Reflexive Prepositional Pronouns

Pronombres reflexivos en función de complemento con preposición

Spanish reflexive prepositional pronouns are pronouns which refer back to the subject and occur after prepositions, often in order to emphasize the noun they replace.

Singular			Plural
mí	myself		nosotros	ourselves
ti	yourself		vosotros	yourselves
sí	himself herself itself yourself		sí	yourselves themselves

The first and second person singular and plural reflexive prepositional pronouns are the same as the non-reflexive prepositional pronouns. However, the reflexive pronoun for all of the third person singular and plural forms is sí.

Compré un regalo para mí.		I bought a present for myself.
Hablas nunca de ti.		You never talk about yourself.
Vamos a construir la casa para nosotros.		We’re going to build the house for ourselves.
Lo quieren todo para sí.		They want it all for themselves.

All of the reflexive prepositional pronouns can be followed by the adjective mismo (or misma/mismos/mismas – depending on the gender and number of the subject) in order to emphasize the reflexive aspect.

Quiero hacerlo para mí mismo.		I want to do it for myself.
Ellas hablan mucho de sí mismas.		They talk a lot about themselves.

Sí can mean "yourself" (with Ud.), "yourselves" (with Uds.), or "himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself."

Uds. deben hacerlo por sí.		You have do you it yourselves.
Él lo quiere todo para sí mismo.		He wants it all for himself.
Debe que mirar por sí.		One has to look out for oneself.

Notes

1. Con + sí contract into consigo: Está contento consigo – He’s happy with himself.

2. If the subject and pronoun do not refer to the same person, use non-reflexive prepositional pronouns.

Related lessons

• Pronominal verbs
• Reflexive pronouns
• Prepositions