Accidental se: se me cayó
It fell on me
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It fell on me
se + me/te/le + verb marks an unplanned event, often softening blame: Se me cayó el vaso. Se nos olvidó la clave.
Examples in context
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Dropped Objects
Me identifies the person affected; el vaso is the grammatical subject.
Se me cayó el vaso.
I dropped the glass (literally: The glass fell to me).
Forgotten Things
The thing forgotten is the grammatical subject.
Se nos olvidó la clave.
We forgot the password.
Broken Items
Shifts focus from actor to unintended event.
Se le rompió el teléfono.
His or her phone broke.
Common mix-ups
Se me cayó presents the fall as an accident affecting me. Caer is intransitive; it cannot take el vaso as a direct object here.
I accidentally dropped the glass.
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The keys slipped out of your hands. Use se to say: I dropped the keys.
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Se me cayeron las llaves.
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