No. 778 in Croatian
samom
"Samom" means "to/by/with myself" or "to/by/with itself" depending on context.
In a sentence
Ponosim se samom sobom.
I am proud of myself.
Here, 'samom' is the dative form of the emphatic pronoun 'sam' referring to one's own self.
To je povezano samom prirodom stvari.
This is related to the very nature of things.
In this sentence, 'samom' emphasizes the inherent or essential nature of the 'nature of things'.
Razgovarao je sa samom sobom.
He was talking to himself.
In this context, 'samom' is used reflexively in an adverbial sense.
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