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Reflexive pronoun

  When myself, yourself, ourselves, itself are used as the objects of verbs, they are called reflexive pronoun. অর্থাৎ, myself, yourself, ourselves, itself ইত্যাদি যখন কোন verb এর object হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হয়, তখন এদেরকে reflexive pronouns বলে। যদি verb এরsubject এবং object একই ব্যক্তি হয়, তবে reflexive pronoun ব্যবহৃত হয়। যেমনঃ 1. I enjoyed  myself. 2. He hurt  himself. 3. She praised  herself. 4. They patted  themselves  on the back. A reflexive pronoun can be used after a preposition. He was  beside himself  with rage. I did it all by  myself . Reflexive pronouns as Intensive pronouns When words like myself, yourself, himself, itself etc., are used for the sake of emphasis they are called  emphatic pronouns . অর্থাৎ, myself, yourself, ourselves, itself ইত্যাদি যখন emphasis বা জোর প্রকাশের জন্য ব্যবহৃত হয়, তখন এদেরকে emphatic pronouns বলে। যেমনঃ I myself wrote this poem. They themselves admitted it. The announcement was made by the Princip...