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/vu.mɛm/

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Translation

yourself, yourselves

Word origin

A compound of vous, from Latin vos ('you', plural), and même, from a Vulgar Latin metipsimus built on the emphatic particle -met and ipse ('self'). The plural form is written vous-mêmes when vous refers to several people.

Origin
Latin
Root
vos + metipsimus

Examples

l' - .

You said so yourself last week.

-, -.

Help yourself, make yourself at home.

-.

You should ask him the question yourself.

- construit cette - ?

Did you build this table yourself?

, - c' .

Ladies, you yourselves know how difficult it is.

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This word is part of lesson 34.