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
 Summary
Personal Personal Possessive Possessive Reflexive
Pronoun as Pronoun as Adjective Pronoun Pronoun
Subject Object
Person I I me my ... mine myself
Singular
Person II You you your ... yours yourself
Singular
Person III He him his ... his himself
Singular
She her her ... hers herself
It it its ... - itself
Person I We us our ... ours ourselves
Plural
Person II You you your ... yours yourselves
Plural
Person III They them their ... theirs themselves