m'

See also: Appendix:Variations of "m"

English

Etymology 1

Contraction

m'

(colloquial) Clitic form of I'm.
- 1968, Barry England, part 1, in Figures in a Landscape, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 57:
  When MacConnachie let go, he put a hand to his head and muttered, “M’tired.”
- 1982 [1979], Antonine Maillet, translated by Philip Stratford, chapter 1, in Pélagie, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company; Toronto, Ont.: Doubleday Canada, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 10:
  No one had ever been able to fathom the origin of this little girl, barely three, who by way of baggage had only a nickname, the Beaubassin she came from, and but one word in her mouth: “M’hungry!”
  [original: On n’avait jamais réussi a défricher les origines de cette petite fille d’à peine trois ans, qui n’apportait pour tout bagage qu’un surnom, le nom de sa terre de Beaubassin et un cri : « Zé faim! »]
- 2005, John Aberdein, “The Speckled Slope”, in Amande’s Bed, Edinburgh: Thirsty Books, →ISBN, page 303:
  – Heave me up that haversack, Annie. / – What’s in? / – Ye’ll see. / – M’hungry.
- 2009 October 13, Charlie Huston, My Dead Body: A Novel (Joe Pitt Casebooks; 5), New York, N.Y.: Del Rey, →ISBN, page 291:
  ―Baby. / She pulls her face from where it’s buried in my neck. / ―M’tired.
- 2010, Daniel Homan, chapter 5, in The Queen of Hearts, [Rockville, Md.]: Prime Books, →ISBN, page 127:
  “M’tired of the thing,” the man yells. “Tired of the Manor.”
- 2015, Matthew J. Metzger, chapter 11, in The Suicidal Peanut, Glen Allen, Va.: JMS Books, →ISBN, page 86:
  “M’tired,” Nick said, and yawned again.

Derived terms

m'sorry

Related terms

'm (“am”)

Etymology 2

Determiner

m'

(archaic or colloquial) Clitic form of my.
- 1985, Stuart Seaton, “Randolph”, in Inheritance, London: Collins, →ISBN, section 1, page 131:
  ‘Guess I feel like sleepin’ meself,’ he said. ‘Trouble is, I’m on next watch. Guess I’ll change thet with m’tired friend there. […]”
- 2015, Brian Staveley, chapter 7, in The Providence of Fire (Chronicle of the Unhewn Thrown; 2), London: Tor, →ISBN, page 107:
  “That’s what he thinks,” she said finally, waving the cane at her brother. “Hopes the goddess might unscramble his egg. I told ’im she’s just as likely ta hoist up m’tired old tits, and I ain’t countin’ on that, either.”
(poetic, rare) Prevocalic form of my.

Derived terms

Catalan

Pronoun

m'

contraction of em

Usage notes

m' is the elided (elida) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs beginning with a vowel.
M'avorreixo. ― I'm bored.

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
			strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
			strong/subject	proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic	possessive
singular	1st person	standard	jo, mi³	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
	1st person	majestic¹	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
	2nd person	standard	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
		formal¹	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
		very formal²	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
	3rd person	m	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
		f	ella	la, l’⁴	-la	li	-li	seu
		n		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
plural
	1st person		nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
	2nd person	standard	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
	2nd person	formal²	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
	3rd person	m	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
	3rd person	f	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
adverbial	locative			hi	-hi

¹ Behaves grammatically as plural. ² Behaves grammatically as third person.
³ Only as object of a preposition. ⁴ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Franco-Provençal

Pronoun

m' (ORB, broad)

apocopic form of mè

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /m‿/
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)

Pronoun

m'

prevocalic form of me
Je m'appelle Marcel. — I'm called Marcel.
(in certain contexts) prevocalic form of moi
Donne-m'en deux. — Give me two.

Related terms

**French personal pronouns**
number	person	gender	nominative (subject)	accusative (direct complement)	dative (indirect complement)	locative (at)	genitive (of)	disjunctive (tonic)¹	emphatic reflexive	relative	proximal	distal
singular	first	—	je, j’	me, m’		—	—	moi	moi-même	—
	second	—	tu	te, t’		—	—	toi	toi-même	—
	third	masculine	il²	le, l’	lui	y	en	lui	lui-même	celui	celui-ci	celui-là
		feminine	elle	la, l’	lui	y	en	elle	elle-même	celle	celle-ci	celle-là
		indeterminate	on³, l’on (formal), ce⁴, c’, ça	—	—	—	—	—	—	ce	ceci	cela, ça
		reflexive	—	se, s’⁵		—	—	soi	soi-même	—
plural	first	—	nous	nous		—	—	nous	nous-mêmes	—
	second⁶	—	vous	vous		—	—	vous	vous-mêmes, vous-même⁶	—
	third	masculine	ils⁷	les	leur	y	en	eux⁷	eux-mêmes⁷	ceux	ceux-ci	ceux-là
	third	feminine	elles	les	leur	y	en	elles	elles-mêmes	celles	celles-ci	celles-là

¹ The disjunctive (tonic) forms are also used after an explicit preposition (de/d’, à, pour, chez, dans, vers, sur, sous, ...), instead the accusative, dative, genitive, locative, or reflexive forms, where a preposition is implied.
² Il is also used as an impersonal nominative-only pronoun.
³ On can also function as a first person plural (although agreeing with third person singular verb forms).
⁴ The nominal indeterminate form ce (demonstrative) can also be used with the auxiliary verb être as a plural, instead of the proximal or distal gendered forms.
⁵ The reflexive third person singular forms (se or s’) for accusative or dative are also used as third person plural reflexive.
⁶ Vous is also used as the polite singular form, in which case the plural disjunctive tonic vous-mêmes becomes singular vous-même.
⁷ Ils, eux and eux-mêmes are also used when a group has a mixture of masculine and feminine members.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Contraction of mwen, from French moi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /m/

Pronoun

m'

alternative spelling of m; contraction of mwen

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mˠ/ (before a word starting with a, o, u, fha, fho, or fhu)
IPA^(key): /mʲ/ (before a word starting with e, i, fhe, or fhi)

Determiner

m' (triggers lenition of a following noun)

apocopic form of mo

Italian

Pronoun

m' (apocopated)

apocopic form of mi

Usage notes

Commonly elides before a vowel, especially i and e.

Louisiana Creole

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /m‿/

Pronoun

m'

prevocalic form of mo (“I”)
M'ap bwa labyèr. ― I'm drinking beer.

Middle French

Pronoun

m' (apocopate)

(before vowel sound) apocopic form of me

Usage notes

The apostrophe may be omitted in older manuscripts
il menvoia ― he sent me

Old French

Pronoun

m'

prevocalic form of me (“me, myself”)
prevocalic form of mon, ma (“my, mine”)
- 13th century, Herman de Valenciennes, Assomption Nostre Dame, page 7, column 2, lines 16–17:
  ceo sacez m'amie tuit cil que te requerunt
  a tun commandement merci auvrunt
  this you know, my friend, that all those who are looking for you
  upon your command will have mercy

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /m/ (before a back vowel sound)
IPA^(key): /mʲ/ (before a front vowel sound)

Determiner

m' (triggers lenition of a following noun)

apocopic form of mo

Sassarese

Pronoun

m'

apocopic form of mi, used before a vowel

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /m/

Determiner

m'

apocopic form of mo

References

Armstrong, R. A. (1825), “m'”, in A Gaelic Dictionary, in Two Parts‎^[1], London, →OCLC

	person		conjunctive (emphatic)	disjunctive (emphatic)	possessive determiner
singular	first		mé (mise)		mo ^L m' before vowel sounds
	second		tú (tusa)¹	thú (thusa)	do ^L d' before vowel sounds
	third	m	sé (seisean)	é (eisean)	a ^L
		f	sí (sise)	í (ise)	a ^H
		n	—	ea	—
plural	first		muid, sinn (muidne, muide), (sinne)		ár ^E
	second		sibh (sibhse)¹		bhur ^E
	third		siad (siadsan)	iad (iadsan)	a ^E

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Combined	Disjunctive	Locative	Partitive
Singular	first	—	io	mi, m', -mi			me	me	—
	second	—	tu	ti, t', -ti			te	te	—
	third	m	lui	si², s', -si	lo, l', -lo	gli, -gli	glie, se²	lui, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
	third	f	lei, Lei¹	si², s', -si	la, La¹, l', L'¹, -la, -La¹	le³, Le¹, -le³, -Le¹	glie, se²	lei, Lei¹, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
Plural	first	—	noi	ci, c', -ci			ce	noi	—
	second	—	voi, Voi⁴	vi, Vi⁴, v', V'⁴, -vi, -Vi⁴			ve	voi, Voi⁴	—
	third	m	loro, Loro¹	si, s', -si	li, Li¹, -li, -Li¹	gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro¹	glie, se	loro, Loro¹, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
	third	f	loro, Loro¹	si, s', -si	le, Le¹, -le, -Le¹	gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro¹	glie, se	loro, Loro¹, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
¹	Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
²	Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
³	Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language.
⁴	Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).

		singular		plural
		+ C	+ V	+ C	+ V
first person		mo^L	m'	ar	ar^N
second person		do^L	d'	ur	ur^N
third person	m	a^L	—	an, am¹	an
third person	f	a	a^H	an, am¹	an

English

Etymology 1

Contraction

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Determiner

Derived terms

Catalan

Pronoun

Usage notes

Declension

Franco-Provençal

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French

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Related terms

Further reading

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Irish

Pronunciation

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Italian

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Usage notes

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Louisiana Creole

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Middle French

Pronoun

Usage notes

Old French

Pronoun

Old Irish

Pronunciation

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Sassarese

Pronoun

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Determiner

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References