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1 ♦ ourselves
♦ ourselves /aʊəˈsɛlvz/pron. rifl. e enfat.noi stessi, noi stesse; noi di persona; ci: We hurt ourselves, ci facemmo male; We went ourselves, ci siamo andati proprio noi; ci siamo andati di persona● ( all) by ourselves, (da) soli; da noi; senza aiuto; senza compagnia □ We'll see to it ourselves, ci penseremo noi; ce ne occupiamo noi. -
2 ourselves
[aʊə'selvz, ɑː-]1) (reflexive) ci; (after preposition) noi, noi stessi, noi stesse2) (emphatic) noi stessi, noi stesse••Note:When used as a reflexive pronoun, direct and indirect, ourselves is translated by ci which is always placed before the verb: we've hurt ourselves = ci siamo fatti male. - When used as an emphatic to stress the corresponding personal pronoun, the translation is noi stessi (masculine or mixed gender) / noi stesse (feminine gender) or anche noi: we did it ourselves = l'abbiamo fatto noi stessi; we're strangers here ourselves = anche noi siamo forestieri da queste parti. - When used after a preposition, ourselves is translated by noi or noi stessi (masculine or mixed gender) / noi stesse (feminine gender): we did it for ourselves = l'abbiamo fatto per noi stessi. - Note that the difference between us and ourselves is not always made clear in Italian: compare she's looking at us = lei ci sta guardando and we're looking at ourselves in the mirror = ci stiamo guardando allo specchio, or Jane works for us = Jane lavora per noi and we work for ourselves = noi lavoriamo per noi / noi stessi. - (All) by ourselves is translated by da soli / da sole, which means alone and / or without help. - For particular usages see the entry below* * *1) (used as the object of a verb when the person speaking and other people are the object of an action etc they perform: We saw ourselves in the mirror.) ci2) (used to emphasize we, us or the names of the speaker and other people performing an action etc: We ourselves played no part in this.) noi stessi/e3) (without help etc: We'll just have to finish the job ourselves.) da noi* * *[aʊə'selvz, ɑː-]1) (reflexive) ci; (after preposition) noi, noi stessi, noi stesse2) (emphatic) noi stessi, noi stesse••Note:When used as a reflexive pronoun, direct and indirect, ourselves is translated by ci which is always placed before the verb: we've hurt ourselves = ci siamo fatti male. - When used as an emphatic to stress the corresponding personal pronoun, the translation is noi stessi (masculine or mixed gender) / noi stesse (feminine gender) or anche noi: we did it ourselves = l'abbiamo fatto noi stessi; we're strangers here ourselves = anche noi siamo forestieri da queste parti. - When used after a preposition, ourselves is translated by noi or noi stessi (masculine or mixed gender) / noi stesse (feminine gender): we did it for ourselves = l'abbiamo fatto per noi stessi. - Note that the difference between us and ourselves is not always made clear in Italian: compare she's looking at us = lei ci sta guardando and we're looking at ourselves in the mirror = ci stiamo guardando allo specchio, or Jane works for us = Jane lavora per noi and we work for ourselves = noi lavoriamo per noi / noi stessi. - (All) by ourselves is translated by da soli / da sole, which means alone and / or without help. - For particular usages see the entry below
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