Breakdown of Ona denerwuje się przed egzaminem, ale uczy się regularnie.
Questions & Answers about Ona denerwuje się przed egzaminem, ale uczy się regularnie.
Się is a reflexive particle, and in this sentence it is part of two very common Polish verbs:
- denerwować się = to get nervous / to be anxious / to worry
- uczyć się = to study / to learn
You usually learn these as whole verb expressions, not as a normal verb plus a separate word you can freely remove.
A useful comparison:
- denerwować kogoś = to annoy someone
- denerwować się = to get nervous / be upset
and
- uczyć kogoś = to teach someone
- uczyć się = to study / learn
So się changes the meaning and is essential here.
Not in normal English. Even though się is historically reflexive, in many Polish verbs it does not translate literally as herself/myself/yourself.
Here, ona denerwuje się means something like:
- she gets nervous
- she is nervous
- she worries
It does not usually mean she annoys herself.