No singular:
Myself
Yourself
Himself/herself/itself
No plural:
Ourselves
Yourselves
Themselves
Nota:
toda palavra no singular terminada em -LF no plural termina em -LVES.
- I don't want you to pay for me. I'll pay for myself (not pay for me).
- Amy had a great holiday. She really enjoyed herself.
- Do you talk to yourself sometines? (dito a uma pessoa).
- If you want more to eat, help yourselves (+ de uma pessoa).
- It's not our fault. You can't blame us.
- It's our own fault.. We should blame ourselves.
- I feel nervous. I can't relax. (não relax myself)
- You must try and concentrate.
- What time shall we meet?
Normalmente se usa wash, shave, dress SEM myself.
- He got up, washed, shaved and dressed.
Você tambem pode dizer: He get dressed.
Compare -selves e each other:
- Kate and Joe stood in front of the mirror and looked at themselves (eles olharam pra si mesmos).
- Kate looked at Joe and Joe looked at Kate; They looked at each other. (olharam um para o outro).
- How long have you and Ben known each other? or ...known one another?
- Sue and Alice don't like each other or ... one another.
- Do you and Sarah love near each other or... live near one another?
Myself/ yourself pode ser usado para alguem dizer que fez algo por sua prípria conta.
- Who repaired your bike for you? I repaired it myself.
- I'm not going to do your work for you. you can do it yourself.
- Let's paint the house ourselves. Ot woll be much cheaper.
- The film itself (o filme em si) wasn't very good, but I loved the music.
- I don't think Lisa will get a job. Lisa herself doesn't think so (or Lisa doesn't think so herself).
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