Reflexive Pronouns

English 2
• There is a reflexive pronoun for every subject pronoun:

Pronouns Reflexive pronouns

I myself
you yourself
he himself
she herself
it itself

we ourselves

they themselves
• Use a reflexive pronoun when the subject and the object of a verb are the same person.
• I hurt myself. (myself is the same person as "I")
• They hurt themselves. (themselves is the same person as "they")

• You can use by + reflexive pronouns to mean "alone" and not with other people:
• A Were you skiing by yourself?
• B Yes, I was skiing by myself.