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Polski — the reflexive pronoun siebie

The reflexive pronoun siebie is a full pronoun that declines through the cases (się, siebie, sobie, sobą). It refers back to the subject and works for any person or number: myślę o sobie, kup sobie, weź ze sobą.

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How it works

✓ Rule

siebie has no nominative — the subject supplies it. It has one set of forms for all persons: the short się doubles as the accusative/genitive, siebie is its stressed variant, sobie is dative/locative, and sobą is instrumental: myślę o sobie ('I think about myself'), kup sobie coś ('buy yourself something'), weź ze sobą parasol ('take an umbrella with you').

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Case forms

Declension of the reflexive pronoun and sample use
Case Form Example
Nominative — does not exist — supplied by the subject
Genitive siebie (się) nie znam siebie
Accusative się / siebie widzę siebie w lustrze
Dative sobie kup sobie coś
Instrumental sobą weź ze sobą parasol
Locative sobie myślę o sobie
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Good to know

⚠ Note

Do not confuse the pronoun siebie with the verb particle się. In myję się ('I wash myself') się is a grammatical marker tied to the verb; in kupiłem to dla siebie ('I bought it for myself') siebie is a true pronoun you can stress, negate, or put after a preposition. After a preposition only the long forms appear: do siebie, przy sobie, przed sobą — never się.

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