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1 Impersonal and passive
"se"

2 se Impersonal se plus a verb can be used to talk about generalizations, about what is or isn’t done somewhere. The subject is never specified, and the verb is only used in the third-person singular / plural forms.

3 se + verbo third person singular third person plural

4 English is spoken in United States. Se habla inglés en Estados Unidos.
One works a lot in this country. Se trabaja mucho en este país. People eat a lot of vegetables. Se comen muchas verduras.

5 se The impersonal construction se+verb often corresponds to sentences in English that use people, they, you, we, or one as the subject. Some common expressions about what is or isn’t allowed somewhere are:

6 prohibir to prohibit

7 third person singular or plural
se prohíbe se prohíben is prohibited

8 permitir to allow

9 third person singular or plural
se permite se permiten is allowed

10 Se prohíben teléfonos celulares

11 Se prohíbe fumar

12 Se prohíbe comida

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14 Se debe.... One should...

15 Se puede.... One can...


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