yourself
You; used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's…You (singular); used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved.
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» Please help yourself to the cake.
Bitte bedienen Sie sich selbst beim Kuchen. — landano
Пожалуйста, угощайтесь тортиком. — Ooneykcall
Угощайтесь пирогом, пожалуйста. — marafon
Угощайся пирогом, пожалуйста. — marafon
Будь ласка, пригощайся тортиком. — deniko
Будь ласка, пригощайся тістечком. — deniko
Будь ласка, пригощайтеся тістечком. — deniko
Будь ласка, пригощайтеся тортиком. — deniko
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Examples
4209 sentencesPlease help yourself to the cake.
Будь ласка, пригощайся тортиком. — deniko
ruПожалуйста, угощайтесь тортиком. — Ooneykcall
deBitte bedienen Sie sich selbst beim Kuchen. — landano
Please help yourself to the pizza.
Будь ласка, пригощайтесь піцою. — triantafillou
ruПожалуйста, угощайтесь пиццей. — al_ex_an_der
deBitte, nehmt euch Pizza. — Jelisawjeta
Look at yourself in the mirror.
Подивись на себе у дзеркало. — deniko
ruВзгляни на себя в зеркало. — Lenin_1917
deSchau dich im Spiegel an. — MUIRIEL
Meaning
3 senses(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.
You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong.
ты са́мty sám, ты сама́ty samá, вы са́миvy sámi
ти самty sam, ти сама́ty samá, ви сами́vy samý
(pronoun, reflexive)Your own self (singular).
Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself.
After a good night's sleep you'll feel like yourself again.
dich, dich selbst, sich
себя́sebjá, -ся-sja
(Ireland, especially, proscribed)You (singular); even when "you" has not been used previously; see usage notes.
I spoke with yourself last in February.
No one understands me like yourself.
Origin
From Middle English yourself, equivalent to your + -self.From Middle English yourself, equivalent to your + -self.
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Word family
27 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- B1Reflexive pronouns: myself, yourself, each other — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- that by yourself
- care of yourself
- help yourself to
- there by yourself
- consider yourself
- yourself a new
- enjoy yourself
- should buy yourself
- please help yourself
- this by yourself
- all by yourself
- hurt yourself
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.