Why is "se" needed on this sentence?
I have a question.
**Imagino que es el riesgo que se corre cuando se practica deporte de aventura"
1 Es el riesgo que (se corre) 2 Cuando (se practica) deporte de aventura.
Corre is present conjuction for(el ella,usted) Then Practica is present conjuction for (el,ella,usred)
I dont understand why it needs "se"? I feel that in this sentence "se" is used for just emphacis to verb. I know "se"is used for set to levantar,caer etc to express (myself) Then also used for passive expression Ex(Se venden periodicos)
In this case "se"is used for emphacis to verb,isn't it?
I don't understand. Please
1 Answer
My opinion:
Imagino qué es el riesgo que se corre cuando se practica deporte de aventura
This is passive/impersonal se.
Imagine what is the risk that is run when an adventure sport is practiced.
The risk not running, it is being run- the sport is not practicing- it is being practiced.
In English we use true passive commonly to avoid ascribing the action to anyone, in Spanish that is more commonly done using se. It would make little sense without se, it is not just for emphasis. The se allows the verb to be used without naming an actual subject. Without se you need a subject, even if it is a hypothetical person:
Imagino qué es el riesgo que uno corre cuando uno practica deporte de aventura
Imagine what is the risk that one runs when one practices an adventure sport.
Imagino qué es el riesgo que corres cuando practicas deporte de aventura
Imagine what is the risk that you run when you practice an adventure sport.
A subject is needed even if depersonalized without se.
For English learners:
In normal English it is more natural to just say Imagine the risk (without what is)
