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# You use '''yourself''' when the person doing an action and receiving an action are both you. <> [[kai]] da [[kanka]] <abbr title="masculine gender">''m''</abbr>, [[ke]] da [[kanki]] <abbr title="feminine gender">''f''</abbr>; [[ranka]] / [[ranki]]. | # You use '''yourself''' when the person doing an action and receiving an action are both [[you]]. <> [[kai]] da [[kanka]] <abbr title="masculine gender">''m''</abbr>, [[ke]] da [[kanki]] <abbr title="feminine gender">''f''</abbr>; [[ranka]] / [[ranki]]. | ||
#: ''Be careful. You'll [[hurt]] '''yourself'''.'' | #: ''Be careful. You'll [[hurt]] '''yourself'''.'' | ||
#: ''Are you happy with '''yourself'''.'' | #: ''Are you happy with '''yourself'''.'' | ||
Revision as of 17:10, 18 June 2021
Pronunciation
Pronoun
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(reflexive)
- 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.
- Are you happy with yourself.
- I heard you got yourself a new pet.
- Use for emphasis.
- Don't pretend you don't know. You yourself have seen these kinds of problems.
- 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?
- 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)