себя́ = I love myself”. The ending -его is pronounced as -ево. The ending -его is pronounced as -ево. Russian has several main classes of numerals (числи́тельные):...

genitive singular adjectival endings -ого and -его are pronounced as -ово and -ево. After a sibilant (ш, ж, ч, щ) or velar (к, г, х) consonant, и is written...