мен

See also: мең, мөн, Мэн, мӗн, meh, MEH, and méh

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

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative (subject)	Accusative (direct complement)		Dative (indirect complement)		Prepositional
				Full	Short	Full	Short
Singular	First	—	аз (az)	мен (men) ме́не (méne)	ме (me)	ме́не (méne)	ми (mi)	мен (men) ме́не (méne)
	Second	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	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	—	ни́е (níe) ний (nij)	нас (nas)	ни (ni)	нам (nam)	ни (ni)	нас (nas)
	Second	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	—	те (te)	тях (tjah)	ги (gi)	тям (tjam)	им (im)	тях (tjah)

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Karachay-Balkar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”).

Pronoun

мен • (men)

1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	مەن
Cyrillic	мен
Latin	men

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”).

Conjunction

мен • (men)

1. and

   ата мен ана

   ata men ana

   father and mother

Pronoun

мен • (men)

1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

   Менің Қазақстаным

   Menıñ Qazaqstanym

   My Kazakhstan

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)

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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)

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Northern Altai

Etymology

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

Pronoun

мен • (men)

1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲen]

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Noun

(deprecated template usage) мен • (men) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of ме́на (ména)

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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)

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.

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Tuvan

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

мен • (men)

1. I (first-person singular subject pronoun)

Etymology 2

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

Particle

мен • (men)

1. First-person singular predicative particle, used after predicates, including verbs only in present-future tense
   • (Can we date this quote?), “Тоорутуг долгай тандым”:

     Тооруктуг долгай тандым / Долганзымза, тодар-ла мен. / Тос-ла чүзүн малымайны / Доруктурза, байыыр-ла мен.

     Tooruktug dolgay tandım / Dolganzımza, todar-la men. / Tos-la çüzün malımaynı / Dorukturza, bayıır-la men.

     My forest full of nuts / If I wander it around, I’ll be satisfied. / My livestocks of nine colours / If I breed them, I’ll be rich.

   • (Can we date this quote?), “Мен — тыва мен”:

     Мен — тыва мен, / Мөңге харлыг дагның оглу мен. / Мен — тыва мен, / Мөңгүн суглуг чурттуң төлү мен.

     Men — tıva men, / Möñge xarlıg dagnıñ oglu men. / Men — tıva men, / Möñgün suglug çurttuñ tölü men.

     I’m a Tuvan, / I’m the son of the eternal snow-capped mountains. / I’m a Tuvan, / I’m the child of the country of silver waters.