yourself

See also: Yourself

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English yourself, equivalent to your +‎ -self.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, strong) IPA^(key): /jɔːˈsɛlf/, /jʊəˈsɛlf/
(Received Pronunciation, weak) IPA^(key): /jəˈsɛlf/
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(General American, strong) IPA^(key): /jɔɹˈsɛlf/, /jʊɹˈsɛlf/
(General American, weak) IPA^(key): /jɚˈsɛlf/
- Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: your‧self
Rhymes: -ɛlf

Pronoun

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

(reflexive) Your own self (singular).
Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself.
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.

After a good night's sleep you'll feel like yourself again.
1. (formal, proscribed) You (singular); in other contexts, a hypercorrection perceived as being more polite in formal and professional conversation..
  I spoke with yourself last in February.

Derived terms

Translations

(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)
Yakut: бэйэҥ (beyeñ)

you, used emphatically

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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)

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Translations to be checked

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} نَفْسُك (nafsuk)
Crimean Tatar: ^{(please verify)} özüñ
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} jezelf (nl), ^{(please verify)} uzelf (nl)
French: ^{(please verify)} toi-même (fr), ^{(please verify)} vous-même (fr)
German: ^{(please verify)} du selbst, ^{(please verify)} Sie selbst
Hungarian: önmaga (hu), saját maga
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} te, ^{(please verify)} 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: ^{(please verify)} 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	our
second person	singular	standard, formal	you	you	yourself yoursen	yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects)	your
	singular	archaic, 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	y'all's you guys' your guys' (proscribed)	y'all's your all's (nonstandard) you guys' your guys' (proscribed)
		informal / dialectal	(see list of dialectal forms at you* 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
		genderless	they	them	themself, themselves	theirs	their
		genderless, nonspecific (formal)	one	one	oneself	–	one's
	plural		they	them hem, 'em	themselves theirsen	theirs theirn (obsolete outside dialects)	their

Middle English

Alternative forms

youreself, yourselff

Etymology

your +‎ self

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjuːrsɛlf/

Pronoun

yourself

Emphatic plural 2nd person pron.

Descendants

English: yourself
Yola: yerzel

References

“yǒur-self, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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