French Conversation · Level 38
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IPA/lɥimɛm/
Il a réparé la voiture lui-même.
He repaired the car himself.
C'est lui-même qui a signé.
He himself signed.
Attention narrows onto one person, separating that person from possible substitutes or helpers.
préparer lui-même le repas
prepare the meal himself
lire lui-même le document
read the document himself
lui: The male person referred to in a stressed or prepositional use.
moi-même: The speaker personally, with emphasis on the speaker's own involvement.
toi-même: The person addressed personally, with emphasis on that individual's involvement.
eux-mêmes: The people in question personally, distinguished from other people.
Se place après un nom ou un pronom pour préciser que c'est bien cette personne, et non une autre, qui est concernée.
French formed lui-même by placing the emphatic adjective même after the tonic pronoun lui, a pattern that specifies the person personally concerned.