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5️⃣. Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns 👉 Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject of a sentence. They are necessary to complete the meaning of the sentence. ➡️Myself: 🇺🇸 I hurt myself. 🇧🇷 Eu me machuquei. ➡️Yourself: 🇺🇸 You should reward yourself. 🇧🇷 Você deveria se recompensar. ➡️Himself: 🇺🇸 He cut himself shaving. 🇧🇷 Ele se cortou ao fazer a barba. ➡️Herself: 🇺🇸 She bought herself a new dress. 🇧🇷 Ela comprou um vestido novo para si mesma. ➡️Itself: 🇺🇸 The cat cleaned itself. 🇧🇷 O gato se limpou. ➡️Ourselves: 🇺🇸 We enjoyed ourselves at the party. 🇧🇷 Nós nos divertimos na festa. ➡️Yourselves: 🇺🇸 You should treat yourselves. 🇧🇷 Vocês deveriam se tratar. ➡️Themselves: 🇺🇸 They blamed themselves for the loss. 🇧🇷 Eles se culparam pela perda. 👉 Intensive pronouns emphasize the noun or pronoun that comes before it. They can be removed from the sentence without changing the basic meaning. ➡️Myself: 🇺🇸 I did it myself. 🇧🇷 Eu mesmo fiz isso. ➡️Yourself: 🇺🇸 You yourself said it. 🇧🇷 Eu mesmo fiz isso. ➡️Himself: 🇺🇸 The president himself opened the door. 🇧🇷 O próprio presidente abriu a porta. ➡️Herself: 🇺🇸 The queen herself baked the cake. 🇧🇷 A própria rainha fez o bolo. ➡️Itself: 🇺🇸 The book itself is a masterpiece. 🇧🇷 O livro em si é uma obra-prima. ➡️Ourselves: 🇺🇸 We ourselves saw the UFO. 🇧🇷 Nós mesmos vimos o OVNI. ➡️Yourselves: 🇺🇸 You yourselves witnessed the crime. 🇧🇷 Vocês mesmos testemunharam o crime. ➡️Themselves: 🇺🇸 The children themselves cleaned their rooms. 🇧🇷 As próprias crianças limparam seus quartos. 🇧🇷 @AprendendoIngles 🇺🇸

4️⃣. Relative Pronouns Relative pronouns are words that introduce relative clauses. A relative clause provides additional information about a noun or pronoun mentioned earlier in the sentence. Here are the relative pronouns in English: who, whom, whose, which, that ➡️Who: refers to people 🇺🇸 The man who lives next door is a doctor. 🇧🇷 O homem que mora ao lado é médico. 🇺🇸 The woman who won the lottery is very happy. 🇧🇷 A mulher que ganhou na loteria está muito feliz. ➡️Whom: refers to people (object of a verb or preposition) 🇺🇸 The person to whom I gave the book is my friend. 🇧🇷 A pessoa a quem dei o livro é minha amiga. 🇺🇸 The student about whom we were talking is absent today. 🇧🇷 O aluno de quem falávamos está ausente hoje. ➡️Whose: shows possession 🇺🇸 The boy whose bike was stolen is upset. 🇧🇷 O menino de quem a bicicleta foi roubada está chateado. 🇧🇷 O menino cuja bicicleta foi roubada está chateado. 🇺🇸 The woman whose car broke down is waiting for a tow truck. 🇧🇷 A mulher de quem o carro quebrou está à espera um guincho. 🇧🇷 A mulher cujo carro quebrou está à espera um guincho. ➡️Which: refers to things or animals 🇺🇸 The book which I am reading is very interesting. 🇧🇷 O livro que estou lendo é muito interessante. 🇺🇸 The car which is parked outside belongs to my neighbor. 🇧🇷 O carro que está estacionado lá fora pertence ao meu vizinho. ➡️That: refers to people, things, or animals (more formal) 🇺🇸 The house that I bought is beautiful. 🇧🇷 A casa que comprei é linda. 🇺🇸 The person that you met yesterday is my cousin. 🇧🇷 A pessoa que você conheceu ontem é meu primo. Note: While "that" can be used in place of "who" or "which" in many cases, it's generally considered more formal. 🇧🇷 @AprendendoIngles 🇺🇸