Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.)

These pronouns are not, of course, used as subject of the verb. They are used as the object of the verb when this and the subject are the same.

They are the same as the other personal pronouns, as --

            Conjunctive   Disjunctive
            form.         form.

 myself      me            mí
 thyself     te            tí

EXCEPTION --
3rd person for both genders & numbers:

             se            sí

EXAMPLES --

Él se ama: He loves himself.

Ella se atribuye la culpa: She attributes the fault to herself.

María habla siempre de sí[82]: Mary is always talking about herself.

Nosotros nos divertimos al mismo tiempo que hacemos negocios: We enjoy ourselves at the same time as we do business.

Ellos se respetan á sí y á otros también: They respect themselves and others too.

Mismo-a,-os,-as, may be added to the disjunctive form for emphasis, as --

María habla siempre de sí misma: Mary always speaks of herself.

Ella se atribuye la culpa: She attributes the fault to herself.

Ella se atribuye la culpa á sí: She attributes the fault to herself. (more emphatic).

Ella se atribuye la culpa á sí misma: She attributes the fault to herself (still more emphatic).

Footnote 82: After con (with) si becomes Sigo; same change with mí and tí: conmigo, contigo, consigo, written in one word.

The pronoun Se with any verb in the 3rd pers. sing. or plural may be used to form the passive voice, as --

Se ha cerrado el almacén: The warehouse has been closed.

Se han encaminado las reclamaciones á la Compañía de Seguros[83]: The claims have been referred to the Insurance Company.

Footnote 83: This form is preferable when the "doer" is not mentioned.

Se followed by a verb in the 3rd pers. sing.[84] translates the English "one," "people," "they" (indefinite), as the French "on" and the German "man," as --

Se dice que habrá un alza[85] en el mercado: They say, or it is said, that there will be a rise in the market.

Se cree que no habrá Reforma Arancelaria en Inglaterra: People think, or it is thought, that there will not be Tariff Reform in England.

En la vejez se goza el fruto de una juventud laboriosa: In old age one enjoys the fruits of active youth or The fruits of active youth are enjoyed in old age.

Footnote 84: Or we can use the 3rd pers. plur. of the verb without the pronoun.

Footnote 85: Or "una alza" (both used).

As will be seen, this is really a form of the passive voice rendered by "se," as "se goza" instead of "es gozado." But there are more typical examples, as --

Los géneros se han fabricado en Irlanda y se los ha (not han) plegado como lienzos irlandeses: The goods were made in Ireland and they folded them as Irish Linens.

A Conjunctive Reflexive Pronoun, whether direct or indirect object, always precedes any other conjunctive pronoun, as --

Yo me lo reservo: I reserve it for myself.
Nosotros nos lo guardamos: We keep it for ourselves.
Se me dice: It is said to me (it says itself to me).
Se les venden las telas: The cloths are sold to them.
Nosotros nos le confiamos: We entrust ourselves to him.
Vosotros os les empeñasteis en £1,000: You pledged yourselves to them for £1,000.

 Subjunctive Mood, Imperfect Tense.[86]

 Hablar.                 Temer.                Partir.

 Que yo hablase (that      Temiese (that I      Partiese (that I might,
    I might, should or       might, should, or    should or would
    would speak, etc.)       would fear, etc.)    depart, etc.)
  "  tú hablases           Temieses             Partieses
  "  él hablase            Temiese              Partiese
  "  nosotros hablásemos   Temiésemos           Partiésemos
  "  vosotros hablaseis    Temieseis            Partieseis
  "  ellos hablasen        Temiesen             Partiesen

Footnote 86: This tense is formed from the Past Def. by changing the termination ron of the 3rd pers. pl. into se, ses, se, semos, seis sen, in all the three conjugations.