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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{IPA|en|/jɔːˈsɛlvz/|/jʊəˈsɛlvz/|a=RP,strong}} |
* {{IPA|en|/jɔːˈsɛlvz/|/jʊəˈsɛlvz/|a=RP,strong}} |
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* {{IPA|en|/jɔɹˈsɛlvz/|/jʊɹˈsɛlvz/|a=GA,strong}} |
* {{IPA|en|/jɔɹˈsɛlvz/|/jʊɹˈsɛlvz/|a=GA,strong}} |
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Revision as of 09:59, 2 June 2024
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Morphologically your + -selves.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, strong) IPA(key): /jɔːˈsɛlvz/, /jʊəˈsɛlvz/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (Received Pronunciation, weak) IPA(key): /jəˈsɛlvz/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American, strong) IPA(key): /jɔɹˈsɛlvz/, /jʊɹˈsɛlvz/
- (General American, weak) IPA(key): /jɚˈsɛlvz/
- Hyphenation: your‧selves
- Rhymes: -ɛlvz
Pronoun
yourselves (second person, plural of yourself, plural reflexive of you)
- (reflexive pronoun) Inflection of you (plural) used as the object of a verb or non-locative preposition in a clause whose subject is the same (the people addressed).
- You shouldn't blame yourselves.
- Talk amongst yourselves.
- (emphatic) You (plural), used to intensify the subject as the group addressed.
- You yourselves won’t eat at that restaurant. Why are you recommending it to us?
Derived terms
Translations
you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)
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intensifier
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See also
English personal pronouns
Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are in italics.