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yourselves en · PRON

Pronunciation

  • /jʊəˈsɛlvz/ strong form, without the pour–poor merger
  • /jəˈsɛlvz/ weak form
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /jɔːˈsɛlvz/ strong form, pour–poor merger
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /jɔɹˈsɛlvz/ strong form
  • /jʊɹˈsɛlvz/ strong form
  • /jɚˈsɛlvz/ weak form

Etymology

Morphologically your + -selves.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, pronoun, reflexive, second-person) Inflection of you (plural) used as the object of a verb or non-locative preposition in a clause whose subject is the same (the people addressed).
    form of you
    • You shouldn't blame yourselves.
    • Talk amongst yourselves.
  2. (emphatic, second-person) You (plural), used to intensify the subject as the group addressed.
    • You yourselves won’t eat at that restaurant. Why are you recommending it to us?

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
yoselves alternative lexicographic
of you Number=Plur, Reflex=Yes lexicographic
yerselves alternative lexicographic
yourself plural-of lexicographic

Deriveds

make yourselves at home

Relateds

Ime · they · he · themhem · mymineme · me · thou · your · all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' · her · thyselftheeselfthysen · she · themselvestheirsen · y'allselves · oursourn · our · themself · himselfhisselfhissen · The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun · itselfhitself · one · mine · all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' · yoursyourn · archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun. · yourselfyoursen · itshishits · itshis · ourselvesourselfoursen · us · · their · him · we · you · one's · ithit · hishisn · including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete · thythine · myselfmemysen · theirstheirn · hershern · his · themselves · herselfhersen · youye · thine · you ally'all you guys yous · them · theirs · 'em · oneself · thee

Translations (60)

cy eich hunain (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · se iežadet (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · kjh позыңар (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · be сабо́й (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · be сябе́ (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · sh sebe (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · ro înșivă (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · ca us (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · ar أَنْفُسُكُم (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · ko 당신 자신 (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · de sich (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · sk vy sami (intensifier) · es se (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · rom tumen (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · be -цца (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · uk ви сами́ (intensifier) · se ieža (intensifier) · de ihr selbst (intensifier) · fr vous-mêmes (intensifier) · pt vós/vocês mesmos (intensifier) · lv jūs paši (intensifier) · ro însevă (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · sah бэйэҕит (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · ru себя́ (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · ru вы са́ми (intensifier) · tyv бодуңар (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · tyv боттарыңар (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · ca mateixos (intensifier) · lv jūs pašas (intensifier) · nv tʼáá nihí (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · pt vós/vocês mesmas (intensifier) · ro voi înșivă (intensifier) · eo vi (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · de Sie selbst (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · be вы са́мі (intensifier) · es ustedes mismos (intensifier) · de euch (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · fr vous (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · sk vy same (intensifier) · fi itsenne (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · ru вы са́ми (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · ja ご自分 (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · dsb se (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · fi itse (intensifier) · se iežade du (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · pt vós/vocês mesmos (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · cmn 你們自己 /你们自己 (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · eo vin (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · cy eich hun (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · pt vós/vocês mesmas (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · gd thu fèin (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · ro voi însevă (intensifier) · de Sie selbst (intensifier) · es sí mismos (intensifier) · ja 御自分 (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · es vosotros mismos (intensifier) · uk ви самі́ (intensifier) · be сабе́ (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · es ustedes mismos (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) · cy eich hunan (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned))