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Referring Back to Yourself

Master the Russian reflexive pronoun себя across all cases and prepositions, including high-frequency conversational expressions like чувствовать себя and взять с собой.

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Lesson#1
In this deck, you will learn how to use the Russian reflexive pronoun 'себя'. This versatile word refers back to the subject of the sentence, translating as myself, yourself, himself, or themselves. Because it always points back to the performer of an action, it has no nominative form.
Lesson#2
The accusative and genitive form of this pronoun is 'себя'. You use it when the action of a verb directly targets the subject, or after prepositions taking the genitive like 'для'. For example, 'Он видит себя в зеркале' means 'He sees himself in the mirror'.
Quiz#3
Translate into Russian: 'He sees himself in the mirror.'

Он видит себя в зеркале

Quiz#4
Translate into Russian: 'I do not recognise myself.'

Я не узнаю себя

Quiz#5
Translate into Russian: 'She has no time for herself.'

У неё нет времени для себя

Lesson#6
Two high-frequency everyday verbs always combine with 'себя' in the accusative: 'чувствовать себя', meaning to feel, and 'вести себя', meaning to behave. For instance, 'Я чувствую себя отлично' means 'I feel great', and 'Он ведёт себя вежливо' means 'He behaves politely'.

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