Grammar of a sentence
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Can someone explain the grammar of this? Que se me cayó el internet.
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updated Feb 3, 2012
edited by Goyo
posted by jianuo
Fixed spelling of grammar in the title - Goyo, Feb 2, 2012
Welcome to the forum. And good question. The appearance of *se* often leads to confusion and panic because of the number of different meanings it can have. - S1r_Wakka, Feb 2, 2012
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Que se me cayó el internet.
That my internet is down.
It's a passive construction using caerse.
The verb is conjugated to match the subject: the internet.
And it failed for me.
Probably the most common USA direct translation would be:
That the internet failed on me.
Spanish often uses this construction to express something is accidental:
Se me rompió el vaso --> The glass broke on me. (I broke the glass, but it was an accident.)
Rompí el vaso. --> I broke the glass. (Implying I did it on purpose.)
In the case of the internet sentence.... I don't know what happened , it just quit working on me. (I didn't screw it up, I swear!) 
updated May 30, 2012
posted by Goyo
