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Reflexives

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Abstract reflexive: used with verbs, expressing reflexive actions, the person through their actions

Effectice reflexive: used with subjects, expressing emphasis, the person physically

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  • Ĝmalthe b rouħi ("I did it by myself") (lit: "I did it with myself")

  • Húe bydo mşee ğaadi ("He himself went there")

  • Aħne bydne me konneeş nedro ("Even we didn't have knowlegde") (lit: "We ourselves not were not knowing")

  • Entoume bydkom me keeneş fibeelkom beeş yemşi b rouħo ("Even y'all didn't think he himself would go") (lit:"Y'all yourselves, it wasn't in y'all mind that he will go by himself")

Just to note:

  1. rouħ means "-self" or "soul"

  2. byd is a contraction of b + yedd that is "with hand" or "by hand" but it came to mean "the very self of [noun]" or "even the very presence of [noun]" with "hand" in this context signifying the physical existence of the person/thing.