Translation
self; -self (emphatic)
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Examples
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I did that myself.
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The gentleman himself came.
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He lives only for himself.
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She herself does not know the truth.
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The truth speaks for itself.
Mem is emphasis, not reflexivity, and that is the distinction English blurs by using "-self" for both. Si is the reflexive pronoun that points back at the subject; mem simply insists that it was that person and no other. Mem never changes shape, and it follows the word it emphasises rather than preceding it.
Where this fits
Word family
Words built on mem with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- memfidonoun
self-confidence
memfidi
- memkompreneblaadjective
self-evident; going without saying
memkompreni-ebl-
- memstaraadjective
self-standing, self-reliant
memstari
Used in
Stories
(1)Grammar articles
(7)Esperanto Apposition: la urbon Parizon and the Echoed -n
Esperanto Correlatives in Use: tiu kiu, tio kion and More
Finvenkismo and Raŭmismo: Esperanto's Big Argument
Esperanto Particles: ĉi tiu, ju...des, ajn and mem
Personal Names in Esperanto: Johano, John or Ĝon?
The Esperanto Reflexive: si and sia vs li and lia
Esperanto Word Order: Emphasis, ne and ankaŭ
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 13: mem, jen, jes and 7 more words.