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How can you tell this should be passive (A movie is going to be made) vs. active (he/she is going to make a movie?
"Se" is the reflexive pronoun. Literally, this sentence says "A movie is going to make itself." This is how the passive is expressed in Spanish.
How would I say ¨He is going to make a movie himself¨? It may sound strange but that´s how I tried to translate it so I´m trying to understand where I´m going wrong.
"He is going to make a movie himself" is actually redundant. The himself is unnecessary, and would therefore translate as "Él va a realizar una perlícula". What you might be getting at is, "He is going to make a move by himself", in which case, it would be, "Él va a realizar una película solo (o con su mismo)."
A reflexive pronoun is not always redundant. Consider "I am going to make a movie myself." It's not exactly the same as making a movie "by myself. "
Va a realizar una película él mismo.
Maybe: "It is going to be realized a movie." Not an appropriate translation, but possibly a way to understand the passive? I would guess "Se" is a pronoun for passive?
That's the trick I use. I translate literally "se" equals "itself" so "itself is going to make a movie." and then rearrange the words to make sense. It's' the only way I can wrap my head around reflexive verbs and phrases.
I seem to remember reading somewhere that the opposite was true, but I have no idea really.
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In English it sounds more natural to avoid the passive when possible, so : They are going to make a film" should be correct.
"A film is going to be made." As awkward as the English passive voice may sound to you, this is the correct translation. Your translation imposes a different subject to the sentence. "They" = se van (the plural form).
In English we would also say "They're going to make a film" and it would have the same meaning as "a film is going to be made". uff.
No, because if you say "a film is going to be made" you don´t say who is going to make it, it could as well be he or she or someone.
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Should "A film is going to be produced" be acceptable? ("produced" is what it's hung up on, not "film")
Further ""se"" discussion: From Ingles para Latinos by Wm. Harvey, p. 83: I lost it = Se me perdio (accent o); I forgot it = Se me olvido (accent o); Se me rompio (accent o). Are the direct objects simply implied? We do not need to use them in Spanish in these type sentences?
