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[[junansu]], [[su]] [[kansu]], [[da kansu]] | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
* {{IPA|/ðɛmˈsɛlvz/}} | |||
* {{SAMPA|/DEm"sElvz/}} | |||
* {{audio|en-us-themselves.ogg|Audio (US)}} | |||
==Pronoun== | |||
{{pronoun}} | |||
#{{refl pron}} You use '''themselves''' when the people doing an action and the people receiving an action are the same people, but they are not you or the person you're talking to. <> [[junansu]], [[su]] [[kansu]], [[da kansu]] | |||
# Use for emphasis, when talking about more than one person or about one person when you don't know who that person is. | |||
#: ''The classes are as different as the students '''themselves'''.'' | |||
# If somebody or some people do something by '''themselves''', they do it [[alone]]. | |||
#: ''The children earned $500 by '''themselves'''. I didn't help.'' | |||
# If somebody or some people don't feel '''themselves''', they are different from usual, because they are sick, scared, stressed, etc. | |||
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Pronunciation
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- (reflexive) You use themselves when the people doing an action and the people receiving an action are the same people, but they are not you or the person you're talking to. <> junansu, su kansu, da kansu
- Use for emphasis, when talking about more than one person or about one person when you don't know who that person is.
- The classes are as different as the students themselves.
- If somebody or some people do something by themselves, they do it alone.
- The children earned $500 by themselves. I didn't help.
- If somebody or some people don't feel themselves, they are different from usual, because they are sick, scared, stressed, etc.
Google translation of themselves
- (pronoun) ... da kai <> themselves;