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Russian Language Grammar
- LETTERS AND PRONUNCIATION
- NOUNS (GENDER AND NUMBER)
- DECLENSION OF NOUNS
- ADJECTIVES
- PRONOUNS
- NUMERALS
- VERBS
- ADVERBS
- PREPOSITIONS
- CONJUNCTIONS
- PARTICLES
- INTERJECTIONS
The Reflexive Pronoun "себя"
The pronoun себя is translated as "-self" and declined like the personal pronoun "ты". It cannot be the subject of a sentence and has no nominative case.
|
Genitive |
Dative |
Accusative |
Instrumental |
Prepositional |
| себя | себе | себя | собой | себе |
It can be used with any noun or personal pronoun, singular or plural.
|
Я купил это для себя. |
I bought it for myself. |
|
Она себе ни в чём не отказывает. |
She does not deny herself anything. |
|
Этот человек считает себя очень умным. |
This man considers himself very clever. |
|
Почему вы недовольны собой? |
Why are you displeased with yourself? |
|
Вы написали о себе? |
Did you write about yourself? |


