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Spanish · Chapter 32 · Lesson 5 · Grammar primer

The accidental se: se me cayó, se me olvidó

The no-fault se that turns an accident into something that happened TO you: se + indirect pronoun + verb agreeing with the thing (se me olvidaron las llaves). The verbs that love it, and why Spanish dodges blame this way.

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