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here:  I get really confused about this and am looking for some
kind of trick. It seems sometimes "se" means to do something to
oneself and sometimes not.  "Juan se ducha" (Juan showers
himself)  Other times "se" doesn't mean to do something to
oneself.  "se venden oro y plata" (I know this means gold and
silver are sold here but it really means- gold and silver sell
themselves)  How I distinguish? How do I know when it's being
used reflexively and when it's not?   share|improve this
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20 at 20:25   2 Answers 2  In the first case: subject (Juan)
conveys the action (duchar), and the result of such action falls
to Juan himself (hence the 'se').  In the second one: an action
is performed (vender) but there is no agent mentioned, and
following the verb, there is a passive subject (two objects in
which the action is placed, oro y plata).  First sentence is in
active voice with a verb used in