Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject
and the object of a sentence are the same. In English they are translated as ‘myself’, ‘yourself’, ‘himself’, ‘herself’, ‘itself’, ‘ourselves’, ‘yourselves’ and ‘themselves’.
For the first and second person, personal pronouns
can be used reflexively.
For example:
| Me audio | I hear myself |
| Te audis | You hear yourself |
‘Me’ and ‘you’ are the objects of the verb, so appear in the accusative case.
For the third person, a different reflexive pronoun is used. This pronoun is unaffected by gender and number, but it does decline.
| Singular/Plural | Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | – | – | – |
| Accusative | se/sese | herself, himself, itself | themselves |
| Genitive | sui | of herself, himself, itself | of themselves |
| Dative | sibi | to/for herself, himself, itself | to/for themselves |
| Ablative | se/sese | from/with/by herself, himself, itself | from/with/by themselves |
For example:
| Lucia se audit | Lucy hears herself |
| Thomas se audit | Thomas hears himself |
| Scissores se audiunt | The tailors hear themselves |
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