how to pronounce себе

/sʲɪˈbʲe/

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себе is pronounced in two syllables

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sʲ

2.

bʲ

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An example use of себе in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… все пошли и купили себе что-то магазине …”

meanings of себе

pronoun:

Dative/prepositional of себя́ (sebjá).

particle:

Keep on.

себе frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word себе occurs in russian on average 757.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.