Pronombres Reflexivos - Teoría

USO:

(a) Para hablar sobre acciones en donde el sujeto y el objeto son la misma persona.
(b) Significa "esa persona/cosa y nadie/nada mas"

FORMA:

Singular

MYSELF
YOURSELF
HIMSELF
HERSELF
ITSELF
ONESELF

Plural

OURSELVES
YOURSELVES
THEMSELVES

EJEMPLOS:

(a) 'How did you injure yourself?'
'I decided to teach myself to fly.'
(b) 'The director talked to me himself!'

NOTA: Normalmente no utilizamos pronombres reflexivos con WHAT, DRESS, SHAVE, FEEL o después de preposiciones, cuando es evidente sobre quien estamos hablando.

'I don't feel very well.' (NO "feel myself")

Tome nota de la importante diferencia entre pronombres reflexivos y las expresiones EACH OTHER/ONE ANOTHER.

'Ana and Tim looked at eachother/one another.'
Comparar con: 'Ana and Tim looked at themselves in the mirror.'

La expresión BY + Pronombre Reflexivo BY MYSELF, BY HIMSELF etc. Significa "solo" o "sin ayuda".

'He climbed the mountain by himself.'

EJEMPLOS:

'David did all the washing by himself.'
'Nobody helped me; I did the homework by myself.'