sebe / se

Reflexive Object Pronouns

Level 3

Sebe is a stressed reflexive form and se its unstressed accusative or genitive counterpart.

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Sebe is a stressed reflexive form and se its unstressed accusative or genitive counterpart. Use the reflexive when the object refers back to the subject; sebe is useful after a preposition or under contrast.

In Vidi se, the person seen is the subject; Vidi ga points to another referent unless context creates a different relation. Prepositional combinations such as nase and zase retain that reflexive link. Sebe is not an ordinary first-person me pronoun.

Examples (3)

  1. Ana se vidi v ogledalu.

    Ana sees herself in the mirror.

  2. Misli samo nase.

    He thinks only of himself.

  3. To sem naredil zase.

    I did this for myself.

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sebe / seLevel 3Reflexive Object Pronouns

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