Spanish 路 Chapter 22 路 Lesson 4 路 Grammar primer
Se unplanned events
On the AQA A-level grammar list.
The short version
The glass fell itself on me
The accidental se lets the mishap happen by itself and merely notes who was unlucky enough to be nearby, so se me cay贸 el vaso says 'I dropped the glass' with no confession attached. The catch is agreement: the thing is the grammatical subject, so the verb matches it and not you. Never se me ca铆.
Se me cayeron los vasos.
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