Dictionary of Spoken Russian/Russian-English/Section 21

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1674041Dictionary of Spoken Russian — §21. Personal Pronouns

§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