How is the reflexive form normally expressed in Turkish. Manisa Turkish states:

"This reflexive form of the verb stem is used to convey the reflexive meaning and takes the form of the suffix -in (subject to vowel harmony) or -n after verb stems ending in a vowel. As can be seen the reflexive sign -n is the same as the passive form for those verbs whose stems end in a vowel but the context of the sentence is usually enough to make the meaning passive or reflexive quite evident."

so if I wanted to say "I´m teaching myself at home" would this be "evde öğretiniyorum"? I have also seen "kendi" used to express oneself so could "evde kendi öğretiyorum" be used instead?

Thanks.

Hi Bob,that would be;

I am teaching myself at home = Evde kendi kendime öğretiyorum.

myself : kendi kendime , kendim,bizzat

he learnt english himself = o ingilizceyi kendisi(kendi)(kendi kendine) ögrendi.

they made the cake themselves = Keki kendileri yaptılar.

we went there ourselves = Oraya biz kendimiz gittik.

Hope this is gonna be helpful.

kendi=oneself

kendi kendime =myself

kendi kendine or kendisi =himself/herself/itself

kendi kendilerine or kendileri = themselves

kendi kendimize or kendimiz = ourselves

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Thank you Tunci, that is very useful information