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English[]

Most common English words: their « one « so « #40: me » an » we » who

Pronunciation[]

Etymology[]

Middle English me (acc. & dat. singular) from Old English (acc. & dat. singular), cf mec (acc. & reflex. singular) from Proto-Germanic *mīz, mēz (me (dative)). Akin to Old High German mir (dat. singular), Old High German mih (acc. & reflex. singular), Template:Deu mich, mir "me", Template:Nld me, mij "me", Latin me, Ancient Greek me, eme, Sanskrit , mām

Pronoun[]

Template:En-pron


  1. As the direct object of a verb.
    Can you hear me?
  2. (obsolete) As a reflexive direct object of a verb.
    1819, John Keats, La Belle Dame sans Merci - And I awoke, and found me here.
  3. As the object of a preposition.
    Come with me.
  4. As the indirect object of a verb.
    He gave me this.
  5. (US, colloquial) As a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative.
    1993, Harper’s Magazine, April - When I get to college, I’m gonna get me a white Nissan Sentra.
  6. (colloquial) As the complement of the copula (“be”, “is”).
    It wasn't me.
  7. (Australian, British, especially Template:Context 5) Preceding a noun, marking ownership.
    Wilfred Owen (1893–1918), The Letter - And give us back me cigarette!
  8. (colloquial) As the subject of a verb, used with and.
    Me and my friends played a game.
  9. (nonstandard) As the subject of a verb, used without and.
    1844, Charles Wilkes, Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, Vol. II - One of them, whose sobriquet was Big-headed Blackboy, was stretched out before the fire, and no answer could be obtained from him, but a drawling repetition, in grunts of displeasure, of “Bel (not) me want to go.”
    2005, Michael Chapman & Matthew Chapman, Teen Girl Squad Issue 10 (cartoon), part of Homestar Runner - Strong Bad: Me gotta see that again.

Usage notes[]

Template:Unreferenced Me is traditionally described as the accusative pronoun, meaning it should be used as the object of verbs and prepositions, while the nominative pronoun I should be used as the subject of verbs. However, “accusative” pronouns are widely used as the subject of verbs in colloquial speech if they are accompanied by and, for example, "me and her are friends". This usage is traditionally considered incorrect, and "she and I are friends" would be the preferred construction.

Using me as the lone subject (without and) of a verb (e.g. "me want", "me like") is a feature of various types of both pidgin English and that of infant English-learners, and is sometimes used by speakers of standard English for jocular effect (e.g. "me likee", "me wantee").

Although in the spoken version of some dialects 'me' is commonly used as a possessive, in writing, speakers of these dialects usually use my.

Some prescriptivists object to the use of me following the verb to be, as in “It wasn’t me”, considering “It was not I” to be correct, though this may be seen as extreme and used for jocular effect.

Synonyms[]

  • (subject of a verb): I
  • (reflexive object): myself
  • (complement of the copula): I
  • (indirect object): us (Australia, UK)
  • (marking ownership): my; mine (archaic)
  • (vulgar or slang) my ass

Translations[]

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

See also[]

Template:English personal pronouns

References[]

  • Template:R:Northeast Dialect 2005
  • Template:R:Dobson & Irwin Newcastle 1970

Anagrams[]


Albanian[]

Preposition[]

Me

  1. with

Croatian[]

Pronoun[]

Me [[Category:Template:Hr pronouns|Me]]

  1. of me (short (enclitic) form genitive singular of [[ja#Template:Hr|jȃ]] (I))
  2. me (short (enclitic) form accusative singular of [[ja#Template:Hr|jȃ]] (I))

Declension[]

Template:Hr-decl-noun


Dutch[]

Pronunciation[]

Pronoun[]

Me (personal)

  1. me; First-person singular, objective, mute form of mij.

Declension[]

Template:Nl-decl-personal pronouns


Estonian[]

Etymology[]

Short form of [[meie#Template:Et|meie]].

Pronoun[]

Me [[Category:Template:Et pronouns|Me]]

  1. we

Finnish[]

Etymology[]

From the same Proto-Uralic *me as the Hungarian personal pronoun mi.

Pronunciation[]

  • IPA: [me]
  • Hyphenation: me
    Rhymes: -e

Pronoun[]

Me (personal, plural, stem mei-)

  1. we

Inflection[]

  • Irregular. The comitative and instructive forms don't exist; the abessive is hardly used.
  • In addition to the standard set of cases, me and the other personal pronouns have a specific accusative form, meidät.

Template:Fi-decl-pron

Usage notes[]

  • Although usually omitted in written language (the verb shows both the person and the number), the pronoun is in spoken language practically always used. (cf. the usage of minä (I))

Synonyms[]

  • met (dialectal)
  • myö (dialectal)

See also[]

  • minä
  • sinä
  • hän
  • te
  • he

French[]

Pronunciation[]

Pronoun[]

Me (personal, objective case)

  1. (direct object) Me.
  2. (indirect object) to Me.
Related terms[]

Template:French personal pronouns


Galician[]

Etymology[]

From Latin mihi, dative singular form of ego, and from , accusative singular form of ego.

Pronoun[]

Template:Gl-pron

  1. (to) me (dative singular first-person personal pronoun)
  2. me (accusative singular first-person personal pronoun)
  3. myself (reflexive singular first-person personal pronoun)

See also[]

  • Appendix:Galician pronouns
  • comigo
  • eu
  • meu
  • min

Guaraní[]

Noun[]

Me [[Category:Template:Gn nouns|Me]]

  1. male
  2. husband

Haitian Creole[]

Etymology[]

From French mai (May)

Noun[]

Me

  1. May

Ido[]

Pronoun[]

Me (personal)

  1. I, me

Italian[]

Pronunciation[]

Pronoun[]

Me (personal, objective case)

  1. to me

Japanese[]

Noun[]

Me (hiragana )

  1. : eye, -th
  2. : eye
  3. : sprout

Kurdish[]

Pronoun[]

Me

  1. we (the speaker/writer and at least one other person)


This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at we. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see Me in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008


Latin[]

Pronoun[]

(personal pronoun)

  1. me, myself; accusative singular of ego.
  2. by me, with me, from me; ablative singular of ego.

Derived terms[]


Lingua Franca Nova[]

Pronoun[]

Me [[Category:Template:Lfn pronouns|Me]]

  1. I, me
  2. my

Lojban[]

Particle[]

Template:Jbo-cmavo

  1. Converts a sumti to a selbri; x1 is specific to the following sumti in aspect x2.

Related terms[]

  • me'u

Mandarin[]

Pinyin syllable[]

Template:Cmn-alt-pinyin

  1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having the tone, .
  2. : interrogative particle; repetition of a tune small; tender
  3. :
  4. : islet in stream; small sandbar
  5. , : interrogative final particle; insignificant, small, tiny

Usage notes[]

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.


Nauruan[]

Conjunction[]

Me [[Category:Template:Na conjunctions|Me]]

  1. and

Norwegian Nynorsk[]

Etymology[]

Probably from Old Norse mit (us two).

Pronoun[]

Me

  1. we
    Kva skal me gjera?
    What shall we do?

Synonyms[]

  • vi (also Norwegian Bokmål)

References[]

  • Me” in The Nynorsk DictionaryDokumentasjonsprosjektet.

Old English[]

Etymology[]

From Proto-Germanic *mik-, from Proto-Indo-European *me. Cognate with Old Frisian [[mi#Template:Ofs|mi]], Old Saxon (Dutch mij), Old High German mih (German mich), Old Norse mik, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺. The IE root is also the source of Latin me, Greek [[με#Template:El|με]], Old Irish [[mé#Template:Sga|mé]] (Irish , Welsh [[mi#Template:Cy|mi]]), Proto-Slavic *me- (Old Church Slavonic [[мене#Template:Cu|мене]], Russian [[меня#Template:Ru|меня]]), Lithuanian mi, Albanian mua.

Pronunciation[]

Pronoun[]

(personal pronoun)

  1. me: accusative or dative singular form of .

Portuguese[]

Pronunciation[]

  • Hyphenation: me

Pronoun[]

Me (personal pronoun)

  1. me, myself
    • Template:RQ:Harry Potter
      Você está me chamando de maluco?
      Are you calling me crazy?

See also[]

Template:Portuguese personal pronouns


Romani[]

Pronoun[]

Me (personal)[[Category:Template:Rom pronouns|Me]]

  1. I

Scottish Gaelic[]

Etymology[]

From mar eisimpleir.

Alternative forms[]

  • m.e.

Abbreviation[]

Me

  1. e.g.

Serbo-Croatian[]

Pronoun[]

Template:Sh-pronoun

  1. of me (genitive singular of  (I))
  2. me (accusative singular of  (I))

Declension[]


Slovene[]

Pronoun[]

Me f. (personal)

  1. we

Spanish[]

Pronunciation[]

Pronoun[]

Me (objective case)

  1. (personal, direct object) me
  2. (personal, indirect object) to me, for me
  3. (personal, reflexive) myself

Vietnamese[]

Noun[]

Me [[Category:Template:Vi nouns|Me]]

  1. tamarind

br:me ca:me cs:me da:me de:me et:me el:me es:me eo:me fa:me fr:me gl:me ko:me io:me id:me is:me it:me ka:me kk:me ku:me lo:me la:me lv:me lt:me li:me hu:me mg:me ml:me nl:me ja:me no:me tpi:me pl:me pt:me ro:me ru:me scn:me simple:me fi:me sv:me ta:me te:me th:me tr:me uk:me vi:me vo:me zh:me

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