give me (third-person singular simple present gives me, present participle giving me, simple past gave me, past participle given me)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see give, me.
- An expression of strong preference or approbation for a named thing.
1873, Edward Lytton, (Please provide the book title or journal name):Give me the good old times!
1633, George Herbert, Temple, Church, Content:Give me the pliant minde, whose gentle measure Complies and suits with all estates.
- A request by a telephone user to be connected with a specified person, number, etc.
Give me the president.
- (paired with a number) A command to do a given number of repetitions of an exercise (usually push-ups).
Drop and give me twenty!
expression of preference
- Arabic: أَعْطِنِي (ʔaʕṭinī)
- Egyptian Arabic: اديني (iddīnī)
- Belarusian: да́йце мне (dájcje mnje), (informal) да́й мне (dáj mnje)
- Bulgarian: да́йте ми (dájte mi), (informal) да́й ми (dáj mi)
- Chinese:
- Hokkien: 予我 (hō͘ góa / thō͘ góa / hǒ͘ góa)
- Mandarin: 給我／给我 (gěi wǒ)
- Czech: dejte mi, (informal) dej mi
- Danish: vil de give mig, gi' mig
- Dutch: geeft u mij, geef mij
- Finnish: olkaa hyvä ja antakaa minulle (polite); anna minulle (informal, singular); antakaa minulle (informal, plural)
- French: donnez-moi, (informal) donne-moi
- Galician: déame
- German: geben Sie mir, (informal plural) gebt mir, (informal singular) gib mir
- Greek: δώστε μου (dóste mou)
- Hindi: मुझे ... दो (mujhe ... do), (polite) मुझे ... दीजिए (mujhe ... dījie)
- Hungarian: add ide (informal), adja ide (formal)
- Italian: (informal) dammi, (formal) mi dia, (plural) datemi
- Japanese: ...を下さい (...をください, ... o kudasai)
- Kapampangan: dinan mu ku sg, dinan yu ku pl (informal), dinan yu ku pu sg or pl (formal)
- Korean: ... 을/를 주세요 (ko) (... -(r)eul juseyo) (-eul after a consonant, -reul after a vowel)
- Macedonian: дајте ми (dajte mi), (informal) дај ми (daj mi)
- Navajo: shaʼnízííd
- Norwegian: kan du være så snill å gi meg, gi meg
- Ojibwe: gimiizh
- Persian: بده به من
- Polish: dajcie mi, (informal) daj mi, (informal plural) dajcie mi, (formal) proszę mi dać
- Portuguese: dê-me
- Romanian: dați-mi
- Russian: да́йте мне (dájte mne), (informal) да́й мне (dáj mne)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: дајте ми, (informal) дај ми
- Roman: dajte mi, (informal) daj mi
- Slovak: dajte mi, (informal) daj mi
- Slovene: dajte mi, (informal) daj mi
- Spanish: deme (es)
- Swedish: ge mig, räck mig, giv mig
- Thai: ให้ฉัน (hai chan)
- Turkish: bana veriniz
- Ukrainian: да́йте мені́ (dájte mení), (informal) да́й мені́ (dáj mení)
- Urdu: مجھے ... دو (mujhe ... do)
- Vietnamese: cho tôi
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request to be connected
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: saisinko ...-lle
- French: please add this translation if you can
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