Reflexive pronouns are pronouns that are a reflection of

the pronoun (pronoun) itself. The words of this change

include myself, yourself, herself, Himself, Itself, ourselves ,

yourselves, and themselves. These words are used when

the subject and object in a sentence is the same person.

VARIOUS ;

SINGULAR :

Person I : myself

Person II : yourself

Person III : himself

herself

itself

PLURAL :

Person I : ourselves

Person II : yourselves

Person III : themselves

Reflexive pronouns can function as an

object. Object / person in the object is a person /

object with the same subject.

example:

I think I need to love myself. I do not want to

love others more or less than myself.

Verbs (verb) and phrases (phrases) which are

usually followed by reflexive pronoun (in this example we

use a reflexive pronoun yourself which of course can be

replaced with another):

believe in yourself

Blame yourself

cut yourself

enjoy yourself

Feel sorry for yourself

Reflexive pronouns can also be used to give emphasis

to the subject. In this sense the reflexive pronoun is placed

just after the subject.

example:

  I myself cooked it = I cooked it myself.

By + reflexive pronoun

means alone.

• John sat by himself on a bench

of the park. = John sat alone on

a bench of the park.

• She lives by herself. = She

lives alone

Personal

Pronoun as

Subject

Personal

Pronoun as

Object

Possessive

Adjective

Possessive

Pronoun

Reflexive

Pronoun

Person I

Singular

I me my ... mine myself

Person II

Singular

You you your ... yours yourself

Person III

Singular

He him his ... his himself

She her her ... hers herself

It it its ... - itself

Person I

Plural

We us our ... ours ourselves

Person II

Plural

You you your ... yours yourselves

Person III

PLural

They them their ... theirs themselves

Summary