"Women seldom consider themselves beautiful."

Translation: Ženy samy sebe zřídka považují za krásné.

[SteveWildones]

Why both samy and sebe?

[VladaFu]

That's how we use these words. You could just use "se" but for stressing you can use "samy sebe" instead. Neither of these too words would fit there on its own, in this context you need to use both.

[SteveWildones]

Thank you, VladaFu.

[QlIKbokf]

when you say you can use "se" alone you mean like: "zeny se zridka povazuji za..."?
thanks

[VladaFu]

As I mentioned above, "samy sebe" is stronger.

[QlIKbokf]

ok then !! i will remember samy sebe

[AgnusOinas]

In increasing order of strength:

• "ženy se" < "ženy sebe" < "ženy samy sebe"
• "muži se" < "muži sebe" < "muži sami sebe"

[QlIKbokf]

Thank you ! That helps a lot the understanding and the gradation !

[CarolynBar909171]

Ženy samy sebe zřídka považují za krásné.

Can someone explain why there is samy and sebe in this sentence, please? There are no tips to consult!

[VladaFu]

"themselves" is quite directly equivalent to "samy sebe"

them = sebe (reflexive)

selves (plural of self) = samy (sám = alone, self)