Yourself in Different Languages
Discover 'Yourself' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Yourself
Afrikaans jouself | ||
Albanian vetveten | ||
Amharic ራስህን | ||
Arabic نفسك | ||
Armenian ինքներդ ձեզ | ||
Assamese আপুনি নিজেই | ||
Aymara jumapacha | ||
Azerbaijani özün | ||
Bambara i yɛrɛ | ||
Basque zeure burua | ||
Belarusian сябе | ||
Bengali নিজেকে | ||
Bhojpuri रऊआ खुद | ||
Bosnian sebe | ||
Bulgarian себе си | ||
Catalan tu mateix | ||
Cebuano imong kaugalingon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 你自己 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 你自己 | ||
Corsican tù stessu | ||
Croatian sami | ||
Czech vy sám | ||
Danish dig selv | ||
Dhivehi ތިބާ | ||
Dogri थुआढ़ा | ||
Dutch jezelf | ||
English yourself | ||
Esperanto vi mem | ||
Estonian ise | ||
Ewe wò ŋutɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) sarili mo | ||
Finnish sinä itse | ||
French toi même | ||
Frisian dysels | ||
Galician ti mesmo | ||
Georgian საკუთარ თავს | ||
German du selber | ||
Greek ο ίδιος | ||
Guarani ndete | ||
Gujarati જાતે | ||
Haitian Creole tèt ou | ||
Hausa kanka | ||
Hawaiian ʻo ʻoe iho | ||
Hebrew עַצמְךָ | ||
Hindi स्वयं | ||
Hmong koj tus kheej | ||
Hungarian saját magad | ||
Icelandic sjálfur | ||
Igbo onwe gị | ||
Ilocano bukodmo | ||
Indonesian dirimu sendiri | ||
Irish tú féin | ||
Italian te stesso | ||
Japanese あなた自身 | ||
Javanese dhewe | ||
Kannada ನೀವೇ | ||
Kazakh өзің | ||
Khmer ខ្លួនអ្នក | ||
Kinyarwanda wowe ubwawe | ||
Konkani तुमी | ||
Korean 당신 자신 | ||
Krio yusɛf | ||
Kurdish xwe | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) خۆت | ||
Kyrgyz өзүң | ||
Lao ຕົວທ່ານເອງ | ||
Latin ipsum | ||
Latvian sevi | ||
Lingala yo moko | ||
Lithuanian save | ||
Luganda ggwe | ||
Luxembourgish selwer | ||
Macedonian себе си | ||
Maithili अपने सँ | ||
Malagasy ny tenanao | ||
Malay diri anda | ||
Malayalam നിങ്ങൾ സ്വയം | ||
Maltese lilek innifsek | ||
Maori koe | ||
Marathi तू स्वतः | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯅꯁꯥꯃꯛ | ||
Mizo nangma | ||
Mongolian өөрөө | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သင်ကိုယ်တိုင် | ||
Nepali आफैं | ||
Norwegian deg selv | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wekha | ||
Odia (Oriya) ନିଜେ | ||
Oromo atumti | ||
Pashto خپل ځان | ||
Persian خودت | ||
Polish siebie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) você mesmo | ||
Punjabi ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ | ||
Quechua kikiyki | ||
Romanian tu | ||
Russian самим собой | ||
Samoan oe lava | ||
Sanskrit स्वयमेव | ||
Scots Gaelic thu fhèin | ||
Sepedi wena | ||
Serbian себе | ||
Sesotho uena | ||
Shona iwe pachako | ||
Sindhi توهان پاڻ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඔබම | ||
Slovak seba | ||
Slovenian sebe | ||
Somali naftaada | ||
Spanish usted mismo | ||
Sundanese sorangan | ||
Swahili wewe mwenyewe | ||
Swedish själv | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ang sarili mo | ||
Tajik худ | ||
Tamil நீங்களே | ||
Tatar үзең | ||
Telugu మీరే | ||
Thai ตัวคุณเอง | ||
Tigrinya ዓርስኻ | ||
Tsonga wena | ||
Turkish kendin | ||
Turkmen özüň | ||
Twi (Akan) wo ho | ||
Ukrainian себе | ||
Urdu اپنے آپ کو | ||
Uyghur ئۆزىڭىز | ||
Uzbek o'zingiz | ||
Vietnamese bản thân bạn | ||
Welsh eich hun | ||
Xhosa ngokwakho | ||
Yiddish זיך | ||
Yoruba funrararẹ | ||
Zulu wena |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Jouself means 'yourself' in Afrikaans and can also refer to a place, a person, or a thing. |
| Albanian | The verb është ('to be') is sometimes used as a possessive pronoun when combined with the reflexive pronoun vetë ('oneself'), but is then used as the third person possessive pronoun rather than second person as in English |
| Amharic | "ራስህን" literally translates to "on your head", reflecting the concept of carrying or holding something on one's head, which is a common practice in Ethiopian culture. |
| Arabic | نفسك derives from the root word ن ف س meaning “breath” or “self,” and can mean “being,” “essence,” “soul,” or “person.” |
| Armenian | The word "ինքներդ ձեզ" is the reflexive form of the second person plural pronoun, meaning "yourselves", but can also be used in the sense of "yourself" (reflexive form). |
| Azerbaijani | "Öz" in Azerbaijani goes back to the Old Turkic word "öz" meaning "self" and the Persian word "hun" meaning "own". |
| Basque | Zeure burua, meaning “yourself” in Basque, is composed of the words zeure (“your”) and burua (“head”). |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "сябе" ("yourself") has multiple meanings in other languages, including "myself" (Russian), "self" (German), and "self-esteem" (French). |
| Bengali | The word "নিজেকে" is a combination of three words in Bengali: নিজ ("own/self"), জি ("you"), and অ্য ("in the sense of/similar to"). |
| Bosnian | The word 'sebe' in Bosnian also means 'self' as in 'self-confidence', 'self-esteem' and 'self-love'. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "себе си" literally means "to, at, near oneself" and derives from the Old Slavic word "*se-bь-ě". |
| Catalan | It can mean not only 'yourself' but also 'in person' |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano term "imong kaugalingon" can also mean "your own" or "your very own." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | “你自己”在中文中的语义比“yourself”要丰富，既可以指单数，也可以指复数，还可以用来表示对特定人群的敬称。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The Chinese term 「你自己」 literally translates to "you yourself" and emphasizes the subjective and independent nature of the action or state it refers to. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "tù stessu" is derived from the Latin phrase "tu ipsum", meaning "you yourself". |
| Croatian | The word sami derives from the Proto-Slavic word *samъ, meaning 'alone'. |
| Czech | The word "vy sám" can also mean "you alone" or "you yourself". |
| Danish | "Dig selv" in Danish literally means "you dig" or "you dig yourself" and shares the same etymology with "dig" meaning "ditch" and "dig" meaning "to move earth"} |
| Dutch | The word "jezelf" in Dutch is derived from the Old Dutch "si selva", meaning "oneself". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "vi mem" can also mean "yourself" in the sense of "your own person" or "your true self." |
| Estonian | The word "ise" in Estonian can also mean "same" or "self". |
| Finnish | "Sinä itse" literally means "you yourself" or "yourself alone" in Finnish. |
| French | The phrase "toi même" in French can also mean "me yourself" or "you yourself," depending on the context. |
| Frisian | The word "dysels" in Frisian originally referred to the reflexive pronoun corresponding to "it", while "dy" referred to the "you" reflexive pronoun. |
| Galician | In addition to meaning "yourself," "ti mesmo" can also mean "the same" in Galician. |
| German | In addition to meaning "yourself", "du selber" also means "you yourself", emphasizing the subject's personal involvement or autonomy. |
| Greek | The Greek word "ο ίδιος" also means "the same" and has the same Indo-European root as the English word "identity." |
| Gujarati | The word "જાતે" can also mean "by itself" or "automatically" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | Tèt ou, meaning 'yourself' in Haitian Creole, is derived from the French phrase 'tête à toi', referring to your own body or self. |
| Hausa | The word "kanka" also means "partner" or "friend". |
| Hawaiian | ʻO ʻoe iho literally means "your own self" and is used in Hawaiian to indicate that something is done by the person himself or herself. |
| Hebrew | The word "עַצְמְךָ" ("yourself") in Hebrew stems from "עֶצֶם" (bone), indicating your inner being, or essence. |
| Hindi | The word स्वयं is cognate to suus in Latin, αυτός in Greek, and sebh in Coptic: all these words, coming from Proto-Indo-European *sewe, mean “self.” |
| Hmong | The word "koj tus kheej" can also mean "one's own people" or "one's own group." |
| Hungarian | The word "saját magad" literally means "your own self" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | The word "sjálfur" comes from the Proto-Norse "selbo" which also means "alone" or "by oneself". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "onwe gị" literally means "your own," highlighting the idea of ownership and self-identification. |
| Indonesian | "Dirimu sendiri" means "yourself" in Indonesian, but it literally means "your own self." |
| Irish | The Irish word "tú féin" can also mean "you yourself", "in person", or "by yourself". |
| Italian | Te stesso is also an archaic Italian reflexive pronoun meaning "oneself". |
| Japanese | The word "あなた自身" can also mean "you" or "oneself" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, |
| Kannada | The term "ನೀವೇ" can also be used to address someone with respect, similar to the English "you". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "өзің" is a contraction of "өзіңіз" which can also mean "you" in a formal or polite way. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word 'ខ្លួនអ្នក' ('yourself') is derived from the Sanskrit word 'svayam' ('self') and can also mean 'in person' or 'personally'. |
| Korean | The Korean word "당신 자신" (dangshin jasin) can also mean "by yourself" or "on your own." |
| Kurdish | The word "xwe" in Kurdish can also mean "self", "ego", or "soul." |
| Kyrgyz | "Өзүң" means both "yourself" and third person singular present tense of the verb "to be" (a formal version of "болот") in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | The word "ipsum" in Latin also means "selfsame" or "very same". |
| Latvian | Sevi is a loanword from Old Prussian, and is cognate with Lithuanian sau, Russian себя, and Polish siebie. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "gelbėti" means "to save" in English, but can also mean "to rescue" or "to deliver". |
| Luxembourgish | Luxembourgish "selwer" also means "same" and is related to the English word "self". |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "себе си" can also be used in the sense of "himself" or "herself", especially when the subject of the sentence is implied or unknown. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "ny tenanao" has etymological links to the word "tena", which signifies the person as an individual. |
| Malay | While "diri anda" is the most common translation for "yourself", the word "diri" can also mean "body". |
| Maltese | The word "lilek innifsek" can refer to the person being addressed when it is used without "inn" and the personal pronoun "lilek", and as a reflexive pronoun, it can refer to the subject of the verb. |
| Maori | In Māori, “koe” can also mean “you” or “your” when used in certain contexts. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "तू स्वतः" is sometimes used to emphasize the importance of self-reliance. |
| Mongolian | Өөрөө can also mean "alone" or "by oneself". |
| Nepali | The word "आफैं" in Nepali can also mean "alone" or "independently". |
| Norwegian | The word "deg selv" in Norwegian literally translates to "yourself self". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Derived from Old Persian "wika," meaning "one's own," the word "wekha" can also refer to "belongings." |
| Pashto | "خپل ځان" can also be used to refer to one's own mind, body, or soul. |
| Persian | The word "خودت" (yourself) in Persian can also refer to "one's own self" or "one's own identity". |
| Polish | "Siebie" in Polish can refer to oneself or one's possessions. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "você mesmo/mesma" also means "me, myself and I" (as in a group), "yourself and your colleagues" (plural) or even "you" (informal second person singular). |
| Romanian | The word "tu" in Romanian is cognate with the French word "tu" (meaning "you") and the English word "thou" (archaic form of "you"). |
| Russian | The word «самим собой» in Russian can also mean «by oneself» in English, indicating a person acting alone. |
| Samoan | In Samoan, "oe lava" is a term of endearment and can also refer to a close friend or beloved. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, "thu fhèin" not only means "yourself," but also implies "your own person," emphasizing individuality and autonomy. |
| Serbian | The word "себе" in Serbian also means "to oneself" or "for oneself". |
| Sindhi | The word "توهان پاڻ" ("yourself") in Sindhi is related to the Sanskrit word "ātmā", which means "self" or "soul." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word |
| Slovak | The word "seba" can also mean "one's own" or "in person" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | "Sebe" can also mean "to oneself" or "in person". |
| Somali | The word "naftaada" is derived from the Arabic word "nafs" which means "self". |
| Spanish | In Old Spanish, "usted mismo" meant "the actual you," not just "yourself" (compare with the Italian "voi stesso"). |
| Sundanese | Sorangan is derived from the word sorang which means 'one person', and can also mean 'alone'. |
| Swahili | The word 'wewe mwenyewe' in Swahili literally means 'you yourself' and is a reflexive pronoun used to emphasize the subject of a sentence. |
| Swedish | "Själv" also means "soul" or "mind" and comes from the Old Norse word "sjalfr, which means "self". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Ang sarili mo', which literally means 'your self', can also refer to 'one's own' or 'by oneself' in Tagalog. |
| Tajik | In Tajik, "худ" can also refer to a person's appearance or physical condition, and is related to the Persian word "khud" meaning "self" or "person" |
| Tamil | "நீங்களே" is a reflexive pronoun in Tamil that can also mean "by yourself" or "on your own." |
| Thai | The word "ตัวคุณเอง" ("yourself") can also mean "your own body" or "your own person." |
| Turkish | The word 'kendin' comes from the Persian word 'khwod' meaning 'self'. In some dialects of Turkish, it can also be used to mean 'himself', 'herself', 'itself', or 'themselves'. |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, "себе" ("sebe") also means "to oneself" and is used in the reflexive sense (e.g., "говорить себе" - "to talk to oneself"). |
| Uzbek | "Özingiz" (yourself) comes from the Persian word "خود" (self). It can also refer to "your own" or "alone". |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "bản thân bạn" can also mean "oneself" or "yourself". |
| Welsh | The word 'eich hun' literally means 'your own being', referring to the self as a complete entity. |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, 'ngokwakho' can also mean 'of your own accord' or 'by yourself'. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "זיך" (zikh) can also refer to "one's mind" or "one's inner self" |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "funrararẹ" (yourself) is also used to address someone familiarly, as an informal and respectful way to address a peer or someone younger. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "wena" could be cognate to the Xhosa "wena," "mna," or "umntu," all meaning "person." |
| English | The word "yourself" can also be used as a reflexive pronoun, meaning "the person speaking or being spoken to." |