Lesson 47 - Emphatic pronoun “Сам”.

Emphatic pronoun “Сам”

 

The Russian pronoun “Сам” is simply used to emphasise something. It translates to “myself, himself, herself” etc. It’s use is optional, it emphasises part of the sentence, rather than changing it’s meaning. Some examples could be: “I did it myself (Я  сделал это сам )”.

“I will phone the president himself” (Я позвоню самому президенту). In this case it means “I will go as high as to the president himself”.

 

Сам, Сама, Само (myself, himself, herself, itself)

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Case

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Masculine

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Feminine

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Neuter

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Plural

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Nominative

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Сам

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Сама

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Само

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Сами

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Genitive

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Самого

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Самой

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Самого

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Самих

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Dative

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Самому

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Самой

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Самому

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Самим

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Accusative

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Самого (animate)

Сам (inanimate)

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Саму

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Само

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Самих (animate)

Сами (inanimate)

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Instrumental

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Самим

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Самой

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Самим

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Самими

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Prepositional

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о Самом

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о Самой

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о Самом

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о Самих

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