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    сегодня вы превзошли самих себя.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alexsms View Post
    сегодня вы превзошли самих себя.
    Familiar singular: Сегодня ты превзошёл самого себя.
    Polite singular: Сегодня вы превзошли самого себя.
    Familiar/polite plural: Сегодня вы превзошли самих себя.
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    Please correct my English

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    Quote Originally Posted by Soft sign View Post
    Familiar singular (to a male): Сегодня ты превзошёл самого себя.
    Polite singular: Сегодня вы превзошли самого себя.
    Familiar/polite plural: Сегодня вы превзошли самих себя.
    If you were speaking in the singular familiar to a girl/woman, would the construction be "Сегодня ты превзошла саму себя." ????

    I'm trying to clarify that the verb is followed by the accusative, not the genitive (which would be самой себя in the feminine singular).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Throbert McGee View Post
    If you were speaking in the singular familiar to a girl/woman, would the construction be "Сегодня ты превзошла саму себя." ????

    I'm trying to clarify that the verb is followed by the accusative, not the genitive (which would be самой себя in the feminine singular).
    Indeed, ты
    превзошёл сам себя
    превзошла саму себя
    превзошло само себя (if one can imagine referring to neuter gender interlocutor: "свет мой, зеркальце, скажи" and all this stuff)
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