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сам

adjective
very often used word (#61)

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ourselves

Also: yourself, thyself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves

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Он был сам винова́т. It was his own fault.
Са́ми э́того не зна́ли. You didn't know that either.
Само́ пройдёт. It'll cure itself naturally.
Мы ви́дим ве́щи не таки́ми, каки́е они есть, а таки́ми, каковы́ мы са́ми. We don't see things as they are, but as we are.
Не рой друго́му я́му – сам в неё попадёшь. Don't dig a pit for somebody to fall into, or you will end up in it yourself.
Они са́ми э́того не зна́ли. They did not know it themselves.
Сам завари́л ка́шу, сам и расхлёбывай. You reap what you sow.
Продолжа́й сам. You go on alone.
Моя́ соба́ка тебя не уку́сит, если ты сам не попро́сишь. My dog won't bite you, unless you ask for it.
Он сам так сказа́л. He said it himself.

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Declension

	mmasculin	ffeminin	nneuter	plplural
nom. nominative	са́м	сама́	само́	са́ми
gen. genitive	самого́	само́й	самого́	сами́х
dat. dative	самому́	само́й	самому́	сами́м
acc. accusative	са́м самого́	саму́ самое́	само́	са́ми сами́х
inst. instrumental	сами́м	само́й самою́	сами́м	сами́ми
prep. prepositional	само́м	само́й	само́м	сами́х