мен

See also: Мен, мӗн, мең, мөн, Мэн, -мен, and Appendix:Variations of "men"

Andi

Etymology

Akin to Avar мун (mun).

Pronoun

мен (men)

1. (women's speech) you

   Synonym: (men's speech) мин (min)

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛn]

Pronoun

мен • (men) (personal)

1. alternative form of мене (mene) (the full form of the first-person singular pronoun in the accusative case, used as the direct object of a verb); me

   Избери мен вместо Петър.

   Izberi men vmesto Petǎr.

   Choose me instead of Peter.

   Мен ли търсиш?

   Men li tǎrsiš?

   Is it me you are looking for?

2. alternative form of мене (mene) (the first-person singular pronoun in the prepositional case, used as the object of a preposition); me

   Ела с мен.

   Ela s men.

   Come with me.

   Не сядай до мен.

   Ne sjadaj do men.

   Don't sit next to me.

Related terms

Bulgarian personal pronouns

			nominative (subject)	accusative (direct complement)		dative (indirect complement)		prepositional
				full	short	full	short
singular	first person		аз (az)	мен (men) ме́не (méne)	ме (me)	ме́не (méne)	ми (mi)	мен (men) ме́не (méne)
	second person	informal	ти (ti)	теб (teb) те́бе (tébe)	те (te)	те́бе (tébe)	ти (ti)	теб (teb) те́бе (tébe)
		formal	Ви́е (Víe)	Вас (Vas)	Ви (Vi)	Вам (Vam)	Ви (Vi)	Вас (Vas)
	third person	masculine	той (toj)	не́го (négo)	го (go)	не́му (nému)	му (mu)	не́го (négo)
		feminine	тя (tja)	не́я (néja)	я (ja)	ней (nej)	ѝ (ì)	не́я (néja)
		neuter	то (to)	не́го (négo)	го (go)	не́му (nému)	му (mu)	не́го (négo)
plural	first person		ни́е (níe) ний (nij)	нас (nas)	ни (ni)	нам (nam)	ни (ni)	нас (nas)
	second person	informal	ви́е (víe) вий (vij)	вас (vas)	ви (vi)	вам (vam)	ви (vi)	вас (vas)
		formal	Ви́е (Víe)	Вас (Vas)	Ви (Vi)	Вам (Vam)	Ви (Vi)	Вас (Vas)
	third person		те (te)	тях (tjah)	ги (gi)	тям (tjam)	им (im)	тях (tjah)

Central Mansi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [meːn], [min]

Pronoun

мен (men) (Konda)

1. we (in the dual)

Declension

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

See also

Eastern Mansi personal pronouns

	singular	dual	plural
1st person	ам (am)	мен (men), менг (meng)	ман (man)
2nd person	нанг (nang), нан (nan), най (naj), нян (nân)	нэй (nèj)	нан (nan)
3rd person	тав (tav)	тэн (tèn)	тан (tan)

References

• E. A. Kuzakova (2001), “мен”, in Мансийско-русский словарь (кондинский диалект мансийского языка), По рассказу П. К. Чейметова «Ворыяп хумый» («Два охотника») [Mansi-Russian dictionary (Kondinsky dialect of the Mansi language), Based on the story by P. K. Cheymetov “Ворыяп хумый” (“Two Hunters”)]‎^[1], Kondinsky district: local history museum, →ISBN

Kamassian

Мен.

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *wën.

Noun

мен (men)

1. dog

Declension

Declension of мен (men)

	singular	plural
nominative	мен (men)	менәйәʼ (menəjəʔ)	мензеӈ (menzeŋ)
genitive	менән (menən)	менәйән (menəjən)	мензен (menzen)
accusative	менәм (menəm)	менәйәм (menəjəm)	мензеӈәм (menzeŋəm)
allative	мендә (mendə)	менәйәнә (menəjənə)	мензеӈдә (menzeŋdə)
locative	меӈгән (meŋgən)	менәйәгән (menəjəgən)	мензеӈгән (menzeŋgən)
ablative	меӈгәʼ (meŋgəʔ)	менәйәгәʼ (menəjəgəʔ)	мензеӈгәʼ (menzeŋgəʔ)
instrumental	мензьәʼ (menźəʔ)	менәйәзьәʼ (menəjəźəʔ)	мензеӈзьәʼ (menzeŋźəʔ)

Possessive forms of мен (men)

	First	Second	Third
singular	мембә (membə)	меллә (mellə)	мендә (mendə)
dual	мембәй (membəj)	мелләй (melləj)	мендәй (mendəj)
plural	мембеʼ (membeʔ)	меллеʼ (melleʔ)	мендеʼ (mendeʔ)

References

• Donner, Kai R. (1944), “mɛ̀ǹ”, in Kamassisches Wörterbuch nebst Sprachproben und Hauptzügen der Grammatik‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura

Karachay-Balkar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”).

Pronoun

мен • (men)

1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	مەن
Cyrillic	мен
Latin	men

Etymology 1

Inherited from Kipchak [Term?], from Proto-Common Turkic *bän (“I”), from Proto-Turkic *ben- (“me”, oblique of *be (“I”)). Cognate with Armeno-Kipchak մեն (men); Old Uyghur 𐽹𐽺 (mn /⁠män⁠/), 𐽹𐽰𐽺 (mʾn /⁠män⁠/), Old Turkic 𐰋𐰤 (b²n² /⁠bän⁠/); etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /men/, [mʲe̘n]
• Hyphenation: мен

Pronoun

мен • (men)

1. I (first-person singular nominative and disjunctive pronoun)

Derived terms

• менсіз (mensız, “without me”)
• меншік (menşık)

See also

Kazakh personal pronouns

number	person	nominative	genitive	dative	accusative	locative	ablative	instrumental
singular	first	мен (men)	менің (menıñ)	маған (mağan)	мені (menı)	менде (mende)	менен (menen)	менімен (menımen)
	second	сен (sen)	сенің (senıñ)	саған (sağan)	сені (senı)	сенде (sende)	сенен (senen)	сенімен (senımen)
	second (formal)	сіз (sız)	сіздің (sızdıñ)	сізге (sızge)	сізді (sızdı)	сізде (sızde)	сізден (sızden)	сізбен (sızben)
	third	ол (ol)	оның (onyñ)	оған (oğan)	оны (ony)	онда (onda)	одан (odan)	онымен (onymen)
plural	first	біз (bız)	біздің (bızdıñ)	бізге (bızge)	бізді (bızdı)	бізде (bızde)	бізден (bızden)	бізбен (bızben)
	second	сендер (sender)	сендердің (senderdıñ)	сендерге (senderge)	сендерді (senderdı)	сендерде (senderde)	сендерден (senderden)	сендермен (sendermen)
	second (formal)	сіздер (sızder)	сіздердің (sızderdıñ)	сіздерге (sızderge)	сіздерді (sızderdı)	сіздерде (sızderde)	сіздерден (sızderden)	сіздермен (sızdermen)
	third	олар (olar)	олардың (olardyñ)	оларға (olarğa)	оларды (olardy)	оларда (olarda)	олардан (olardan)	олармен (olarmen)

Etymology 2

Haplology of менен (menen). Spelled as برلان (birlān /⁠birlän⁠/) in İske imlâ, being transcribed as мі̥нӓн (mı̥nän). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bīrle.

Cognate with Bashkir менән (menən); Kyrgyz менен (menen); Chagatai برلان (brlān), بلان (blān), whence Uzbek bilan; Tuvan биле (bile); etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /men/, [mʲe̘n]
• Hyphenation: мен

Conjunction

мен • (men)

1. and (for nouns)

   ата мен ана ― ata men ana ― father and mother

Kumyk

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”).

Pronoun

мен • (men)

1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

Kumyk personal pronouns

number	person	nominative	genitive	dative	accusative	locative	ablative
singular	first	мен (men)	мени (meni)	магъа (mağa)	мени (meni)	менде (mende)	менден (menden)
	second	сен (sen)	сени (seni)	сагъа (sağa)	сени (seni)	сенде (sende)	сенден (senden)
	third	ол (ol)	ону (onu)	огъар (oğar)	ону (onu)	онда (onda)	ондан (ondan)
plural	first	биз (biz)	бизин (bizin)	бизге (bizge)	бизин (bizin)	бизде (bizde)	бизден (bizden)
	second	сиз (siz)	сизин (sizin)	сизге (sizge)	сизин (sizin)	сизде (sizde)	сизден (sizden)
	third	олар (olar)	оланы (olanı)	олагъа (olağa)	оланы (olanı)	оларда (olarda)	олардан (olardan)

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”).

Pronoun

мен • (men) (Arabic spelling مەن)

1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

Kyrgyz personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		мен (men)	биз (biz)
2nd person	familiar	сен (sen)	силер (siler)
	polite	сиз (siz)	сиздер (sizder)
3rd person		ал (al)	алар (alar)

References

• “мен”, in Эл-Сөздүк [El-Sözdük] (in Russian)

Nogai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”).

Pronoun

мен • (men)

1. I

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ben. Cognate with Tuvan мен (men), Khakas мин (min), Shor мен (men), Chulym мӓн (män), Western Yugur men, Tofa мен (men), Karachay-Balkar мен (men), Kumyk мен (men), Southern Altai мен (men), Kazakh мен (men), Turkish ben, etc.

Pronoun

мен • (men)

1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

See also

• бин (bin)

References

• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “мен”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲen]

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Noun

мен • (men) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of ме́на (ména)

Shor

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”).

Pronoun

мен • (men)

1. I

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”).

Pronoun

мен • (men)

1. I

See also

Southern Altai personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		мен (men)	бис (bis)
2nd person	familiar	сен (sen)	слер (sler)
	polite	слер (sler)
3rd person		ол (ol)	олор (olor)

References

• N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “мен”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Tofa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *ben. Cognate with Tuvan мен (men), Khakas мин (min), Southern Altai мен (men), Kazakh мен (men), Turkish ben, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲen]

Pronoun

мен • (men)

1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

See also

Tofa personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		мен (men)	биъс (bìs)
2nd person	familiar	сен (sen)	сілер (siler)
	polite	сілер (siler)
3rd person		оң (oŋ)	оларың (olarıŋ)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic [Term?]. Cognate with Tuvan мен (men), Old Turkic 𐰢𐰤 (mn²), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲen]

Particle

мен • (men)

1. First-person singular predicative particle, used after predicates.

See also

• -м (-m)

Tuvan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *ben (“I”, with oblique *-n), from Proto-Turkic *be (“I”).

Cognate with Tofa мен (men, pronoun and predicative particle), Khakas мин (min, pronoun), Northern Altai мен (men, pronoun), мин (min); Southern Altai мен (men, pronoun), Kazakh мен (men, pronoun), -мін (-mın), -бін (-bın), -пін (-pın), -мын (-myn), -бын (-byn), -пын (-pyn); Turkish ben (pronoun); Old Turkic 𐰋𐰤 (b²n² /⁠bän⁠/, pronoun), 𐰢𐰤 (mn² /⁠män⁠/, predicative particle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /men/, [mẽ̞n]
• Hyphenation: мен

Pronoun

мен • (men)

1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

   Мен — тыва мен

   Men — tıva men

   I'm a Tuvan

See also

Tuvan personal pronouns

number	person	nominative	genitive	accusative	dative	locative	ablative	allative
singular	first	мен (men)	мээң (meeñ)	мени (meni)	меңээ (meñee)	менде (mende)	менден (menden)	менче (mençe)
	second	сен (sen)	сээң (seeñ)	сени (seni)	сеңээ (señee)	сенде (sende)	сенден (senden)	сенче (sençe)
	second (formal)	силер (siler)	силерниң (silerniñ)	силерни (silerni)	силерге (silerge)	силерде (silerde)	силерден (silerden)	силерже (silerje)
	third	ол (ol)	ооң (ooñ)	ону (onu)	аңаа (añaa)	ында (ında)	оон (oon)	олче (olçe)
plural	first	бис (bis)	бистиң (bistiñ)	бисти (bisti)	биске (biske)	бисте (biste)	бистен (bisten)	бисче (bisçe)
	second	силер (siler)	силерниң (silerniñ)	силерни (silerni)	силерге (silerge)	силерде (silerde)	силерден (silerden)	силерже (silerje)
	third	олар (olar)	оларның (olarnıñ)	оларны (olarnı)	оларга (olarga)	оларда (olarda)	олардан (olardan)	оларже (olarje)

Particle

мен • (men)

1. Forms the first-person singular predicative when used in conjunction with nouns, adjectives, and certain verb tenses, including the present-future and indefinite past.
   • 1921, “Тоорутукг долгай тандым”:

     Тос-ла чүзүн малымайны / Доруктурза, байыыр-ла мен.

     Tos-la çüzün malımaynı / Dorukturza, bayıır-la men.

     My livestocks of nine colours / If my taiga raises them, I’ll be rich.

   • 2011, “Мен — тыва мен”:

     .Мен — тыва мен, / Мөңге харлыг дагның оглу мен.

     .Men — tıva men, / Möñge xarlıg dagnıñ oglu men.

     I am a Tuvan, / I'm the son of the mountains capped with perpetual snow.

See also

• бис (bis, first-person plural)
• сен (sen, second-person singular)
• силер (siler, second-person plural)
• ол (ol, third-person singular)
• -лар (-lar, third-person plural)
• -м (-m)