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| ===[[Dal'qörian pronouns|back to Dalcurian pronouns]]===
| | [[Dal'qörian pronouns|Redirect to Dalcurian pronouns]] |
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| Reflexive pronouns reflect the 'action' of a verb back to the subject or, rarely, the object of a sentence. Dalcurian reflexive pronouns, which are identical to the accusative, are never used with a nominative pronoun as in English:
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| * '''Mæöra qlasédria'''. ''He is washing himself''. (lit: ''Himself (is) washing/himself washes'').
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| * '''Iádas, érenöra déatäør'''. ''They dress themselves every day''. (lit: ''Daily, themselves dress'').
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| * '''Ädas, mæöra scalaÞr'''. ''He shaves every morning''. (lit: ''Mornings, himself shaves'').
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| However, when a real noun is used, a reflexive pronoun is still required:
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| * '''Ädas, Mæcal mæöra scalaÞr'''. ''Michael shaves every morning'''. (lit: ''Mornings, Michael himself shaves'').
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| If you were to leave out the reflexive pronoun, then the sentence is incomplete as there is no object to complement the verb:
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| * '''Ädas, Mæcal scalaÞr'''. (lit: ''Mornings, Michael shaves'' [shaves what?]).
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| Reflexive pronouns are also used in sentences such as:
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| * '''Siöra nöacr lenandrax'''. ''She can’t help herself''. (lit: ''Herself can help not'').
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| and in sentences where, in English, we use the phrase ''on ones own'' meaning ''by myself/herself'' etc:
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| * '''Diöra mösár görax!''' ''You mustn't go on your own/by yourself!'' (lit: ''Yourself must go not'').
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| * '''Binöra nöacr maquirax siÞ'''. ''I can't do it on my own''. (lit: ''Myself can do not this'').
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| * '''Diöra maquirax taÞ!''' ''You mustn’t do that by yourself!'' (lit: ''Yourself does not that!'').
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| The general rule is: where no other person or object is acted upon by the action of the verb, use the reflexive pronoun.
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