Reflexive Pronouns
myself - a mim mesmo, -me
I cut
myself with a knife.
I painted the house myself.
Bring me a mirror. I want to look at myself.
yourself - a ti, a você mesmo(a),
-te,-se
You will
hurt yourself with that knife.
You have not been yourself lately.
Johny, you have to believe in yourself.
himself - a si, a ele mesmo, -se
He looked
at himself in the mirror.
He himself prepared everything.
He will kill himself with that motorbike if he if not careful enough.
herself - a si, a ela mesma, -se
She burned
herself while cooking the pizza.
She herself fixed the car.
She took a knife and defended herself.
itself - a si mesmo(a), -se
The bird
threw itself into the water.
The proposal itself surprised everybody in the room.
They want to create a material that can repair itself.
ourselves - a nós mesmos(as), -nos
We put ourselves at great risk in
that situation.
We can finish the project ourselves.
Let's
introduce ourselves.
yourselves - a vós, a vocês mesmos(as),
-vos,-se
You all can
consider yourselves lucky to be here.
As you yourselves can see, this has been very easy.
Girls, don't limit yourselves.
themselves - a si, a eles mesmos, a elas
mesmas, -se
They found
themselves in serious trouble.
They themselves wrote the article for the newspaper.
The boys bought themselves a dog.
