Ou menm does not only translate a reflexive pronoun. Sometimes it may act as a subject pronoun, sometimes it puts emphasis on the pronoun (as in
Ou menm menm), sometimes it could mean
your own (as in
Se fòt ou menm It's your own fault), and sometimes it could mean
as for you (as in
Ou menm menm as for you)
See the following examples:
mwen menm → I, me, myself, my own, as for me
ou menm → yourself, your own, as for you
li menm → him, himself, she, her herself
nou menm → us, ourselves, our own, as for us
yo menm → them, themselves, their own, as for them
1. Ou menm avè'm va kondi machin nan.
You and I will drive the car.
2. Ou achte yon sèl kola?! E mwen menm? Kisa'm va bwè?
Did you buy just one soda?! What about me? What will I drink?
3. Mwen byen. E ou menm?
I'm fine. How about you?
4. Se mwen menm ki nan pòt la! Kite'm antre.
It's me at the door! Let me in.
5. Se ou menm menm ki te di sa.
It was none other but you that said that.
6. Se ou menm menm ki dwe chwazi moun ou vle marye a.
It's none other but you that must choose the person you want to marry.
7. Se nou menm menm ki dwe chanje sitiyasyon peyi a.
It is none other but us that must change the country's condition.
8. Nou menm menm, kisa nou vle?
As for you, what do you want?
9. Yo menm menm, kilè yo va aprann ede tèt yo?
As for them, when will the learn to support themselves?
10. Se kay mwen menm ki te boule a.
It is my own house that got burned.
11. Se pitit mwen menm yo te arete a.
It was my own child that got arrested.
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