yourself

kanka m, kanki f

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /jɔːˈself/

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• Hyphenation: your‧self

Pronoun

Pronoun yourself

(reflexive)

1. You use yourself when the person doing an action and receiving an action are both you. <> kai da kanka m, ke da kanki f; ranka / ranki.

   Be careful. You'll hurt yourself. <> Hankali. Ka ji wa kanka ciwo.

   Are you happy with yourself? <> Toh kana jin dadi da kanka?

   I heard you got yourself a new pet. <> Na ji kin samowa kanki sabon abokiyar dabbar gida.

2. Use for emphasis.

   Don't pretend you don't know. You yourself have seen these kinds of problems. <> Kar ki yi kamar ba ki sani ba. Ke da kanki kinga ire-iren wadannan matsalolin.

3. If you do something by yourself, you do it alone. <> yin abu kai/ke kaɗai.

   That's beautiful, son. Did you make it by yourself? <> Da kyau ɗa na. Kai kaɗai ka yi?

4. If you don't feel yourself, you are different from usual, because you are sick, scared, stressed, etc. <> jin kamar ka ba yadda ka saba ba, wato kamar ba ka da lafiya ko kana da fargaba.

Related

• yourselves (ku da kanku)
• self (kai)

Google translation of yourself

1. (pronoun) kai da kanka <> yourself; ke da kanki <> yourself.