German sehen and Dutch zien.

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[edit] Verb

Conjugations of se
Infinitive	se
Present tense	ser
Past tense	såg
Supine	sett
Imperative	se
Present participle	seende
Past participle	sedd

se

1. see; use one's sight
   • 1888, Fröken Julie by August Strindberg - 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, Stjärnbanér i blågult by John Wahlborg - 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. see; understand

   Jag ser inte hur det skulle kunna vara möjligt.

   I don't see how that could be possible.

3. see; form a mental picture of

[edit] Hypernyms

• förnimma

[edit] Related terms

• höra
• lukta
• smaka
• känna

[edit] Derived terms

• avse
• bortse
• inse
• se efter
• se på
• seende

[edit] Synonyms

use one's sight

• titta
• kolla
• stirra

understand

• förstå
• fatta
• begripa

[edit] See also

• syn
• sikt

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[edit] Tocharian A

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

se m.

1. son

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[edit] Tuvaluan

[edit] Article

se (indefinite article)

1. a, an