Meaning

3 senses
  1. (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

  2. (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

  3. (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.

Examples

4227 sentences
  1. Please help yourself to the cake.

    Будь ласка, пригощайся тортиком. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, угощайтесь тортиком. — Ooneykcall

    deBitte bedienen Sie sich selbst beim Kuchen. — landano

  2. Please help yourself to the pizza.

    Будь ласка, пригощайтесь піцою. — triantafillou

    ruПожалуйста, угощайтесь пиццей. — al_ex_an_der

    deBitte, nehmt euch Pizza. — Jelisawjeta

  3. 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

  4. Did you make it by yourself?

    Ти це сам зробив? — deniko

    ruТы сам это сделал? — marafon

  5. Why don't you do that yourself?

    Чому б тобі цього не зробити для самого себе? — deniko

    ruПочему бы тебе не сделать это самому? — odexed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
you, used emphatically:
Русский
By meaning 2
(reflexive) your own self:
you, used emphatically:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
(reflexive) your own self:

Origin

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

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

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Word family

28 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • that by yourself
  • care of yourself
  • help yourself to
  • there by yourself
  • consider yourself
  • yourself a new
  • consider yourself an
  • enjoy yourself
  • should buy yourself
  • please help yourself
  • this by yourself
  • buy yourself a

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
yourself — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto