We use reflexive pronouns when the subject of a clause is also the object of the clause’s verb.
This occurs with certain reflexive verbs.
For example:
🅼🆈🆂🅴🅻🅵 🆈🅾🆄🆁🆂🅴🅻🅵 🅷🅸🅼🆂🅴🅻🅵 🅷🅴🆁🆂🅴🅻🅵 🅸🆃🆂🅴🅻🅵 🅾🆄🆁🆂🅴🅻🆅🅴🆂 🆈🅾🆄🆁🆂🅴🅻🆅🅴🆂
🆃🅷🅴🅼🆂🅴🅻🆅🅴🆂
They are formed by adding “-self” to singular pronouns or “-selves” to plural pronouns to the end of my, your, our, him, her, it or them.
Example 1:
I saw myself in the mirror.
My+self refers back to the subject "I." It indicates that the speaker is both the one seeing and the one being seen.
Example 2:
She imagined herself on a tropical beach.
Her+self refers back to "she." It shows that the action of imagining is directed back to the subject.
Example 3:
They consider themselves to be above the law.
Them+selves refers back to "they." The sentence It shows that the action of imagining is directed back to the subject.
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