Reflexive Pronouns

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS differ from other pronouns in that they are used ordinarily only in the predicate and refer back to the subject.

Reflexive pronouns bend back to the subject, i.e., they reflect or refer to the subject.

Declension of Reflexives

1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person
Singular
Nom. - - -
Gen. meī (of myself) tuī (of yourself) suī (of himself, herself, itself)
Dat. mihi (to/for myself) tibi (to/for yourself) sibi (to/for himself, etc.)
Acc. (myself) (yourself) (himself/herself/itself)
Abl. (by/with/from myself) (by/with/from yourself) (by/with/from himself, etc.)
Plural
Nom. - - -
Gen. nostrī (of ourselves) vestrī (of yourselves) suī (of themselves)
Dat. nobīs (to/for ourselves) vobīs (to/for yourselves) sibi (to/for themselves)
Acc. nōs (ourselves) vōs (yourselves) (themselves)
Abl. nōbīs (by/with/from ourselves) vōbīs (by/with/from yourselves) (by/with/from themselves)

The Intensive Pronoun Ipse, Ipsa, Ipsum

Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular
Nom. ipse ipsa ipsum
Gen. ipsius ipsius ipsius
Dat. ipsi ipsi ipsi
Acc. ipsum ipsam ipsum
Abl. ipsō ipsā ipsō
Plural
Nom. ipsī ipsae ipsa
Gen. ipsōrum ipsārum ipsōrum
Dat. ipsīs ipsīs ipsīs
Acc. ipsōs ipsās ipsōs
Abl. ipsīs ipsīs ipsīs