Vanessa teaches “enjoy yourself” and its forms with different subjects: enjoy myself, enjoy yourself, enjoy himself or herself, enjoy ourselves, and enjoy themselves. The reflexive pronoun matches the person who experiences the enjoyment. In this expression, enjoy yourself means have a good time or enjoy an experience. It does not mean that you enjoy your own presence or think highly of yourself.
She gives a personal example about a vacation: “I enjoyed myself” means the trip was fun. She then talks about students who are nervous at the start of a conversation but begin to enjoy themselves after a few minutes. The activity—speaking English—becomes enjoyable. Another example describes recognizing someone’s feelings from what you can see: Vanessa did not speak to a woman after a concert, but could tell she had enjoyed herself because she was happy, smiling, and excited. “I could tell” means she inferred the person’s experience from visible signs, not that the person explicitly told her.
The expression also works in questions about an event: “Did you enjoy yourself at the beach?” When speaking to more than one person, the pronoun changes: “Did you guys enjoy yourselves?” Vanessa notes regional alternatives in the United States, including “y’all” in parts of the South and “Yin” in some Northern areas. “You guys” is widely understood in many casual contexts, but it is informal and not the best choice for every audience.
Learners can practise by describing an event they attended and saying whether they enjoyed themselves, or by asking another person about a trip or outing. They should match the reflexive pronoun to the subject: I enjoyed myself; she enjoyed herself; they enjoyed themselves. In a question, the auxiliary did comes before the subject, while enjoy remains in its base form. The closing prompt invites learners to write a sentence in the comments. The central goal is to use this reflexive expression naturally and understand its meaning in context.