Se o Lo

Question

Hello

Are these translations correct?
Se escribio in 1998 -> It was written in 1998
Lo escrbio Juana Serrano -> It was written by Juana Serrano

If so do the words Se and Lo both refer to the book that was written?

Thanks,

Matthew

Answer 1

Hi Mat, have a look at this thread

[url=http://my.spanishdict.com/forum/topic/show'id=1710195%3ATopic%3A153898]http://my.spanishdict.com/forum/topic/show'id=1710195%3ATopic%3A153898[/url]

Answer 2

Se indicates that the verb is passive. "It was written in 1998"

Lo is an object pronoun. "Juana Serrano wrote it."

It's an easy trap to fall into to think that "se" is either a reflexive pronoun or an indirect object pronoun. There are a lot of other uses for that word. There are lots of old discussion on this forum about "se."