się
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[edit] Polish
[edit] Etymology
Cognate to Old Church Slavonic сѧ (sę).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɕɛ/
[edit] Pronoun
się
- a reflexive pronoun
- myself
- Nazywam się Daniel.
- I'm called Daniel.
- Nazywam się Daniel.
- yourself
- herself
- himself
- itself
- oneself
- ourselves
- yourselves
- themselves
- each other, one another
- myself
[edit] Declension
| Singular only | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | – |
| Genitive | się/siebie |
| Dative | sobie |
| Accusative | się/siebie |
| Instrumental | sobą |
| Locative | sobie |
| Vocative | – |
[edit] Usage notes
się is used to make reflexive verbs in Polish. Reflexive verbs in Polish are often not translated into English as reflexive, for bać się (“to fear, be afraid of”)
się is used for all grammatical persons, both in singular and plural.