Turkish reflexive pronouns
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The Turkish reflexive pronoun 'Kendi' (self/own) is used to emphasize who has done the action and used instead of the regular Turkish personal pronouns.
Dönüşlülük zamirleri | Reflexive pronouns |
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Kendim | Myself |
Kendin | Yourself |
Kendisi or kendi | Him/Her/Itself |
Kendimiz | Ourselves |
Kendiniz | Yourself, Yourselves(formal) |
Kendileri | Him/Herself, Themselves(formal) |
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The reflexive pronoun 'kendi' is used to show:
The reflexive pronouns can be used to show an emphasis. (Ben kendim, I myself...)
The pronoun 'kendi' is used to express a possession as an adjective. In this case, the person agrees with the thing which is owned.
The Turkish personal pronouns are used as a subject of a sentence. On the other hand, the reflexive personal pronoun 'kendi' can be used to emphasize the subject of the sentence. The reflexive personal pronoun can be used with the personal pronouns.
Turkish | English | |
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Personal pronoun | Ben bunu yaptım. | I have done this. |
Reflexive pronoun | Bunu kendim yaptım. | I have done this myself. |
Personal+Reflexive pronoun | Ben bunu kendim yaptım. | I have done this myself. |
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