Hola;
I am practicing the flash cards and have a question regarding reflexive pronoun usage. In the example "Peter siempre se ve muy ordenado" I understand the the "se" is referring to Peter because he, himself, looks tidy. In the sentence, "
Esa camisa se te ve muy bien," why do we need the "se?" Why not just, "Esa camis te vey my bien?" (The shirt looks great on you.) I am assuming that the "se" refers to the shirt. Seems like unnecessary pronouns to me.
Gracias,
Jim
An Additional Reflexive Pronoun?

Jim_4
February 7, 2009

Mauricio
March 15, 2010
Hola,
The pronoun 'se' is necessary in the sentence:
Esa camisa se te ve muy bien. (That shirt looks good on you.)
If you were to omit the 'se' :arrow: Esa camisa te ve muy bien. - this would now translate as "That shirt looks at you very well." - which doesn't make much sense.
The reflexive pronoun 'se' brings the "look very good" back to you. So, the shirt looks good ON YOU.
-Mauricio

marti1
March 26, 2010
So I can use 'verse' in the sense of 'to look good on' and the second pronoun tells 'who'... (a m)i se me ve este vestido. This dress (really) looks gond on me. Can it be used with inanimate things such as in the sentence 'A tu camion esos ruedas de aluminio se le ve.' :?: