Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Grammar XVI (Reflexive Pronoun)

Reflexive Pronoun is pronoun which emphasizes principle meaning of the word and the common words from reflexive pronoun namely self,selves.
well, to use the word "self" it used in singular and to use the word "selves" is used in plural also reflexive pronoun is reflected into:
-The Reflexive Use is a word that shows the reflexive use.
Personal Pronoun
I, You, We, They, He, She, It
Reflexive Pronoun
By my self/my self, By your self/your self, By our selves/our selves, By Them selves/them selves, By him self/him self, By her self/her self, By it self/it self.
-The Emphatic Use is a word that shows the emphatic use.
The Reference: if Reflexive Pronoun is placed after the word nominative case such is increasing tobe the emphatic meaning. and if the word "self" is placed after the word "By" to carry along meaning "Sendirin" such is the same with "alone, insole"
-I By my self
-You By your self
-We By our selves....etc.

Example
BA. Who had finalized your problem yesterday?
BAA. Who was finalizing your problem yesterday?
AA. Who finalized your problem yesterday?
reflexive use
BA. No body, I had finished my problem by my self yesterday
BAA. No body, I was finishing my problem by my self yesterday
emphatic use
AA. No body, I by my self finalized  my problem yesterday

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