Reflexive Pronouns

Reflexive Pronouns

Reflexive pronouns are used to refer the action back to itself. For example, I did it myself. She ate it by herself. Let us congratulate ourselves, etc. Following are Afan Oromo equivalents for English reflexive pronouns. The letters in bold are not for phonetic emphasis, it simply shows the suffix that is added to indicate the pronoun.

Reflexive Pronoun	Afan Oromo
myself	ofii koo
yourself (m/f)	ofii kee
himself	ofii isaa
herself	ofii ishee
ourselves	ofii keenya
yourselves (m/f. pl)	ofii keesan
themselves	ofii saanii

• I did the work myself. - Ani hojjicha ofiikoo tiin hojjedhe.
• Get it yourself. - Ofii kee itti gali.
• He hurt himself. - Ofii isaa ofhube. / Ofhube.
• We love ourselves. - Nuti ofii keenya of jaalanna.
• They pay for themselves. - Ofii saanii kafalatan.