41. A verb having a reflexive pronoun for its direct object is sometimes
called a "reflexive verb", from the fact that some languages have had or
still have a special reflexive or middle form of the verb, to express an
act of the subject on or for itself, or they have certain verbs whose
use is chiefly or exclusively reflexive. The conjugation of a verb
reflexively is therefore as follows:
mi amuzas min (mi min amuzas), I amuse myself.
vi amuzas vin (vi vin amuzas), you amuse yourself.
li (sxi, gxi) amuzas sin (sin amuzas),
he (she, it) amuses him (her, it)self.
ni amuzas nin (ni nin amuzas), we amuse ourselves.
vi amuzas vin (vi vin amuzas), you amuse yourselves.
ili amuzas sin (ili sin amuzas), they amuse themselves.
[Footnote: As Greek "etraponto", they turned themselves; Latin
"exerceor", I exercise myself, "vescor", I eat (I feed myself); German
"ich huete mich", I beware (I guard myself); Spanish "me alegro", or
"alegrome", I rejoice (I gladden myself); French "il s'arrete", he halts
(he stops himself).]