Folosim pronume reflexive pentru funcția de complement într-o propoziție atunci când complementul este același cu subiectul.
Folosim pronume reflexive în loc de pronume personale:
"I look at myself in the mirror." (not "I look at me in the mirror.")
"I bought something for myself." (not "I bought something for me.")
"I" este atât subiectul cât și complementul. Dacă subiectul este diferit de complement, folosim un pronume cu funcție de complement: "I look at him in the mirror." or "I bought something for him."
Folosim pronume reflexive pentru a sublinia subiectul care realizează acțiunea:
"I drove the car myself."
Eu am condus mașina, nu altcineva.
Folosim pronume reflexive alături de "by" pentru a sublinia subiectul și nu pe altcineva, sau atunci când vrem să îi dăm sensul de "alone" (singur) (pentru a evidenția "alone", trebuie să folosim "by"):
"I drove the car bymyself."
Eu am condus-o, nu altcineva, sau eram singur când am condus mașina.
"She waited in the room byherself." (not "She waited in the room herself.")
A așteptat singură în cameră.
Cum se formează
Acest tabel prezintă pronumele reflexive pentru fiecare subiect:
Subiect
pronume reflexiv
I
myself
you (singular)
you (plural)
yourself
yourselves
we
ourselves
they
themselves
she
herself
he
himself
it
itself
Dacă folosim by, îl plasăm chiar înainte de pronumele reflexiv:
Subiect
acțiune
(by)
pronume reflexiv
I
did it
(by)
myself.
You (singular)
You (plural)
yourself.
yourselves.
We
ourselves.
They
themselves.
She
herself.
He
himself.
It
itself.
Exemple:
Sarah could see herself in the reflection.
The subject and the object are the same person. (not "She could see by herself" … or "Sarah could see her.")
He did the work himself.
He did the work, no one else.
He did the work byhimself.
He did the work, no one else,orhe was alone when he did the work.
I don’t want to go to the party bymyself.
I don’t want to go to the party alone (note that "I don’t want to go to the party myself" means something different. This means: Personally (if I speak for myself), I don’t want to go to the party.)
Exerciții
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