Why is 自分たち used here?


I was wondering why **自分たち** is used instead of, let's say **トールたち** or
another personal pronoun to refer to Tohru and Co.

for context: Tohru and Co just finished performing a stage play. They managed
it pull it off without help and Kobayashi is praising her.

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自分たちだけで is used with the meaning of "all by yourselves".

自分で is often used in situations where you would use a reflexive pronoun in
English, for example

> **自分で** できた  
>  I managed (to do it) **by myself** / She managed (to do it) **by herself**
> / etc.

where the translation of course depends on the context.

In 自分たちだけで

  * たち is added to make it plural (ourselves, yourselves, themselves) and
  * だけ "only" to emphasize that whatever they did, they did without any external help — in English 自分 **だけ** で could be translated as " **all** by myself/herself/..." for emphasis.




自分たちだけで is used with the meaning of "all by yourselves".

自分で is often used in situations where you would use a reflexive pronoun in
English, for example

> **自分で** できた  
>  I managed (to do it) **by myself** / She managed (to do it) **by herself**
> / etc.

where the translation of course depends on the context.

In 自分たちだけで

  * たち is added to make it plural (ourselves, yourselves, themselves) and
  * だけ "only" to emphasize that whatever they did, they did without any external help — in English 自分 **だけ** で could be translated as " **all** by myself/herself/..." for emphasis.

