American English
/ɑɹˈsɛlvz/
2 syllables · Stress the second syllable.
used when the people doing an action are the same people who receive it
“Ourselves” is commonly pronounced with either “ar” (/ɑɹˈsɛɫvz/) or “our” (/aʊɚˈsɛɫvz/) at the beginning. Both are normal American English pronunciations.
used when the people doing an action are the same people who receive it
We hurt ourselves.
We taught ourselves English.
Use ourselves with we or us. Do not use ourself in normal English.
hurt ourselves · teach ourselves · introduce ourselves
we + verb + ourselves
used to emphasize that we, and not other people, did something
We ourselves chose the date.
We made the table ourselves.
do it ourselves · decide for ourselves · make it ourselves
we + ourselves + verb
we + verb + object + ourselves
used after by to mean without other people or without help
We finished the project by ourselves.
The children stayed by themselves.
by ourselves · all by ourselves
by + ourselves
without other people or without help
We fixed the bike by ourselves.
within our group, without including other people
We discussed the problem among ourselves.