yourself

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /jɔːˈself/
• (US) IPA^(key): /jɚˈsɛlf/, /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 (singular).

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

2. You (singular); 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

• Belarusian: сябе́ (sjabjé) (accusative, genitive), сабе́ (sabjé) (dative, locative), сабо́й (sabój) (instrumental), -цца (-cca) (verb ending)
• Catalan: et
• Czech: se (cs), sebe (cs)
• Dutch: jijzelf (nl) (informal), uzelf (nl) (formal)
• Esperanto: vi (eo), vin (eo)
• Finnish: (informal) itsesi (fi), (formal) itsenne (fi)
• Hungarian: magad, magadat
• Italian: te stesso m sg, te stessa f sg, voi stessi m pl, voi stesse f pl
• Japanese: 自身 (ja) (jishin)

• Latin: tutemet, tute, vosmet pl
• Novial: vu
• Polish: się (pl), siebie (pl)
• Portuguese: te, se
• Russian: себя (ru) (sebjá), -ся (ru) (-sja)
• Scots: yersel
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: se

• Spanish: te (es), ti (es), se (es), ti mismo (tuteo, male), ti misma (tuteo, female), vos mismo (voseo, male), vos misma (voseo, female), usted mismo (formal, male), usted misma (formal, female)

you, used emphatically

• American Sign Language: A@Chesthigh SmallFrontandback
• Belarusian: ты сам m (ty sam), ты сама́ f (ty samá), (plural or formal) вы са́мі (vy sámi)
• Catalan: mateix
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自己 (zh) (zìjǐ)

• Czech: sám (cs), samotný
• Finnish: (informal) sinä itse, (formal) te itse
• Japanese: 自分 (ja) (じぶん, jibun)

• Latin: tute
• Latvian: tu pats m, tu pati f, (singular formal) jūs pats m, jūs pati f, (plural informal or formal) jūs paši m pl, jūs pašas f pl
• Polish: sam (pl) m, sama (pl) f
• Portuguese: você/tu mesmo m
• Russian: ты сам m (ty sám), ты сама́ f (ty samá), (plural or formal) вы са́ми (vy sámi)
• Slovak: ty sám m, ty sama f, vy sami, vy same
• Spanish: tú mismo
• Ukrainian: ти сам m (ty sam), ти сама́ f (ty samá), (plural or formal) ви сами́ (vy samý), ви самі́ (vy samí)

See also

English personal pronouns

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

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

• Japanese: 本来の自分 (honrai no jibun)
• Latin: tute, vosmet pl
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} себя (sebja)

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

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} te, ^{(please verify)} tu ipse
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 당신 자신 (dangsin jasin)