This is the 147th most frequent Slovenian word.
sam
"Sam" in Slovenian means "alone" or "by oneself."
'Sam' here means 'alone' and emphasizes that the subject is going without company.
Sam grem k prijatelju.
I am going to a friend's place alone.
'Sam' here means 'himself' and indicates that the action was done independently by the subject.
On je sam izbral to pot.
He chose this path himself.
'Sam' here again means 'alone', but it describes a state of being rather than an action.