się — meaning in English
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English meaning
- itself pron Used to refer back to a thing that is both the subject and the object of the same action.
- myself pron Used as the object of a verb or preposition when the speaker is also the subject.
- yourself pronoun Refers back to the person being spoken to, when they are both the doer and the receiver of an action.
Senses
się is used for these senses in English:
- itself (emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate
- myself (proscribed) Me, as the object of a verb or preposition without a reflexive trigger. Sometimes used for intensifying the pronoun of oneself. [from 10th c.]
- yourself (reflexive pronoun) Your own self (singular).
itself — full definition
- pron Used to refer back to a thing that is both the subject and the object of the same action.
- pron Used for emphasis, to stress that something acted alone or that a quality applies purely to the thing named.
myself — full definition
- pron Used as the object of a verb or preposition when the speaker is also the subject.
- pron Used for emphasis, often in place of "I" or "me."