Intensive pronouns (নিবিড় সর্বনাম)

Intensive pronouns:

অন্য কোন noun বা pronoun এর উপরে গুরত্ব প্রদান করার জন্যে যেসকল pronoun ব্যবহৃত হয়,তাদেরকে Intensive pronouns বলা হয়। Reflexive pronoun এবং intensive pronoun দেখতেএকই রকম কিন্তু intensive pronoun বাক্যে object হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হয় না ।

Intensive pronouns end in self/selves and refer back to another noun or pronoun to emphasize in the sentence.

Example:

Rahim opened the door himself.

I wash my clothes myself.

Notice that all the above reflexive pronouns can also act as intensive pronouns, but the function and usage are different. An intensive pronoun emphasizes its antecedent. Look at these examples:

• I made it myself. OR I myself made it.
• Have you yourself seen it? OR Have you seen it yourself?
• The President himself promised to stop the war.
• She spoke to me herself. OR She herself spoke to me.
• The exam itself wasn't difficult, but the exam room was horrible.
• Never mind. We'll do it ourselves.
• You yourselves asked us to do it.
• They recommend this book even though they themselves had never read it. OR They recommend this book even though they had never read it themselves.