From 198c6f539e4cd3a2ab5bbe99fee85bd28c9c71be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Susan Quigley Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 21:31:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Issues 96, 97, 98 - RPronoun --- jit/figs-rpronouns/01.md | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/jit/figs-rpronouns/01.md b/jit/figs-rpronouns/01.md index 7cd8650..f1f6c6a 100644 --- a/jit/figs-rpronouns/01.md +++ b/jit/figs-rpronouns/01.md @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ All languages have ways of showing that the same person fills two different role ### Examples from the Bible -The reflexive pronoun sometimes shows that the same person or thing fills two different roles in a sentence. Often the reflexive pronoun is the object of the sentence, and it refers to the same person that the subject refers to. (See [Sentence Structure](../figs-sentences/01.md)) +**The reflexive pronoun sometimes shows that the same person or thing fills two different roles in a sentence.** Often the reflexive pronoun is the object of the sentence, and it refers to the same person that the subject refers to. (See [Sentence Structure](../figs-sentences/01.md)) >Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple. (John 8:59 ULB) @@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ The reflexive pronoun sometimes shows that the same person or thing fills two di * "Many" is the subject of "purify," and "themselves" is the object of "purify." The word "themselves" refers to the many people. -The reflexive pronoun sometimes emphasizes a person or thing in the sentence. +**The reflexive pronoun sometimes emphasizes a person or thing in the sentence.** >... Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were ... (John 4:2 ULB) >So they left the crowd, taking Jesus with them, since he was already in the boat. ... And a violent windstorm arose and the waves were breaking into the boat so that the boat was already full. But Jesus himself was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. (Mark 4:36-38 ULB) -The reflexive pronoun sometimes shows that a person or thing was alone or did something alone. +**The reflexive pronoun sometimes shows that a person or thing was alone or did something alone.** >... while the kings who had come were by themselves in the field. (1 Chronicles 19:9 ULB) >When Jesus realized that they were about to come and seize him by force to make him king, he withdrew again up the mountain by himself. (John 6:15 ULB) @@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ If a reflexive pronoun would have the same function in your language, consider u * **Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were.** (John 4:2 ULB) * It was not Jesus who was baptizing, but his disciples were. -1. Emphasize a certain person or thing by adding something to that word or putting another word with it. English uses the reflexive pronoun after the word it emphasizes. - * **But Jesus said this to test Philip, for he himself knew what he was going to do.** (John 6:6 ULB) +1. Emphasize a certain person or thing by adding something to that word or putting another word with it. + * **But Jesus said this to test Philip, for he himself knew what he was going to do.** (John 6:6 ULB) + * But Jesus said this to test Philip, for he personally knew what he was going to do. 1. Show that a person or thing was alone or did something alone by using a word like "alone."