Reflexive Pronouns
(myself,yourself,himself,herself,itself, ourselves,yourselves,themselves)
Bagaimanakah kamu mengatakan sendiri /tanpa dibantu orang lain /sendirian /melakukan sesuatu pada diri sendiri dalam bahasa Inggris? Berikut ini beberapa contoh ungkapan yang biasanya kamu dengar dalam pergaulan sehari-hari.
- Agar tampak rapi penampilanya setiap pagi sehabis mandi ,Minanti selalu melihat dirinya (sendiri) di cermin.
- Apakah kamu tinggal sendirian? Orang tuamu dimana?
- Saya kemari sendirian. (Tidak ada yang menemani).
- Alice sendiri yang menulis surat. (bukan kakaknya )
- Rina membeli mobil sendiri ( tidak dibelikan orangtuanya) karena dia sudah bisa mencari uang.
- Selly membeli buku untuk dia sendiri.
- Saya sendiri yang menyiapkan makanan.
KAPAN MENGGUNAKAN Self- PRONOUNS?
1. BILA SESEORANG MELAKUKAN SESUATU SENDIRI (tanpa bantuan orang lain).
Example:
- Mrs. Betrix said to the students : “Please turn over page five and do the exercise yourselves “ (self- pronoun diletakkan sesudah kata kerja)
- Astri, you must do the washing- up yourself now! No one is allowed to help you!
- On my way to school, my bike was broken. Nobody helped me. so I fixed it myself.
- No one can help her solve the problem. You should ask her to solve it herself.
2. Self-Pronouns YANG MENUNJUKKAN BAHWA SESUATU DILAKUKAN PADA DIRI SENDIRI.
Examples:
- Mother cut herself in the kitchen. (Ibu terluka di dapur)
- She can look after herself. ( Dia dapat menjaga dirinya)
- Minanti looks at herself in the mirror. (Minanti melihat dirinya sendiri di cermin)
- We blame ourselves for that accident. ( Kita menyalahkan diri sendiri dalam kecelakaan itu)
- Don`t hurt yourself! (Jangan sakiti dirimu sendiri)
- Be yourself! (Berlakulah sewajarnya saja!
- Garry, come with me, please! Make yourself at home. (anggaplah rumah sendiri!)
- Watch yourself! (berhati-hatilah!)
- You may have some more sugar. Just help yourself! ( ambil sendiri!)
- I like our school cafeteria. We can serve ourselves there.
- They whispered among themselves. (mereka berbisik-bisik diantara mereka sendiri)
- Force yourselves to finish the work. (Paksa dirimu untuk menyelesaikan pekerjaan itu!)
3. Self-Pronouns UNTUK EMPHASIZING, MENEKANKAN YANG DIKATAKAN. To emphasize means to concentrate or focus attention on something or to make something important.
- Sonny bought a magazine himself
- Sonny bought himself a tie
- Sonny bought a tie for himself
- I myself do not trust him. (Saya sendiri tidak mempercayainya)
- She told me herself, so it must be true. (she herself said so). (dia sendiri yang cerita, jadi pastilah ceritanya benar)
- Only they, themselves, know the truth. (Hanya mereka sendirilah yang tahu kebenaranya)
Pada kalimat “ Sonny bought a magazine himself”, pembicara mau menekankan bahwa SUBJECT (Sonny ) dan bukan orang lain yang membeli majalah.
Pola berikut ini lebih umum dipakai dalam bahasa tulis
SUBJECT -SELF VERB OBJECT
I myself do not trust him
Only they themselves know the truth
4. Self-Pronouns yang mengandung arti SENDIRIAN (tak ada yang menemani)
- I`m going there by myself. (saya mau pergi kesana sendirian)
- He did it all by himself. (Ia mengerjakanya seorang diri saja)
- No one helps her to finish that assignment. So she works by herself
- Berta doesn`t like to sit with me. Therefore she sits by herself.
By myself ,by yourself, by himself by herself by itself, by ourselves by yourselves by themselves berarti “alone” (sendirian)
SUBJECT VERB BY…SELF
I like to go by myself . (I like to go alone )
Mira is going by herself. (Mira is going alone)
Do you live by yourself? (Do you live alone?)
Selamat Belajar! Good Luck!