Эргэх үйл үг ба өөрийн эзэмшил
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
Би өөрөө хийсэн.
I did it myself.
Тэр гэртээ байна.
He is at his (own) home.
Өөрийгөө хар.
Look at yourself.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Эргэх үйл үг ба өөрийн эзэмшил
өөрөө (oneself/myself/yourself): Би өөрөө хийсэн.
Reflexive possessive: -аа/-ээ/-оо/-өө replaces possessive pronoun when subject = possessor: гэртээ (at own home).
Common Error Patterns
Using personal pronoun instead of reflexive (e.g., *түүний гэрт instead of гэртээ when subject = possessor).
Wrong vowel harmony on reflexive suffix (e.g., *гэртаа instead of гэртээ).
Би өөрөө хийсэн.
I did it myself.
өөрөө = 'self' — intensifier for any person. Verb is past tense -сан/-сэн/-сон.
Тэр гэртээ байна.
He is at his (own) home.
гэр + -т (locative) + -ээ (reflexive poss.) = 'at own home'. -ээ agrees with subject.
Өөрийгөө хар.
Look at yourself.
өөр + -ийг (accusative) + -өө (reflexive) = 'yourself' as object.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises