"They love themselves, and we love ourselves."
Translation:Ili amas sin, kaj ni amas nin.
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What is the different between mem and sin?... I'm pretty confused. Could someone explain how to say myself, yourself, himself, hersef, ourselves, yourselves, themselves... in Esperanto?
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Si(n) is the reflexive pronoun, while mem is a short little word sometimes used to apply pressure to the importance of it being himself/themself/herself etc.
Myself = mi (mem)
Yourself = vi (mem)
Himself = si (mem)
Herself = si (mem)
Ourself = ni (mem)
Themselves = ili (mem)
He loves him(self) = Li amas sin (mem) [here mem might be added for extra clarity that it is himself)
Li amas lin = He loves him (someone else)
Don't focus on the word mem in the beginning as it's just there to emphasize.
Focus on learning the word si(n).
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In a conversation there are only one speaker, and one listener, who might be , or refer to the participants in the conversation as, a group. So it is obviously that us refer we and vv.
But there are several persons/groups than do not participate in the conversation, and to tell that that subject is the same as the object, you use si.