Reflexive Pronoun (আত্মবাচক সর্বনাম)
Reflexive pronouns:
o They hurt themselves when they tripped on the stairs.
o I told myself not to waste the valuable time.
Subject এবং object একই ব্যাক্তি বা বস্তু হলে reflexive pronouns বসাতে হয়। Reflexive pronoun গুলো subject কেই object হিসেবে reflect করে।
When
the subject itself comes again as an object, reflexive pronouns are used. They
end with self/selves. Himself, myself, herself, themselves, etc.
are the examples of reflexive pronouns.
Example:
o He killed himself.o They hurt themselves when they tripped on the stairs.
o I told myself not to waste the valuable time.
We use a reflexive pronoun when we want to refer back to
the subject of the sentence or clause. Reflexive pronouns end in
"-self" (singular) or "-selves" (plural).
There are eight reflexive pronouns:
reflexive pronoun
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singular
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Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself
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plural
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Ourselves, yourselves, themselves
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Look at these examples:
non-reflexive
the underlined words are NOT the same person/thing |
REFLEXIVE pronouns
the underlined words are the SAME person/thing |
John saw me.
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I saw myself in
the mirror.
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Why does he blame you?
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Why do you blame yourself?
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David sent him a copy.
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John sent himself a copy.
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David sent her a copy.
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Mary sent herself a copy.
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My dog hurt the cat.
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My dog hurt itself.
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We blame you.
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We blame ourselves.
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Can you help my children?
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Can you help yourselves?
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They cannot look after the babies.
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They cannot look after themselves.
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