Just like personal pronouns, reflexive pronouns have specific words for singular and plural.
The singular reflexive pronouns are:
Yourself is a pronoun as it replaces your name.
"Heself" is a reflexive pronoun. It is a non-standard and archaic form used in some dialects or older texts, where "he" would be the subject pronoun and "himself" would be the reflexive pronoun.
What is the difference between a reflexive pronoun and an intensive pronoun? How do reflexive pronouns function in a sentence? Can an intensive pronoun be substituted for a reflexive pronoun? Why do we use reflexive pronouns when the subject and object are the same? Can you give examples of sentences where reflexive pronouns are needed?
The pronoun 'yourself' is a reflexive pronoun or an intensive pronoun.The pronoun 'yourself' is a second person, singular pronoun.When used as a reflexive pronoun, it 'reflects back' to its antecedent.When used as an intensive pronoun, it emphasizes its antecedent.Examples:Mable, please make yourself comfortable. (reflexive)Mable, I can't believe you made this yourself. (intensive)
Ourselfs is not a word.The pronoun "ourselves" is a reflexive pronoun, a word that 'reflects' back to its antecedent.The pronoun "ourselves" is the first person, plural reflexive pronoun.Example: We made ourselvescomfortable while we waited.
The reflexive pronoun that takes the place of a third person, singular, noun (or pronoun) for a male is himself.Examples:Dad made himself a sandwich.He made himself a sandwich.The pronoun 'him' is an objective, third person, singular personal pronoun. A reflexive pronoun does not normally replace an object noun or pronoun.
Myself is a reflexive pronoun.
It's called a reflexive pronoun.
The pronoun is himself, a reflexive pronoun, which takes the place of the noun Jamie. A reflexive pronoun 'reflects' back to the noun antecedent.
In the example sentence, the pronoun 'himself' is a reflexive pronoun. A reflexive pronouns 'reflects' back to its antecedent.As an intensive pronoun the sentence would read:Jason himself finished the remodeling.An intensive pronoun emphasizes its antecedent.
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Yes, in the noun phrase 'I myself', the reflexive pronoun 'myself' is used as an intensive pronoun to emphasize the antecedent 'I'.Examples:I read the note myself. (reflexive pronoun)I made myself a sandwich. (reflexive pronoun)I myself read that note. (intensive pronoun)I myself made these sandwiches. (intensive pronoun)