REFLEXIVE PRONOUN

 Reflexive Pronoun

       Reflexive Pronoun adalah sebuah pronoun/kata ganti yang menunjukkan bahwa subjek yang berupa Orang, Benda maupun Hewan menerima aksi dari verb/kata kerja di dalams ebuah kalimat, sehingga subjek memiliki bentuk reflexive sendiri di posisi objek. Yg termasuk reflexive pronoun antara lain , Singular ( Myself,Yourself, Herself,Itself), Plural ( Ourselves, Themselves)

Singular itu tunggal Plural itu Majemuk.

Waktu untuk menggunakan Reflexive Pronoun :

1.      Ketika menjadi direct object

Dimana subjek dan objek adalah sama, kita bisa menggunakan reflexive pronoun dengan transitive verb, misalnya : blame, cut , dry , enjoy , hurt , help etc.

Contoh : I teach myself to drive motorcycle

2.      Ketika menjadi indirect objek

Dimana objek sama dengan subjek dari kata kerja.

Contoh : I have written myself a letter to send tomorrow.

3.      Ketika menjadi objek dari proposisi

Contoh : He makes a life for himself.

( himself adalah objek dari proposisi “for”)

Example of Reflexive Pronoun :

SINGULAR

1.      MYSELF

-          I’am going to cook myself spagetthi.

-      I can tell it by myself when she gets school.

2.      YOURSELF

-          Why you don’t see yourself on mirror?.

-          You make easy by yourself.

3.      HERSELF

-          She cook that pizza by herself.

-          The class looks more beautiful and perfumed, she design by herself.

4.      HIMSELF

-          He promise to himself that he never late again.

-          He can fix the car by himself.

5.      ITSELF

-          My friends hate itself.

-          My dog licking itself.

PLURAL

1.      THEMSELVES

-          The students do the exercises by themselves.

-          They have mad messy all the room by themselves.

2.      OURSELVES

-          We will cook this chicken by ourselves.

-          We make the tea by ourselves.