/vu.mɛm/
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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