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Pronouns

I can use reflexive,emphatic and indefinite pronouns.

Reflexive and emphatic pronouns

Reflexive and emphatic pronouns have the same form.

Subject Object Reflexive/emphatic what ha-p-pei-ved to your-filler?
pronoun pronoun pronoun
CÜ l cu.t myself. Iwas rÿa\ziiÿo¡sotÿethiiÿg.
1 me myself
CD what were you tualeútg?
you you yourself
P QThat wooden giraffe.
he him himself
lO Y° u vuade that yourself?
she her herself
= Qyes, I did.
it it itself ou should be -proud it's
Y of yourself',
we us ourselves beautiful', you. could sell it to sovÿeovÿe.

you you yourselves

they them themselves

We use a reflexive pronoun after a verb when the
subject and object of the sentence are the same.

Yetfe Reflexive ptensun , (Qkject)

1 cut myself.

We taught ourselves Italian.

We can also use an emphatic pronoun after a noun
We can use reflexive pronouns after these verbs: cut,
or pronoun,to mean'this person or thing and no
hurt,burn,introduce,teoch, tell, make,force, watch, see,
other one'.
surprise. She herselfsaidshe hadmadea mistake.
MayI introducemyself?I'mMaryRoberts. I spoke to thedirector himself.
They were tiredafter the longflight buttheyforced
themselves to stay uplate. We use reflexive pronouns after some verb + adjective
preposition combinations.
We don't use reflexive pronouns after these verbs:
You shouldbeproudofyourself.
decide, concentrate, wake up,standup, rest,relax,hurry.
Jason never believedin himself.
We can use an emphatic pronounafter the object of a
However,we use object pronouns, not reflexive
noun to mean'without help'. pronouns, after prepositions of place.

I hearda noise behindme.
Subject Verb Object Emphatic pronoun
We noticedsomeonestanding near us.
He made that giraffe himself.
There are some idioms with reflexive pronouns.
They grew the flowers themselves. I'msure they willbehavethemselves! (= be good)
Enjoyyourself! (= have fun)
We can use emphatic pronouns with this meaning Makeyourself athome. (= behave as if this was
after these verbs:make, write, design, cook, grow, paint, your home)
fix, invent. Helpyourself to hot drinks. (=take as many as
George grew those flowers himself. you want)
We managedto fix the computer ourselves. I went to the cinema by myself. (=alone)

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