Reflexive pronouns in Slovak

Reflexive pronouns in Slovak language refer to "self". There are two groups of reflexive pronouns, making it together 3 reflexive pronouns. 

The two groups are:

1. basic
2. possessive

Basic reflexive pronouns

• seba
• sa

"sa" is sometimes used with some of the verbs. It express somebody is doing action on himself. To understand better:

• nakresliť sa = to self draw (draw the picture where the person who draws it is on it)
• česať sa = to self comb (to comb the hair of the person who holds the comb= the same person)
• but also can be prechádzať sa = to have a walk (also with somebody, because word prechádať alone, can mean "to go" through something, to reach another level, or other meanings)

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Possessive reflexive pronoun

• svoj

It is declined according to the model môj. Here you can see the declension tables:

and plural form:

We use svoj together with ownership of something. The thing belongs all the time to the person that we talk about. Here is an example:

• On má svoj kabát. ≠ On má jeho kabát.
• He has got his coat (he owns the coat) ≠ He has got his coat (he has a coat of another man).

Other examples:

• Mám rada svoju sestru. = I like my sister. 
• Požičal mi svoj kabát. = He borrowed me his coat. (the coat belongs to him)
• Majú radi svoje psy. = They like their dogs. (the dogs are theirs)

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