Editing Benefactive case (section)

== Autobenefactive ==
An autobenefactive case or voice marks a case where the agents and the benefactor are one and the same. In [[Rhinelandic regiolect|Rhinelandic colloquial German]], one finds expressions like:
: ''{{lang|de|Ich rauch '''mer''' en Zigarett.}}''
(I smoke a cigarette for myself), where ''{{lang|de|mer}}'' (for myself) is optional.

In the [[Colognian dialect|Colognian language]], there is a compulsory autobenefactive for example with the verb ''{{lang|ksh|bedde}}'' (to pray) when it is used [[intransitive]]ly:
: ''{{lang|ksh|Hä deiht '''sesch''' bedde}}''
(He is praying).

Similarly, in French one can say, in informal but fully correct language:
: ''{{lang|fr|Je '''me''' fume une cigarette. Je '''me''' fais une pause.}}'' 
(Literally: ''I (to) myself smoke a cigarette. I (to) myself do a pause.)

Formally, those forms coincide with [[Reflexive verb|reflexives]] in these languages.

A similar construction is also found in colloquial English with a pronoun that is reflexive in function but not form:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Personal datives {{!}} Yale Grammatical Diversity Project: English in North America |url=https://ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena/personal-datives |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=ygdp.yale.edu}}</ref>
: ''{{lang|en|I love '''me''' some chicken.}}''