Unit 81 - Reflexive pronouns (myself/yourself etc.) Unit 81
Reflexive pronouns
(myself/yourself
etc.)
(a)
Возвратными
местоимениями являются:
В
ед.числе |
myself |
yourself
(один
человек) |
himself/herself/itself |
во
мн.числе |
ourselves |
yourselves
(более
одного) |
themselves |
Возвратные местоимения
используются вместо me,
us и
т.д., когда
речь идёт в предложении об
одном и том же человеке (в предложении
эта персона является и
подлежащим, и дополнением):
Sue
cut herself while she was
sewing. (а не `cut
her')
- I never pay for
her. She always pays for
herself.
(а не '
her')
-
I
like to sit alone talking to myself.
- Use
your head and not your fists. Try to control yourself!
- If
you want more to
eat, help yourselves.
- The picnic was
great. We enjoyed ourselves very
much.
(b)
myself и т.д. никогда не используются
после
bring / take something with.. или после
feel/relax :
- I went out and
took the case
with me.
(а не `with
myself')
- I feel
great after having a bath. (а не `I feel myself
great')
- It's good to
relax.
myself и т.д. обычно не
используются после
wash / dress / shave :
- I woke up early,
I shaved,
washed and
dressed.
(а не `shaved myself' )
(But - I dried
myself.
)
или после глагола meet :
- When shall we
meet?
(а не `meet
ourselves / meet us')
с
Усвойте разницу
между
selves
и
each other:
- Sam and Tassy
looked at each other.
(= Sam и Tassy смотрели друг на
друга)
но:
- Sam and
Tassy looked at
themselves in the mirror.
(= Sam и Tassy оглядывали себя)
One
another может
употребляться вместоeach
other:
- How long have you
and Ben known
each other (или one
another)?
- We never
liked
each other (или one
another).
(d)
Myself и
т.д. также ещё употребляются с другим
значением. Например:
-
`Who wrote your composition for you ?' `Nobody.
I
wrote it myself.'
- I'm not going to
make your bed. You
can do it yourself.
-
Let's try to do it
ourselves. It will be much
more cheaper.
-
The singer himself wasn't very good
but I liked the music.
- I
don't think Ted will do the work. Ted
himself doesn't think he'll
manage
to do it. (или
`Ted doesn't
think he'll manage to do it himself.')
Что касается
`by myself /
by yourself' и т.д.
смотри Unit
80c.
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