Chci se podívat do kalendáře.

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Breakdown of Chci se podívat do kalendáře.

• chtít: to want
• do: to
• se: oneself

Questions & Answers about Chci se podívat do kalendáře.

What does "se" mean in "Chci se podívat"? Why is it there?

In this sentence, "se" is a reflexive pronoun that is simply part of the verb podívat se.

• podívat se (na / do něčeho) = to have a look (at / in something), to take a look
• You normally use this verb with "se"; without it (podívat) it sounds incomplete or wrong in this meaning.

So you can think of podívat se as one unit, like an idiomatic verb “to have a look”.
You don’t translate "se" directly into English here; it’s just required by the Czech verb pattern.

What is the difference between "dívat se" and "podívat se"?