In French, you use a specific structure to express myself, yourself...
Learn how to express "myself..." in French
In French, to emphasise a person's involvement in an action (myself, yourself...), you will use:
moi/toi/lui/elle/soi/nous/vous/eux/elles - même/s
Look at these examples:
Moi-même, je pense que c'est juste.I myself think it's fair
Tu te laves toi-même !You're washing yourself! (i.e. You do it on your own!)
Il l'a fait lui-même.He did it himself
Nous les avons préparés nous-mêmes !We made them ourselves!
Vous le dites vous-mêmes !You say so yourselves!
Ils l'ont dessiné eux-mêmes.They drew it themselves.
Elles vous accueilleront elles-mêmes.They will greet you themselves.
Here are the forms:
| moi-même | myself |
| toi-même | yourself |
| lui-même | himself/itself |
| elle-même | herself/itself |
| soi-même | oneself/yourself/ourselves |
| nous-mêmes | ourselves |
| vous-mêmes | yourselves (plural 'vous' form) |
| vous-même | yourself (polite and singular 'vous' form) |
| eux-mêmes | themselves (male or mixed group) |
| elles-mêmes | themselves (female group only) |
Case of "soi-même"
Soi-même is used in general statements and definitions, and is the direct equivalent of oneself.
It is used with the pronoun on (see On can mean either we/one/people (French Subject Pronouns)) or the impersonal il:
J'ai acheté une armoire à assembler soi-même.I bought an "assembly required" wardrobe. [Lit: I bought a wardrobe to assemble oneself.]
Il vaut mieux le faire soi-même.It's better to do it yourself/oneself/ourselves.
On peut assembler les meubles Ikéa soi-même !One can assemble Ikea furniture oneself!
Dans ce cas, on est soi-même responsable.In this case, we're responsible ourselves.
In this case, one is responsible oneself.
In this case, one is responsible oneself.
See also Même can mean "same", "itself", "very", "exact" and "precise" as an adjective, and "even" as an adverb in French
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In this case, one is responsible oneself.
