In French, to emphasise a person's involvement in an action (myself, yourself...), you will use:
moi/toi/lui/elle/soi/nous/vous/eux/elles - même/s
Look at these examples:
Here are the forms:
| moi-même | myself |
| toi-même | yourself |
| lui-même | himself/itself |
| elle-même | herself/itself |
| soi-même | oneself/yourself/ourselves |
| nous-mêmes | ourselves |
| vous-mêmes | yourselves (plural 'vous' form) |
| vous-même | yourself (polite and singular 'vous' form) |
| eux-mêmes | themselves (male or mixed group) |
| elles-mêmes | themselves (female group only) |
Case of "soi-même"
Soi-même is used in general statements and definitions, and is the direct equivalent of oneself.
It is used with the pronoun on (see On can mean either we/one/people (French Subject Pronouns)) or the impersonal il:
See also Même can mean "same", "itself", "very", "exact" and "precise" as an adjective, and "even" as an adverb in French
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