Reflexive and Emphatic

Lesson Quiz

Compound personal pronouns are formed by adding self / selves to a personal pronoun.पर्सनल प्रोनाउन में self या selves लगाने से संयुक्त व्यक्तिवाचक सर्वनाम (कॉम्पाउन्ड पर्सनल प्रोनाउन) बनता है for.eg.

Singular Form

				Result
my	+	self	➜	myself.
your	+	self	➜	yourself.
him / her / it	+	self	➜	himself. / herself. / itself.

Plural Form

				Result
our	+	selves	➜	ourselves.
your	+	selves	➜	yourselves.
them	+	selves	➜	themselves.

Reflexive Pronounsनिजवाचक सर्वनाम

A complex personal pronoun is referred to as a reflexive pronoun when it is used as an object that indicates that the action performed by the subject is on the subject itself.किसी कॉम्प्लेक्स पर्सनल प्रोनाउन को reflexive pronoun या निजवाचक सर्वनाम उस समय कहते हैं जब वह object की तरह प्रयुक्त किया गया हो और उस से प्रतीत होता है कि subject द्वार किया हुआ काम स्वयं उसी पर ही होता है, जैसे...

Singular Form
I have hurt myself.
You have hurt yourself.
He has hurt himself. She has hurt herself. The horse hurt itself.
Plural Form
We have hurt ourselves.
You have hurt yourselves.
They have hurt themselves.

Emphatic Pronounsदृढ़तावाचक सर्वनाम

A complex personal pronoun is referred to as a emphatic pronoun when it used to add emphasis to the subject of the sentence.Complex Personal pronoun उस समय emphatic pronouns या दृढ़तावाचक सर्वनाम कहलाता है जब उनका उपयोग subject फर जोर या बल देने के लिए किया जाता. जोर देने के अलावा emphatic pronoun से वाक्य के अर्थ में कोई खास फरक नहीं पड़ता.

I will do it myself.
The teacher herself taught me this.
The people themselves are not very rich.