yourself

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /jɔːˈself/
• (US) IPA: /jʊɹˈsɛlf/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlf

Pronoun

yourself referring to the person being spoken to, previously mentioned (the reflexive case of you)

1. (reflexive) Your own self.

   Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself.

2. you; used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved

   You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong.

Translations

(reflexive) your own self

• Catalan: et (ca)
• Czech: se (cs), sebe (cs)
• Esperanto: vi (eo), vin (eo)
• Finnish: (sinä/te) itse (fi) (subject informal/formal), itsesi/itsenne (object, informal/formal)
• Hungarian: magad (hu), magadat (hu)
• Italian: te stesso (it) m sg, te stessa (it) f sg, voi stessi (it) m pl, voi stesse (it) f pl

• Japanese: 自身 (ja) (jishin)
• Latin: tutemet (la), tute (la), vosmet (la) pl
• Polish: się (pl), siebie (pl)
• Russian: себя (sebjá); Usage notes: Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself. (burn whom?) (Будь осторожен с этим огнём или ты обожжёшь себя.) (or обожжёшься, look at -ся)
• Spanish: te (es), ti (es), se (es)

you, used emphatically, especially to emphasize the exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate

• American Sign Language: A@Chesthigh SmallFrontandback
• Catalan: mateix (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自己 (cmn) (zìjǐ)

• Czech: sám (cs), samotný (cs)
• Japanese: 自分 (ja) (じぶん, jibun)
• Latin: tute (la)

• Russian: ты сам (ty sám) m, ты сама (ty samá) f, вы сами (vy sámi) plural and formal you Usage notes: сам is used when referring to an action directed to other objects, not that whom "yourself" means. For example: You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong. (know what?) (Ты сам знаешь, что написанное тобой неверно.)
• Spanish: tú mismo

See also

English personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Subject	Objective	Reflexive	Possessive adjective	Possessive pronoun
Singular	First	—	I	me	myself	my	mine
	Second	—	you, thou (archaic)	you, thee (archaic)	yourself, thyself (archaic) theeself (archaic)	your, thy (archaic)	yours, thine (archaic)
	Third	Masculine	he	him	himself	his
		Feminine	she	her	herself	her	hers
		Neuter	it		itself	its	its (rare)
		Gender-neutral	they	them	themself	their	theirs
Plural	First	—	we	us	ourselves	our	ours
	Second	—	you, ye (archaic)	you	yourselves	your	yours
	Third	—	they	them	themselves	their	theirs
Indefinite	Third	—	one		oneself	one's	—

Noun

yourself (plural yourselves)

1. Your usual, normal, or true self.

   After a good night's sleep you'll feel like yourself again.

Translations

your usual, normal, or true self

• Finnish: oma itsesi (fi)
• Hungarian: önmaga (hu), saját maga (hu)
• Italian: te stesso (it) m sg, te stessa (it) f sg, voi stessi (it) m pl, voi stesse (it) f pl

• Japanese: 本来の自分 (ja) (honrai no jibun)
• Latin: tute (la), vosmet (la) pl
• Russian: себя in different forms

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• Arabic: نَفْسُك (náfsuk)
• Mandarin: 你自己 (nǐ zìjǐ)
• Crimean Tatar: özüñ
• Dutch: jezelf, uzelf
• French: toi-même, vous-même
• German: du selbst, Sie selbst

• Interlingua: te, tu ipse
• Korean: 당신 자신 (dangsin jasin)
• Portuguese: tu mesmo, você mesmo