yourself

== English == === Alternative forms === yerself, yo'self, yoself, yohself (all nonstandard) Yourself (honorific) === Etymology === From Middle English yourself, equivalent to your +‎ -self. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) (weak form) IPA(key): /jəˈsɛlf/ (strong form, pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /jɔːˈsɛlf/ (strong form, without the pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /jʊəˈsɛlf/ (General American, Canada) (weak form) IPA(key): /jɚˈsɛlf/ (strong form) IPA(key): /jɔɹˈsɛlf/, /jʊɹˈsɛlf/ Hyphenation: your‧self Rhymes: -ɛlf === Pronoun === yourself (referring to the person being spoken to, previously mentioned, the reflexive case of you) (reflexive pronoun) Your own self (singular). (emphatic pronoun) You (singular); used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved. (especially Ireland; proscribed) You (singular); even when "you" has not been used previously; see usage notes. ==== Usage notes ==== Use of "yourself" as in "I spoke with yourself last in February." is an untriggered reflexive (i.e. "yourself" is used to mean "you" without the pronoun "you" being used previously in the sentence), which is proscribed. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References === == Middle English == === Alternative forms === youreself, yourselff === Etymology === your +‎ self === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjuːrsɛlf/ === Pronoun === yourself Emphatic plural 2nd person pron. ==== Descendants ==== English: yourself Yola: yerzel ==== References ==== “yǒur-self, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.