Thread:User talk:CodeCat/Proto-Slavic/reply (6)

Theoretically, you can say "мыть себя" in contrast sentences but we say "мыться" (wash oneself - usually the whole body) or "умываться" (wash oneself - face, hands) with short forms. No need to use full forms on naturally reflexive verbs. One could say - "помою ребёнка, а потом (помою) себя", "помою ребёнка, а потом (сам/сама) помоюсь" - "I'll wash (my) child, then I'll wash myself", the latter is more natural. Polish, Czech, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian short and long forms are very similar to Russian/Ukrainian/Bealrusian but are written separately and can change positiions in some languages. Bulgarian too but I'm a bit confused about this full form "себе си". The example sentences make sense to me but I haven't see the form "себе си" before. Anyway, here's the Bulgarian full form of "she sees/can see herself in the mirror" "тя вижда себе си в огледалото"