féin

Reflexive and Emphatic Féin

Level 3

Féin can emphasize a pronoun or noun phrase: mé féin, Nóra féin. Its reflexive interpretation depends on the sentence.

How It Works

Féin can emphasize a pronoun or noun phrase: mé féin, Nóra féin. Its reflexive interpretation depends on the sentence.

Féin can emphasize that a person acts personally, without another person doing it, or can contribute a reflexive meaning with the relevant pronoun. English self has several uses, so interpret féin within the verb's argument structure rather than giving it one fixed English phrase.

Examples (3)

  1. Rinne mé féin é.

    I did it myself.

  2. Chonaic sí í féin.

    She saw herself.

  3. Tháinig Nóra féin.

    Nóra herself came.

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féinLevel 3Reflexive and Emphatic Féin

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Identify the referent of the pronoun before interpreting reflexive emphasis.

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