how to pronounce себя

/sʲɪˈbʲa/

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the above transcription of себя is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

себя is pronounced in two syllables

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sʲ

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bʲ

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

“… jetta права сама по себя на пляж не было …”

meanings of себя

pronoun:

Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves (no nominative case).
Oneself.

себя frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word себя occurs in russian on average 1027.6 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.