reflexive pronoun

Noun

Meaning

a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

reflexive

Hypernyms

personal pronoun

Examples

Chris Collins, Paul Martin Postal, Imposters: A Study of Pronominal Agreement (2012, ISBN 0262016885) Similar to singular "you", its singular reflexive pronoun ("ourself") is different from the plural reflexive pronoun ("ourselves"). Source: Internet

In the third person, the periphrastic form of vatükomok (he washes himself) must use the reflexive pronoun, vatükom oki, as vatükom omi would mean "he washes him (someone else)". Source: Internet

The following are appropriate for conversational use: The reflexive pronoun is ตวเอง (tua eng), which can mean any of: myself, yourself, ourselves, himself, herself, themselves. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

reflexive conditioning reflexive possessive reflexive possessive pronoun reflexive statement reflexive verb reflexively