Dictionary of Spoken Russian/Russian-English/Section 21
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§21. PERSONAL PRONOUNS
The personal pronouns are я "I," мы "we," вы "you." In addition there is a familiar singular pronoun for "you," used in talking to one child, to one person with whom one is on very familiar terms, or to one non-human being (animal, saint, God). Further, there is a reflexive pronoun, g a себя (with no n form), used when an object is the same person as the subject: я вижу себя "I see myself"; он дал себе слово "he gave himself his word"; вы говорите о себе "you are talking about yourself (or yourselves)." The g forms are not used for a possessor; see §15. The inflections are very irregular.
n | я | ты | |
a, g | меня | тебя | себя |
d, l | мне | тебе | себе |
i | мной, мною | тобой, тобою | собой, собою |
n | мы | вы | |
g, a, l | нас | вас | |
d | нам | вам | |
i | нами | вами |