themselves

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ðɛmˈsɛlvz/
• SAMPA: /DEm"sElvz/

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Pronoun

Pronoun themselves

1. (reflexive) You use themselves when the people doing an action and the people receiving an action are the same people, but they are not you or the person you're talking to.

   They've hurt themselves.

   They're very happy with themselves.

   They've got themselves a new pet.

2. Use for emphasis, when talking about more than one person or about one person when you don't know who that person is.

   The classes are as different as the students themselves.

3. If somebody or some people do something by themselves, they do it alone.

   The children earned $500 by themselves. I didn't help.

4. If somebody or some people don't feel themselves, they are different from usual, because they are sick, scared, stressed, etc.

		Singular					Plural
		Subject	Object	Possessive 1	Possessive 2	Reflexive	Subject	Object	Possessive 1	Possessive 2	Reflexive
First		I	me	my	mine	myself	we	us	our	ours	ourselves
Second		you	you	your	yours	yourself	you	you	your	yours	yourselves
Third	Feminine	she	her	her	hers	herself	they	them	their	theirs	themselves
	Masculine	he	him	his	his	himself
	Impersonal	it	it	its	its	itself