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French
Pronunciation
Pronoun
eux-mêmes m pl
- (emphatic) themselves
Usage notes
- Emphatic reflexive pronouns are used for extra emphasis where they are not grammatically required:
- elle l’a vu ― she saw it
- elle l’a vu elle-même ― she saw it herself
- Plus irlandais que les Irlandais eux-mêmes ― "More Irish than the Irish themselves"
- eux-mêmes is used for groups of all males or mixed gender groups, including nouns which are grammatically masculine.
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