yourself

Word parts

your + -self

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /jɔːˈself/

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• Hyphenation: your‧self

Pronoun

Pronoun yourself

(reflexive)

1. You use yourself when the person doing an action and receiving an action are both you.

   Be careful. You'll hurt yourself.

   Are you happy with yourself.

   I heard you got yourself a new pet.

2. Use for emphasis.

   Don't pretend you don't know. You yourself have seen these kinds of problems.

3. If you do something by yourself, you do it alone.

   That's beautiful, son. Did you make it by yourself?

4. If you don't feel yourself, you are different from usual, because you are sick, scared, stressed, etc.

		Singular					Plural
		Subject	Object	Possessive 1	Possessive 2	Reflexive	Subject	Object	Possessive 1	Possessive 2	Reflexive
First		I	me	my	mine	myself	we	us	our	ours	ourselves
Second		you	you	your	yours	yourself	you	you	your	yours	yourselves
Third	Feminine	she	her	her	hers	herself	they	them	their	theirs	themselves
	Masculine	he	him	his	his	himself
	Impersonal	it	it	its	its	itself