Tagalog Mismo

ako mismo	I myself
si John mismo	John himself
ang babae mismo	the woman herself

Sentences:

*Pumunta ako* mismo.**	I myself went.
*Pumunta si John* mismo.**	John himself went.

When used in the News (p. 30) of a sentence, mismo can also come before the noun or the pronoun. Na/-ng (p. 28) is added in this case. Examples:

Ako mismo ang pumunta.*

Mismong ako ang pumunta.

The one who went was I myself.

Si John mismo ang pumunta.

Mismong si John ang pumunta.

The one who went was John himself.

* See also: Verbs, adjectives etc. used as nouns (p. 85)

Note: Mismo can also be used to add emphasis to a word or a phrase (“right” or “very”).

*sa gitna’ mismo*	right in the middle
*dito mismo*	right here
*sa sunod na araw mismo*	the very next day

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