Monday, January 10, 2022

Reflexive Pronouns (Myself, Yourself, etc.): Sinhala Grammar #58

 Ayubowan!


Today we will be learning about reflexive pronouns (Myself, yourself, himself, etc.). 

Let’s dive right in:



I bought a shirt for myself.

Mama matama kamisayak gaththaa.

මම මටම කමිසයක් ගත්තා.


Essentially, we treat “myself” as an indirect object. This applies for all of the other 

personal pronouns: 



He hits himself.

Eyaa eyatama gahanawaa.

එයා එයටම ගහනවා. 



You can make yourself tea.

Oyaa oyatama the hadhanna puluvan. 

ඔයා ඔයටම තේ හද්හන්න පුළුවන්. 




To finish off, this is a table of the different pronouns



Singular

Plural

I/ We

Matama/මටම/Myself

Apitama/අපිටම/ We

You/ You all

Oyatama/ඔයටම/Yourself

Ogollangtama/ඔගොල්ලන්ග්ටම/ Yourselves

Her/Him/ Them

Eyatama/එයටම/Herself

Egollangtama/ඒගොල්ලන්ග්ටම/ Themselves



That’s all for this post. If you have any questions or comments, leave them down below.

Stay tuned for the next post on January 17th!


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