Accidental vs deliberate action structure.

Question

Carrying on from Peskie's recent "se" related question, I was wondering if Spanish regularly differentiates between deliberate actions and accidental by use of the "accidental" se. For example, if we said "I dropped the ball" in English it could refer to an accidental or deliberate action. However, I assume that in Spanish there would be a difference:

Se me cayó la bola (accidental)

Dejé caer la bola (deliberate)

Is this correct/common?

Both are correct. "Se me cayó" is more common because we don't want to take the blame for some actions. - Daniela2041, Oct 19, 2016

Thanks for answering D D , you have to spread yourself around very thinly. - ray76, Oct 20, 2016

Thanks Dani. So if for example the action was both deliberate and good (eg dropping the ball in a hole wins a prize) then you would use "Dejé caer"? - jellonz, Oct 20, 2016

Absolutely. - Daniela2041, Oct 20, 2016

Muchas gracias Dani. - jellonz, Oct 20, 2016

Answer 1

Both are correct

Thank you for completing your profile that is worth a vote from me , good luck to you mate. - ray76, Oct 21, 2016