A reflexive pronoun is a pronoun that is placed after the noun, adjective adverb or pronoun to which it refers. In Trinidadian French Creole, when forming the reflexive pronoun, the appropriate pronoun is added to KÒ which represents self. There are six personal pronouns; therefore there are also six reflexive pronouns. Each one of these corresponds to a personal pronoun.
Example
myself - kò-mwen
yourself - kò-ou or kò'w
himself, herself, itself - kò-y
ourselves - kò-nou
themselves - kò-yo
yourselves - kò-zòt
Example
1. Mwen té ka palé ba kò-mwen.
I was talking to myself.
2. Ou enmen kò-ou?
Do you love yourself?
3. Fòk li wéspékté kò'y.
She must respect herself.
4. Nou ka gadé kò-nou nan glo-a.
We are looking at ourselves in the water.
5. Ès yo té tjwé kò-yo?
Did they kill themselves?
6. Zòt ké blésé kò-zòt!
You will hurt yourselves!
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Whenever there is a need to place emphasis on self, "menm" is placed after the pronoun. This construction also appears in six forms, one for each personal pronoun. When self is emphatic, "menm" represents self.
Example
myself - mwen-menm
yourself - ou-menm
himself, herself, itself - li-menm, i-menm
ourselves - nou-menm
themselves - yo-menm
yourselves - zòt-menm
1. Mwen té fè bonbon-an, mwen-menm!
I made the cake myself!
2. Ou ké di papa'w sa, ou-menm.
You will tell your father this yourself.
3. Vèw-la li-menm ké koupé 'w.
The glass itself will cut you.
4. Nou genyen match-la nou-menm
We won the match ourselves .
5. Sété yo-menm ki té chanté mal.
It was they themselves who sang badly.
6. É, sé zòt-menm ki ka woti poulé-a
Hey, it is yourselves who is roasting the chicken.
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