myself
Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition,…Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
» I like to travel by myself.
Ich reise gern allein.
Я люблю путешествовать в одиночку.
Мне нравится путешествовать в одиночку.
Я люблю путешествовать один.
Я люблю подорожувати один.
Meaning
6 senses(pronoun, reflexive)Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
I taught myself.
(I) don’t think much of your new car, myself.
Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described.
I myself have witnessed the event.
selbst, selber
я самja sam, я сама́ja samá
я самja sam, я сама́ja samá
In my normal state of body or mind.
I feel like myself.
(proscribed)Me, as the object of a verb or preposition without a reflexive trigger. Sometimes used for intensifying the pronoun of oneself.
Give the ball to John or myself.
mich, mir
себя́sebjá, себе́sebé, собо́йsobój
себе́sebé, собі́sobí, собо́юsobóju
(India, Pakistan, nonstandard)My name is...
Myself John.
(archaic, proscribed)I (as the subject of a verb).
My wife and myself want to go on vacation.
Examples
4524 sentencesI like to travel by myself.
Я люблю подорожувати один. — deniko
ruЯ люблю путешествовать в одиночку. — Arkadeko
deIch reise gern allein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I can do it by myself.
Я можу зробити це самостійно. — deniko
ruЯ сам могу это сделать. — marafon
deIch kann das alleine. — xtofu80
I can only speak for myself.
Я можу говорити лише за себе. — deniko
ruЯ могу говорить только за себя. — marafon
deIch kann nur für mich sprechen. — MUIRIEL
May I introduce myself to you?
Чи можу я представитися? — deniko
deErlauben Sie mir, mich vorzustellen? — MUIRIEL
I can do it all myself.
Я це можу зробити власними засобами. — deniko
ruЯ могу сделать всё это сам. — odexed
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English myself, meself, from Old English mē selfum and similar phrases, equivaFrom Middle English myself, meself, from Old English mē selfum and similar phrases, equivalent to me + self, later partly reinterpreted as my + self / -self. Cognate with Scots mysel, mysell (“myself”), West Frisian mysels (“myself”), Dutch mijzelf (“myself”), German mich selbst, mir selbst (“myself”), Norwegian Bokmål meg selv (“myself”).
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Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
26 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- that by myself
- myself understood understood
- make myself understood
- there by myself
- make myself
- this by myself
- enjoyed myself
- home by myself
- bought myself a
- make myself clear
- care of myself
- all by myself