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себе́ — meaning in English

sebe

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English meaning

  • himself pron The reflexive form of "he" — used when a male subject and object are the same person.
  • ME pronoun The object form of "I" — used for the speaker when they are not the one doing the action, e.g. after a verb or preposition.
  • myself pron Used as the object of a verb or preposition when the speaker is also the subject.
  • self noun A person's own individual character, personality, or identity.

Senses

себе́ is used for these senses in English:

  • himself (reflexive pronoun) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
  • me (archaic, proscribed) Myself; as a reflexive direct object of a verb.
  • me (colloquial, proscribed) Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative.
  • 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.]
  • oneself A person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself.
  • self An individual person as the object of the person's own reflective consciousness (plural selves).

himself — full definition

  1. pron The reflexive form of "he" — used when a male subject and object are the same person.
  2. pron Used for emphasis, to stress that he alone did something.

ME — full definition

  1. pronoun The object form of "I" — used for the speaker when they are not the one doing the action, e.g. after a verb or preposition.
  2. pronoun Used informally on its own, or after "and", even where formal grammar would call for "I".
  3. noun A person's inner self or true identity.

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