જાતે
Gujarati
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the instrumental of જાત (jāt).
Adverb
[edit]જાતે • (jāte) f
- by oneself
- Synonym: એકલા હાથે (ekalā hāthe)
- હું જાતે ગયો ― hũ jāte gayo ― I went by myself
- તું હવે જાતે કર ― tũ have jāte kar ― Do it by yourself now
- કોઈ પણ વ્યક્તિ પોતાની જાતે મહાન ન થાય ― koī paṇ vyakti potānī jāte mahān na thāya ― not one individual becomes great by theirself
Usage notes
[edit]Contrasted with many different words that roughly translate to 'oneself' or 'by oneself'. Particularly contrasted with પોતે (pote, “oneself”). હું પોતે ગયો indicates that the speaker is emphasizing, or introducing new information, that he himself went, but allows for the possibility that others went with him. Whereas the sentence હું જાતે ગયો indicates that the speaker went by himself, with no others joining him.