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
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:
rouħ means "-self" or "soul"
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.