me

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English me, from Old English mē (“me”, originally dative, but later also accusative), from Proto-Germanic *miz (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-, *(e)me-n- (“me”). Cognate with North Frisian me (“me”), Dutch me, mij (“me”), German mir (“me”, dative), Icelandic mér (“me”, dative), Latin mē (“me”), Ancient Greek με (me), εμέ (emé, “me”), Sanskrit  (mā),  (mām, “me”).

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

me first person singular pronoun, referring to the speaker


  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, UK, chiefly Northeastern) 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.

[edit] Usage notes

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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.

[edit] Synonyms

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

[edit] Translations

direct object of a verb
obsolete reflexive
object of a preposition
indirect object of a verb
reflexive indirect object of a verb
complement of the copula
marking ownership
subject of a verb with “and”
subject of a verb without “and”
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  • Mandarin: 我 (wǒ)
  • Georgian: მე (me)
  • Ido: me
  • Italian: (after preposition) me, (indirect object) mi, (indirect object, emphatic) a me, (indirect object with an imperative verb) mi (attached to the end of the verb and becoming me when used along with a direct object; the m is doubled with some verbs), (direct object) mi, (direct object, emphatic) me
    Examples:
    After preposition: It is for me - É per me
    Indirect object: Maria tells me her name - Maria mi dice il suo nome
    Indirect object, emphatic: Maria gives the book to me - Maria dà il libro a me
    Indirect object with an imperative verb, used without a direct object: Write to me - Scrivimi; Tell me - Dimmi
    Indirect object with an imperative verb, used with a direct object: Send it to me - Spediscimelo; Give it to me - Dammelo
    Direct object: Giovanni hates me - Giovanni mi odia
    Direct object, emphatic: Maria wants me - Maria vuole me
  • Kurdish: min
  • Old English: mē
  • Persian: مَن (mæn)
  • Tetum: ha'u
  • Ukrainian: мене (mené) Gen/Acc, мені (mení) Dat/Loc, мною (mnóju) Instr
  • Telugu: నేను

[edit] See also

English personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Subject Objective Reflexive Possessive Possessive Pronoun
Singular First — I me myself my mine
Second — you,
thou (archaic)		 you,
thee (archaic)		 yourself,
thyself (archaic)
theeself (archaic)		 your,
thy (archaic)		 yours,
thine (archaic)
Third Masculine he him himself his
Feminine she her herself her hers
Neuter it itself its its (rare)
Plural First — we us ourselves our ours
Second — you,
ye (archaic)		 you yourselves your yours
Third — they them themselves their theirs
Indefinite Third — one oneself one's —

[edit] References

  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]

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[edit] Albanian

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[edit] Preposition

me (+accusative)

  1. with (accompanied by)
    Shkoj me tim vëlla.
    I'm going with my brother.
  2. with (possessing)
    E sheh djalin me sy të kaltër?
    Do you see the guy with blue eyes?
  3. with (by means of)
    Preferoj të shkruaj më penë.
    I prefer to write with a pen.

[edit] Annobonese

[edit] Noun

me

  1. mother

[edit] References

  • 2005, John H. McWhorter, Defining Creole

[edit] Catalan

[edit] Pronoun

me (enclitic, contracted 'm, proclitic em, contracted proclitic m')

  1. me (direct or indirect object)

[edit] Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi2 em, m' -me, 'm em, m' -me, 'm meu
2nd person tu et, t' -te, 't et, t' -te, 't teu
2nd person formal4 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person  very formal1 vostè el, l' -lo, 'l li -li seu
3rd person masculine ell el, l' -lo, 'l li -li seu
3rd person feminine ella la, l'3 -la li -li seu
3rd person neuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s' -se, 's es, s' -se, 's seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, 'ns ens -nos, 'ns nostre
2nd person vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person formal1 vostès els -los, 'ls els -los, 'ls seu
3rd person masculine ells els -los, 'ls els -los, 'ls seu
3rd person feminine elles les -les els -los, 'ls seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s' -se, 's es, s' -se, 's seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive en, n' -ne, 'n
locative hi -hi
1) Behaves grammatically as third person.
2) Only as object of a preposition.		 3) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.
4) Behaves grammatically as second person plural.

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

me (personal)

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

[edit] Declension

Dutch personal pronouns
subject object possessive reflexive
singular full unstr. full unstr. full unstr. pred.
1st person ik 'k1 mij me mijn m'n1 mijne me
2nd person jij je jou je jouw je jouwe je
2nd person dialectal gij ge u – uw – uwe u
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich
3rd person masculine hij ie1 hem 'm1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich
3rd person feminine zij ze haar 'r1, d'r1 haar 'r1, d'r1 hare zich
3rd person neuter het 't1 het 't1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich
plural
1st person wij we ons – ons, onze2 – onze ons
2nd person jullie je jullie je jullie je – je
2nd person dialectal gij ge u – uw – uwe u
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich
3rd person zij ze hen3, hun4 ze hun – hunne zich
1) Not as common in written language.
2) Inflected as an adjective.		 3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative).
4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative).


[edit] Estonian

[edit] Etymology

Short form of meie.

[edit] Pronoun

me (genitive me, partitive meid)

  1. we

[edit] Declension

This Estonian entry needs a declension template

[edit] Finnish

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

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

[edit] Pronoun

me (personal, plural, stem mei-)

  1. we

[edit] Inflection

Declension of me
noun case singular plural
nominative minä me
genitive minun meidän
partitive minua meitä
accusative minut meidät
inessive minussa meissä
elative minusta meistä
illative minuun meihin
adessive minulla meillä
ablative minulta meiltä
allative minulle meille
essive minuna meinä
translative minuksi meiksi
instructive – –
abessive minutta meittä
comitative – –

[edit] 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”))

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin mē.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

me (personal, objective case)

  1. (direct object) Me.
  2. (indirect object) to Me.
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French personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject)		 Reflexive Accusative
(direct complement)		 Dative
(indirect complement)		 Locative
(at)		 Genitive
(of)		 Disjunctive
(tonic)
Singular First — je, j' me, m' — — moi
Second — tu, t' te, t' — — toi
Third Masculine il se, s' le, l' lui y en lui
Feminine elle la, l' elle
— on — — — — soi
Plural First — nous nous — — nous
Second — vous vous — — vous
Third Masculine ils se, s' les leur y en eux
Feminine elles elles

[edit] Galician

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronoun

me accusative and dative (nominative eu, oblique min)

  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)

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[edit] Guaraní

[edit] Noun

me

  1. male
  2. husband

[edit] Haitian Creole

[edit] Etymology

From French mai (“May”)

[edit] Noun

me

  1. May

[edit] Ido

[edit] Pronoun

me (personal)

  1. I, me

[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin mē.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

me (personal, objective case)

  1. to me

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Syllable

me

  1. The hiragana syllable め (me) or the katakana syllable メ (me) in Hepburn romanization.

[edit] Noun

me (hiragana め)

  1. 目: eye
    目がかゆいです。
    めがかゆいです。
    Me ga kayui desu.
    My eyes feel itchy.
  2. 眼: eye
  3. 芽: sprout

[edit] Kurdish

[edit] 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

[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-, *(e)me-n- (“me”). Cognate with Ancient Greek με (me), εμέ (emé, “me”), Sanskrit  (mā),  (mām, “me”).

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

mē (personal pronoun)

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

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Descendants

  • French: me
  • Galician: me
  • Italian: me
  • Portuguese: me
  • Romanian: mă
  • Spanish: me

[edit] Lojban

[edit] Particle

me

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Romanization

me (form of me0 or me5)

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Nauruan

[edit] Conjunction

me

  1. and

[edit] Norwegian Nynorsk

[edit] Etymology

Probably from Old Norse mit (“us two”).

[edit] Pronoun

me

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

[edit] Synonyms

  • vi (also Norwegian Bokmål)

[edit] References

  • “me” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

[edit] See also

    Personal pronouns in Nynorsk
Nominative Objective case Genitive/Possessive pronoun
Singular
First person eg meg min m.
Second person du deg din m.
Third person m. han han, honom hans
Third person f. ho ho, henne hennar
Third person n. det, dat† det, dat† dess (rare, literary)
Plural
First person me, vi oss vår m.
Second person de dykk dykkar
Third person dei dei, deim† deira

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *miz, dative of *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *me. Cognate with Old Frisian mi, Old Saxon mī (Dutch mij), Old High German mih (German mich), Old Norse mik, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin me, Greek με, Old Irish mé (Irish mí, Welsh mi), Proto-Slavic *me- (Old Church Slavonic мене, Russian меня), Lithuanian mi, Albanian mua.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

mē (personal pronoun)

  1. me: accusative or dative singular form of iċ

[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Etymology

From Latin mē.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [mi]
  • Hyphenation: me

[edit] Pronoun

me (personal pronoun)

  1. me, myself
    • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 228:
      Você está me chamando de maluco?
      Are you calling me crazy?

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Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number Person Subject
(nominative case)		 Objective
(accusative case)		 Prepositional
(dative case)		 com +
indirect object
(comitative case)
Singular First eu me mim comigo
Second tu, você, o senhor, a senhora te, você, o senhor, a senhora ti, você, o senhor, a senhora contigo
Third ele, ela lhe, o, a, se ele, ela, si consigo
Plural First nós nos nós conosco
Second vós, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras vos, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras vós, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras convosco
Third eles, elas lhes, os, as, se eles, elas, si com eles, com elas, consigo

[edit] Romani

[edit] Pronoun

me (personal)

  1. I

[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Etymology

From mar eisimpleir.

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Abbreviation

me

  1. e.g.

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Pronoun

me (Cyrillic spelling ме)

  1. of me (genitive singular of jȃ (“I”))
  2. me (accusative singular of jȃ (“I”))

[edit] Declension

    declension of me
singular plural
nominative jȃ mȋ
genitive mȅne, me nȃs, nas
dative mȅni, mi nȁma, nam
accusative mȅne, me nȃs, nas
vocative - mȋ
locative mȅni nȁma
instrumental mnȏm, mnóme nȁma

[edit] Slovene

[edit] Pronoun

me f. (personal)

  1. we

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From Latin mē.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronoun

me (objective case)

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

[edit] Turkish

[edit] Noun 1

me

  1. baa

[edit] Noun 2

me

  1. The name of the Latin script letter M/m.

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Noun

me

  1. tamarind
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