" de si mismo " o " de se mismo/a "' ?

Question

Está escrito en la palabra del día hoy "sólo hablaba de si mismo". Hubiera dicho " de se mismo/a " para sobre él / ella misma. ¿"Alguien podría explicarme por favor?

It is written in todays word of the day "sólo hablaba de si mismo". I would have said " de se mismo/a " for about him/ herself. Could someone please explain ?

Muchas gracias de antemano

Tal vez un poco complicado, pero aquí tienes el uso de ese "sí" (no olvides la tilde): http://buscon.rae.es/dpd/srv/search?id=OPRQrNgR6D6MJDLkBh - Cordobesa, Jan 13, 2014

Muchisimas gracias Cordobesa por su ayuda. Interesante y instructivo. No he observado la tilde antes. - britisk, Jan 13, 2014

Answer 1

I can't tell you why, but there is also the same use in : Estaban hablando entre si. ( They were talking amongst themselves)

Thanks Annie. Better late than never. - britisk, Jan 24, 2014

Answer 2

Muchas graciAs kiro, estO lo he entENDIDO/entendi, pero quisiera saber de donde viene el " si " y porque

To be honest I just know that, and use it like that. I don't know why, maybe somebody else can explain you

saludos

Thanks kiro for correcting my too quickly written comment. Thanks to all for your answers which are the same as I'm getting from native speakers. However, I'll not give up and when I find the answer I'll drop a line. Where is franco ? - britisk, Jan 12, 2014

Answer 3

It's de si mismo/a you can't say "de se mismo" that's not spanish

Muchas gracis kiro, este lo he entiendo, pero quisiera saber de donde viene el " si " y porque. - britisk, Jan 12, 2014

Yes. I can't expalain it either, but I'm sure you're right. It's just so. - annierats, Jan 12, 2014