se je
Reflexive Past Forms with Je
Slovenian retains third-person past auxiliary je beside reflexive se in ordinary complete statements.
How It Works
Slovenian retains third-person past auxiliary je beside reflexive se in ordinary complete statements. Do not import Croatian or Serbian omission of je into this Slovenian pattern.
The standard pattern is se je + participle when the subject is third-person singular in the past. In Ana se je vrnila, se belongs to vrniti se and je supplies past-tense auxiliary support. They are not two competing ways to express the same function.
Examples (3)
- Ana se je vrnila.
Ana returned.
- Marko se je nasmehnil.
Marko smiled.
- Otrok se je zbudil.
The child woke up.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Combine a reflexive verb with the required third-person past auxiliary.
Words in This Pattern
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