themselves Definizione In italiano

• 0 used to show that the people who do the action are also the people who are affected by it -- se stessi, si

  • They’re both old enough to look after themselves. Ormai sono tutti e due grandi abbastanza per badare a se stessi.

• 1 alone or without anyone else’s help -- (tutto) da sé

  • The children arranged the party all by themselves. I ragazzi hanno organizzato la festa tutta da sé.

• 2 used to give more attention to the word ‘them’ -- loro stessi

  • They’ve decided to run the club themselves. Hanno deciso di gestire il circolo loro stessi.

• 3 used as the object of a verb or preposition when people, animals etc are the object of actions they perform -- se stessi, se stesse, si

  • They looked at themselves in the mirror.

  • They hurt themselves

• 4 used to emphasize they, them or the names of people, animals etc -- (essi) stessi, esse (stesse)

  • They themselves did nothing wrong.

• 5 without help etc -- da sé

  • They decided to do it themselves.