I've come across the below sentence:
Este año he decidido serme fiel a mi misma y no mentirme
I checked the dictionary and couldn't find the word "serme". What does it mean?
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As an aside, "a mi misma" is redundant in the sentence. "Serme fiel" implies it. "Este año he decidido serme fiel y no mentirme".– Adriano Varoli PiazzaApr 4, 2014 at 14:29
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serme = ser + me and means "to be" in its infinitive reflexive form. "Mentirme" is of the same form, mentir + me.
This year I decided to be faithful to myself and not lie to myself.
You can add the reflexive pronouns to the end of infinitives, gerunds and affirmative imperative verbs.
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thanks for your comment. Since usually if the word is relfexive, the dictionary will always show somethinglike "serse" or "mentirse". But this time I couldn't find both words this time. Why doesn't the dictionary show that? I used the online dictionary "wordreference.com".– user468Jul 7, 2012 at 7:09
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@ Cadenza : I can't find any examples of it being used either. But I can't see what else they could have meant. Was it from an old book? It certainly appears superfluous as "Este año he decidido ser fiel a mí mismo y no mentirme a mí misma." would mean the same.– BrianAJul 7, 2012 at 17:12
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No, it's from a recent article written by someone.– user468Jul 7, 2012 at 19:21
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By the way, why you said "ser fiel a mí mismO" but "mentirme a mí mismA"?– user468Jul 7, 2012 at 19:24
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Finger trouble with cut and paste! "Este año he decidido ser fiel a mí misma y no mentirme" As per your original sentence.– BrianAJul 8, 2012 at 11:19