What is a Reflexive Pronoun?
Reflexive pronoun is a type of pronoun that refers back to the subject of a sentence that is noun, pronoun, adjective or adverb. Reflexive pronouns denote the reflected action upon the subject like a mirror which is done by that subject. Reflexive Pronouns are referred to the subject used as object of a verb.
Reflexive pronouns are formed by adding -self to singular personal pronouns and –selves to plural personal pronouns.
There are eight reflexive pronouns in English. Let’s have a look-
Singular Number
- Myself
- Yourself
- Himself
- Herself
- Itself
Plural number
- Ourselves
- Yourselves
- Themselves
Examples of Reflexive Pronouns
We can see that reflexive pronouns are used in the following examples.
Reflexive pronouns are used in singular as well as plural form.
[table “23” not found /]More examples of Reflexive Pronouns
- I learn myself to build a website.
- You are speaking to yourself.
- He had to earn money, so he went to office himself.
- The principal writes official letters herself because none can write so well.
- We often tell ourselves not to do bad things.
- The students decorated their class by themselves.
Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves and themselves are compound personal pronouns.
Compound Personal Pronouns are used as Emphatic Pronoun or Reflexive Pronoun.
Go over –
- Personal Pronouns
- Possessive Pronouns
- Emphatic Pronouns
- Relative Pronouns
- Interrogative Pronouns
- Demonstrative Pronouns
- Indefinite Pronouns
- Distributive Pronouns
