Personal Reflexive and Reciprocal Pronouns

himself

pronoun

/hɪm.sɛlf/ or /him.self/

h

h

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ɪ

m

m

s

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e

ɛ

l

l

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f

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used when both the subject and object of the sentence or clause refer to a male human or animal who is being talked about

herself

pronoun

/hɜr.sɛlf/ or /hēr.self/

h

h

e

ɜ

r

r

s

s

e

ɛ

l

l

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used when a female human or animal is both the one who does an action and the one who is affected by the action

itself

pronoun

/ɪt.sɛlf/ or /it.self/

i

ɪ

t

t

s

s

e

ɛ

l

l

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f

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used when an animal or object is both the thing that does an action and the thing that the action is done to

ourselves

pronoun

/aʊr.sɛlvz/ or /aoor.selvz/

o

a

u

ʊ

r

r

s

s

e

ɛ

l

l

v

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e

s

z

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used when the speaker and one or more other people are both the ones who do an action and the ones who are affected by it

yourselves

pronoun

/jɔr.sɛlvz/ or /yawr.selvz/

y

j

ou

ɔ

r

r

s

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e

ɛ

l

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e

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used when a group of people who are being addressed are both the ones who do an action and the ones that are affected by it

themselves

pronoun

/ðəm.sɛlvz/ or /dhēm.selvz/

th

ð

e

ə

m

m

s

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l

l

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z

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used when a group of people or animals are both the ones who do an action and the ones who are affected by it

oneself

pronoun

/n.sɛlf/ or /n.self/

o

n

n

e

s

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e

ɛ

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l

f

f

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used to refer back to the subject of a sentence or clause to show that the action performed by the subject affects the subject itself

each other

pronoun

/ˈiːtʃ ˈʌðɚ/

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used to refer to two or more people or things when they are doing something mutually or reciprocally

one another

pronoun

/wˈʌn ɐnˈʌðɚ/

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used to refer to the reciprocal relationship or action between multiple people or things