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See also:Yourself

English

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(Received Pronunciation)
- (weak form)IPA^(key): /jəˈsɛlf/
  - Audio(London): (file)
- (strong form, pour–poor merger)IPA^(key): /jɔːˈsɛlf/
- (strong form, without thepour–poor merger)IPA^(key): /jʊəˈsɛlf/
(General American)
- (weak form)IPA^(key): /jɚˈsɛlf/
  - Audio(US): (file)
- (strong form)IPA^(key): /jɔɹˈsɛlf/,/jʊɹˈsɛlf/
Hyphenation:your‧self
Rhymes:-ɛlf

Pronoun

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

(reflexive pronoun) Yourownself (singular).
Be careful with that fire or you'll burnyourself.
After a good night's sleep you'll feel likeyourself again.
- 2025 April 28, Madeline Holcombe, “It might be time to ‘reparent’ yourself. Here’s how to get started”, inCNN‎^[1]:
  As an adult, you would findyourself being a people pleaser with the men in your life –– afraid to be rejected and emotionally abandoned.
(emphatic pronoun)You (singular);used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved.
Youyourself know that what you wrote was wrong.
(especially Ireland; proscribed^[1])You (singular);even when "you" has not been used previously; see usage notes.
I spoke withyourself last in February.
No one understands me likeyourself.
My colleague andyourself are invited to the conference.
I only spoke to my lawyer andyourself about the issue.

Usage notes

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Use of "yourself" as in "I spoke with yourself last in February." is an untriggered reflexive (i.e. "yourself" is used to mean "you" without the pronoun "you" being used previously in the sentence), which is proscribed.

Derived terms

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Translations

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(reflexive) your own self

Arabic:نفسكَ m(nafsuka),نفسكِ f(nafsuki)
Egyptian Arabic:نفسَك m(nafsak),نفسِك f(nafsek)
Belarusian:сябе́(sjabjé)(accusative, genitive),сабе́(sabjé)(dative, locative),сабо́й(sabój)(instrumental),-цца(-cca)(verb ending)
Catalan:et (ca)
Czech:se (cs),sebe (cs)
Dutch:jijzelf (nl)(informal),uzelf (nl)(formal)
Esperanto:vi (eo),vin (eo)
Finnish:(informal)itsesi (fi),(formal)itsenne (fi)
French:te (fr),vous (fr)
German:dich (de)(informal),dich selbst(informal),sich (de)(formal),sich selbst(formal)
Hungarian:magad (hu),magadat
Ido:tu ipsa,vu ipsa
Italian:te stesso m sg,te stessa f sg,voi stessi m pl,voi stesse f pl
Japanese:自身 (ja)(jishin)
Khakas:позың(pozıñ)
Latin:tutemet,tute,vosmet pl
Navajo:tʼáá nihí
Northern Sami:iežat
Persian:خودت (fa)(xodat)
Polish:się (pl),siebie (pl)
Portuguese:te (pt),se (pt)
Romani:tut
Russian:себя́ (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)
Sranan Tongo:yusrefi
Turkish:kendin (tr)
Tuvan:бодуң(boduñ)
Unami:kënihëlàchi
Welsh:dy hun(familiar),eich hun(polite),dy hunan(familiar, South Wales),eich hunan(polite, South Wales)
Yakut:бэйэҥ(beyeŋ)

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 (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:自己 (zh)(zìjǐ)
Czech:sám (cs),samotný (cs)
Esperanto:vi mem
Finnish:(informal)sinä itse,(formal)te itse
French:toi-même (fr),vous-même (fr)
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
Northern Sami:ieš
Polish:sam (pl) m pers,sama (pl) f
Portuguese:você/tu mesmo m
Russian:ты са́м 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)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions atWiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Arabic:^{(pleaseverify)}نَفْسُك(nafsuk)
Crimean Tatar:^{(pleaseverify)}özüñ
Dutch:^{(pleaseverify)}jezelf (nl),^{(pleaseverify)}uzelf (nl)
French:^{(pleaseverify)}toi-même (fr),^{(pleaseverify)}vous-même (fr)
German:^{(pleaseverify)}du selbst,^{(pleaseverify)}Sie selbst
Hungarian:önmaga (hu),saját maga
Interlingua:^{(pleaseverify)}te,^{(pleaseverify)}tu ipse
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)
Korean:^{(pleaseverify)}당신 자신(dangsin jasin)
Latin:tute,vosmet pl
Russian:^(please verify)себя́ (ru)(sebjá)

			personal pronoun			possessive pronoun	possessive determiner
			subjective	objective	reflexive	possessive pronoun	possessive determiner
first person	singular		I me (colloquial)	me	myself me mysen	mine	my mine(before vowels, archaic) me
first person	plural		we	us	ourselves ourself oursen	ours ourn(obsolete outside dialects)	our
second person	singular	standard (historically formal)	you	you	yourself yoursen	yours yourn(obsolete outside dialects)	your
	singular	archaic (historically informal)	thou	thee	thyself theeself thysen	thine	thy thine(before vowels)
	plural	standard	you ye(archaic)	you	yourselves	yours yourn(obsolete outside dialects)	your
		colloquial	you all y'all you guys	you all y'all you guys	y'allselves	all yours y'all's you guys' your guys'	all your y'all's your all's(nonstandard) you guys' your guys'
		informal / dialectal	(see list of dialectal forms atyou and inflected forms in those entries)
third person	singular	masculine	he	him	himself hisself(archaic) hissen	his hisn(obsolete outside dialects)	his
		feminine	she	her	herself hersen	hers hern(obsolete outside dialects)	her
		neuter	it hit	it hit	itself hitself	its his(archaic)	its his(archaic) hits
		genderless¹	they	them	themself,themselves	theirs	their
		nonspecific (formal)	one	one	oneself	–	one's
	plural		they	them hem,'em	themselves theirsen	theirs theirn(obsolete outside dialects)	their