myself

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
2. Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described.
3. In my normal state of body or mind.
4. Me (as the object of a verb or preposition).
5. I (as the subject of a verb).
6. my name is...

Concepten

mezelf

mijzelf

ikzelf

zelf

mij

mijzelf

Synoniemen

I

me

himself

yourself

first person pronoun

oneself

herself

itself

themselves

yourselves

ourselves

self

thyself

for myself

singular

neutral

by myself

mine

first person

i

i

on my own

equal

to me

-self

same

reflexive pronoun

Met koppelteken als

my‧self

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/maɪˈsɛlf/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: myself

Overgenomen van Oudengels: mē selfum

Verwant aan Schots: mysel

In summary

From Middle English myself, meself, from Old English mē selfum and similar phrases, equivalent to me + self, later partly reinterpreted as my + self / -self. Cognate with Scots mysel, mysell (“myself”), West Frisian mysels (“myself”), Dutch mijzelf (“myself”), German mich selbst, mir selbst (“myself”), Norwegian Bokmål meg selv (“myself”).

Zinnen

I myself heard nothing of that .

Ik heb daar zelf niets van gehoord.

For about six years I managed to control myself .

Ongeveer zes jaar lang slaagde ik erin mezelf te beheersen.

Used to hunt rabbits there myself .

Gebruikt om daar zelf op konijnen te jagen.

I don't want anything for myself .

Ik wil niets voor mezelf.