me

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English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English me, from Old English mē (“me”, originally dative, but later also accusative), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic *miz (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁me- (“me”).

Cognates
Cognate with Scots me (“me”), North Frisian me (“me”), Saterland Frisian mie (“me”), Dutch me, mij (“me”), Low German mi (“me”), German mir (“me”, dative), Icelandic mér (“me”, dative), Latin mē (“me”), Ancient Greek μέ (mé), ἐμέ (emé, “me”), Sanskrit मा (mā, “me”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me (first-person singular pronoun, referring to the speaker)

  1. As the direct object of a verb.
    Can you hear me?
  2. (archaic, proscribed) Myself; as a reflexive direct object of a verb.
  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, proscribed) Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative.
    • 1993 April 1, Harper's Magazine:
      When I get to college, I'm gonna get me a white Nissan Sentra.
  6. As the complement of the copula (be or is).
    It wasn't me.
    • 2017, Theresa May, “Andrew Neil interviews Theresa May: full transcript”, in The Spectator‎[1], archived from the original on 22 May 2017:
      It's either me or Jeremy Corbyn.
  7. (informal, with and, often proscribed) As the subject of a verb.
    Me and my friends played a game.
  8. (nonstandard, not with and) As the subject of a verb.
    • 1844, Charles Wilkes, Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, volume 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 (Homestar Runner), number 10:
      Strong Bad: Me gotta see that again.
Usage notes[edit]
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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 write my.

Some prescriptivists object to the use of me following the verb be, as in "It wasn’t me". The phrase "It was not I" is considered to be correct, though this may be seen as extreme and used for jocular effect.

Synonyms[edit]
  • (subject of a verb): I; my ass (vulgar)
  • (complement of the copula): I
  • (indirect object): us (Australia, UK)
  • (marking ownership): my; mine (archaic)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Bislama: mi
  • Jamaican Creole: mi
  • Nigerian Pidgin: mi
  • Pijin: mi
  • Sranan Tongo: mi
Translations[edit]
See me/translations § Pronoun.

Etymology 2[edit]

Variant form.

Determiner[edit]

me

  1. (UK regional, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Alternative form of my
    • a. 1918, Wilfred Owen, “The Letter”, in Douglas Kerr, editor, The Works of Wilfred Owen, page 54:
      There don't seem much to say just now. / (Yer what? Then don't, yer ruddy cow! / And give us back me cigarette!)
    • 1994, John Hodge, Shallow Grave, spoken by Alex Law (Ewan McGregor):
      I want me money back!
    • 1995, Nick Park, A Close Shave:
      Get off me cheese! Get off! Get off!
    • 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, page 99:
      "What have I ever done to prove me worth, or where I could at least say as I'd made a difference?"
Translations[edit]
my — see my

Etymology 3[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

me

  1. (music) The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the flat of the third note of a major scale.

See also[edit]

English personal pronouns
Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are in italics.
personal pronoun possessive
pronoun		 possessive
determiner
subjective objective reflexive
first person singular I
me (colloquial)		 me myself
me
mysen		 mine my
mine (before vowels, archaic)
me
plural we us ourselves
ourself
oursen		 ours our
second person singular standard, formal you you yourself
yoursen		 yours
yourn (obsolete outside dialects)		 your
archaic, informal thou thee thyself
theeself
thysen		 thine thy
thine (before vowels)
plural standard you
ye (archaic)		 you yourselves yours
yourn (obsolete outside dialects)		 your
colloquial you all
y'all
you guys		 you all
y'all
you guys		 y'allselves y'all's
you guys's
your guys's (proscribed)		 y'all's
your all's (nonstandard)
you guys's
your guys's (proscribed)
informal / dialectal (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries)
third person singular masculine he him himself
hisself (archaic)
hissen		 his
hisn (obsolete outside dialects)		 his
feminine she her herself
hersen		 hers
hern (obsolete outside dialects)		 her
neuter it
hit		 it
hit		 itself
hitself		 its
his (archaic)		 its
his (archaic)
hits
genderless they them themself, themselves theirs their
genderless, nonspecific
(formal) 		one one oneself – one's
plural they them
hem, 'em		 themselves
theirsen		 theirs
theirn (obsolete outside dialects)		 their

References[edit]

  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [2]

Anagrams[edit]

Akan[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. I

Albanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *me(t). Cognate to Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after, beyond; in the middle, between”), Gothic miþ (“with”), Old Norse með.

Preposition[edit]

me (+accusative)

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

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *manu, compare Ancient Greek μανός (manós, “thin”), Old Armenian մանր (manr, “small”). Alternatively it could represent a continuation of Proto-Indo-European *mṇi̯ō, to be compared with Latin minuō (“lessen”), Proto-Slavic *mьnь (“smaller”) and the like.

Adjective[edit]

me m (feminine mee)

  1. insufficient, scanty, not full
Derived terms[edit]

Angloromani[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Romani me.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. I
    Synonyms: mandi, tutti

Annobonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese mãe (“mother”).

Noun[edit]

me

  1. mother

References[edit]

  • John H. McWhorter (2005) Defining Creole

Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin me. Akin to Spanish me and French me.

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. me (first-person singular direct pronoun)
  2. (to) me (first-person singular indirect pronoun)

Asturian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • m' (before a vowel)

Etymology[edit]

From Latin mē, accusative singular of ego. As an indirect pronoun, possibly in part from Latin mihi (dative singular of ego), through a Vulgar Latin *mi.

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. me (first-person singular direct pronoun)
  2. me (first-person singular indirect pronoun)

Atong (India)[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English [Term?] (“May”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

me (Bengali script মে)

  1. May

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

Breton[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Brythonic *mi, from Proto-Celtic *mī, from Proto-Indo-European *me (“me”). Cognate to Welsh mi.

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. I, me

Carolinian[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

me

  1. and

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin mē (accusative of ego).

Pronoun[edit]

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

  1. me (direct or indirect object)

Usage notes[edit]

  • -me is the full (plena) form of the pronoun. It is normally used after verbs ending with a consonant or ⟨u⟩, or between some adverbs/pronouns and a verb. In some varieties of Catalan (Balearic/Valencian) it can also occur in sentence-initial position.
    Segueix-me! ― Follow me!
    Tant me fa. (after adverb) ― I don't care.
    Me sembla que… (sentence-initial, nonstandard) ― It seems that…

Declension[edit]

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
1st person majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person very formal2 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’4 -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 formal2 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 plural.
2) Behaves grammatically as third person. 		3) Only as object of a preposition.
4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Related terms[edit]

Chuukese[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

me

  1. and

Preposition[edit]

me

  1. from

Cimbrian[edit]

Article[edit]

me

  1. (Sette Comuni) the; definite article for two declensions:
    1. dative singular masculine
    2. dative singular neuter

See also[edit]

Cimbrian definite articles
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative dar de / di 's / z de / di
Accusative in de / di 's / z de / di
Dative me dar me in

References[edit]

  • “me” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Cornish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • my (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form)

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. (Standard Cornish) I, me

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. objective unstressed form of ik (“I”)

Inflection[edit]

Dutch personal pronouns
subject object possessive reflexive genitive5
singular full unstr. full unstr. full unstr. pred.
1st person ik 'k1 mij me mijn m'n1 mijne me mijner, mijns
2nd person jij je jou je jouw je jouwe je jouwer, jouws
2nd person archaic or regiolectal gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person masculine hij ie1 hem 'm1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
3rd person feminine zij ze haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 hare zich harer, haars
3rd person neuter het 't1 het 't1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
plural
1st person wij we ons – ons, onze2 – onze ons onzer, onzes
2nd person jullie je jullie je jullie je – je –
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person zij ze hen3, hun4 ze hun – hunne zich hunner, huns
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). 		5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions.
6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural.

Synonyms[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me (dependent possessive)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of mijn (“my”).

Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Short form of meie, from Proto-Finnic *mek.

Pronoun[edit]

me (genitive me, partitive meid)

  1. we

Declension[edit]

Declension of mina (irregular)
singular plural
nominative mina / ma meie / me
genitive minu / mu meie
partitive mind meid
illative minusse / musse meisse
inessive minus / mus meis
elative minust / must meist
allative minule / mulle meile
adessive minul / mul meil
ablative minult / mult meilt
translative minuks meieks
terminative minuni meieni
essive minuna meiena
abessive minuta meieta
comitative minuga meiega

See also[edit]

Estonian personal pronouns
singular plural
long short long short
1st person mina ma meie me
2nd person familiar sina sa teie te
polite teie te
3rd person animate tema ta nemad nad
inanimate see need

Fala[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese me, from Latin mē.

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. First person singular dative and accusative pronoun; me

Usage notes[edit]

  • Takes the form -mi when suffixed to an impersonal verb form.

See also[edit]

Fala personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
first person singular ei me, -mi mi
plural common nos musL
nusLV
nos, -nusM 		nos
masculine noshotrusM noshotrusM
feminine noshotrasM noshotrasM
second person singular tú te, -ti ti
plural common vos vusLV
vos, -vusM 		vos
masculine voshotrusM voshotrusM
feminine voshotrasM voshotrasM
third person singular masculine el le, -li uLV, oM el
feminine ela a ela
plural masculine elis usLV, osM elis
feminine elas as elas
reflexive — se, -si sí

References[edit]

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu [Fala Dictionary]‎[3], CIDLeS, →ISBN, page 197

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *mek, from Proto-Uralic *me. The word is inflected as plural, but there is no plural marker in the nominative, except in dialects (met).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈme/, [ˈme̞]
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification(key): me

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. we

Usage notes[edit]

  • Although usually omitted in written language (the verb shows both the person and the number), the pronoun is in spoken language used very often (compare the usage of minä (“I”)).

Inflection[edit]

  • Irregular (inflectional stem mei-, as if in the plural). The comitative and instructive forms don't exist; the abessive is hardly used.
  • In addition to the standard set of cases, me and the other personal pronouns have a specific accusative form, meidät.
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 – –

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

See also[edit]

Finnish personal pronouns
first second third
familiar polite
singular minä sinä Te hän
plural me te he

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle French me, from Old French me, from Latin mē (accusative of ego), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁me- (“me”). Northern dialects have preserved a form mi for the indirect object (also found in Old French in the Oaths of Strasbourg), from Latin mihi, dative singular of ego, through a Vulgar Latin *mi, whereas in standard French, it has merged into me.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me (personal, objective case)

  1. (direct object) me
    Est-ce que tu me vois ? ― Do you see me?
  2. (indirect object) to me
    Émilien me donne un peu d'argent. ― Émilien gave some money to me.

Related terms[edit]

French personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject) 		Accusative
(direct complement) 		Dative
(indirect complement) 		Locative
(at) 		Genitive
(of) 		Disjunctive
(tonic)
Singular First — je, j’ me, m’ — — moi
Second — tu te, t’ — — toi
Third Masculine il le, l’ lui y en lui
Feminine elle la, l’ elle
Indeterminate on1 — — — — —
Reflexive — se, s’4 — — soi4
Plural First — nous nous — — nous
Second — vous2 vous2,3 — — vous2
Third Masculine ils3 les leur y en eux3
Feminine elles elles
1 Also used as the first person plural.
2 Also used as the polite singular form.
3 Also used when a group has both men and women.
4 Also used as third person plural reflexive.

Further reading[edit]

Galician[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. inflection of eu:
    1. accusative/dative
    2. reflexive

Guaraní[edit]

Noun[edit]

me

  1. male
  2. husband

Haitian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French mai (“May”).

Noun[edit]

me

  1. May

Hawaiian[edit]

Preposition[edit]

me

  1. with

Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

me

  1. baa (representing the bleating sound sheep make)

Ido[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English me, French me, Italian me, Spanish me, from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-, *(e)me-n- (“me”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me (first-person singular)

  1. I, me
    Me es tre felica.
    I am very happy.
    Ka vu parolas a me?
    Are you talking to me?

Derived terms[edit]

  • mea (“my, mine”)

Noun[edit]

me (plural me-i)

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

See also[edit]

See also[edit]

    Personal pronouns in Ido
Singular Plural
Nominative Possessive Nominative Possessive
Singular Plural Singular Plural
First person  me  mea  mei  ni  nia  nii
Second person Formal  vu  vua  vui  vi  via  vii
Familiar  tu  tua  tui
Third person Masculine  ilu, il  ilua  ilui  ili  ilia  ilii
Feminine  elu, el  elua  elui  eli  elia  elii
Neuter  olu, ol  olua  olui  oli  olia  olii
Common  lu  lua  lui  li  lia  lii
Reflexive  su  sua  sui  su  sua  sui
Indefinite  onu, on  onua  onui  onu, on  onua  onui
Notes
The possessive plurals are seldom used.
The shortened forms are preferred.
The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios.

Istriot[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin mē, accusative singular of ego.

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. objective of i; me; to me
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:
      Ti me pari oûna dea infra li dai,
      You seem to me a goddess among the gods,

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin mē.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (standard, clitic) IPA(key): /me/°
    • Hyphenation: me
  • (standard, disjunctive) IPA(key): /ˈme/*
    • Rhymes: -e
    • Hyphenation: mé
  • As a clitic pronoun used before another clitic, it is pronounced unstressed and without syntactic gemination of the following consonant, e.g. me ne vado (“I'm going away”) /me ne ˈvado/. As a disjunctive pronoun used after a preposition, it is pronounced stressed and with syntactic gemination, e.g. a me piace (“I like him/her/it”) /a‿mˌme‿pˈpjatʃe/ (since a also triggers syntactic gemination).

Pronoun[edit]

me (personal, objective case)

  1. (disjunctive, emphatic) me
    (Lui/Lei) non piace a me. / A me non piace (lui/lei). ― (He/She) does not appeal to me, i.e. I don't like him/her.
    (Lui/Lei) piace a me. / A me piace (lui/lei). ― (He/She) appeals to me, i.e. I like him/her.
    A me e lui piace lei. ― She appeals (both) to me and to him, i.e. he and I (both) like her.

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. (clitic) Alternative form of mi

Usage notes[edit]

  • Used when followed by a third-person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).

See also[edit]

Italian personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Conjunctive 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'
f lei, Lei1 la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1 le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1 lei, Lei1, sé
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'
f le, Le1, -le, -Le1
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).

Jamaican Creole[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. Alternative spelling of mi.

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

me

  1. Rōmaji transcription of め (hiragana)
  2. Rōmaji transcription of メ (katakana)

Jingpho[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Burmese မဲ (mai:, “mai:”).

Noun[edit]

me

  1. ballot

References[edit]

  • Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎[4], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Kein[edit]

Noun[edit]

me

  1. louse

Further reading[edit]

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁me- (“me”). Cognate with Ancient Greek με (me), ἐμέ (emé, “me”), Sanskrit मा (mā, “me”), Old English me, Old Frisian mi, Old Saxon mī, Dutch mij, Old High German mih (German mich), Old Norse mik, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺 (mik). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin me, Greek με (me), Old Irish mé (Irish mí, Welsh mi), Proto-Slavic *mene (Old Church Slavonic мене (mene), Russian меня́ (menjá)), Lithuanian mi, Albanian mua.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

mē (personal pronoun)

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

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Aromanian: mi
  • Catalan: me
  • Ligurian: mi
  • Corsican: mi
  • French: me, moi
  • Galician: me
  • Italian: me, mi
  • Portuguese: me
  • Romanian: mă
  • Sicilian: mi
  • Spanish: me

References[edit]

  • me in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • me in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Lolopo[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Loloish *ʔ-mwe³ (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Sichuan Yi ꂯ (mix), Burmese အမွေး (a.mwe:), Drung meul (“body hair”), Jingpho mun, Tedim Chin mul¹.

Noun[edit]

me 

  1. (Yao'an) body hair

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Loloish *s-mo¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Sichuan Yi ꂥ (hmu), Burmese မှို (hmui), Gong มู๋, Naxi mul, Japhug tɤ jmɤɣ and Jingpho kämu.

Noun[edit]

me 

  1. (Yao'an) mushroom

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

me (me5／me0, Zhuyin ˙ㄇㄜ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 么
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚜
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 末
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 麼／么, 麽／么
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚒

me

  1. Nonstandard spelling of mē.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Maori[edit]

Particle[edit]

me

  1. Conjunctive
    1. and (joins two noun phrases)
    2. with (indicates people or things present when an event occurs)
  2. Definitive
    1. must, should (used before verbs to form a weak command)
    2. must be (used before nouns and adjectives)
      Me whā rawa?
      Must it be four?
    3. how should it be done (used before pēhea and a clause)
  3. Comparative
    1. if only (reverses what is stated)
    2. as if, like (simile)
    3. to see whether

References[edit]

  • "me" - Maori Dictionary

Mauritian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French mai.

Noun[edit]

me

  1. May

Mbyá Guaraní[edit]

Noun[edit]

me

  1. husband

Mengen[edit]

Noun[edit]

me

  1. (drinkable) water
  2. any liquid
  3. (non-tidal) stream, river

References[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English mē, from Proto-Indo-European. More at English me.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me (nominative I)

  1. me (first-person singular accusative pronoun)
  2. (reflexive) myself
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
Middle English personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive possessive
singular 1st-person I, ich, ik me min
mi1		 min
2nd-person þou þe þin
þi1		 þin
3rd-person m he him
hine2		 him his his
hisen
f sche, heo hire
heo 		hire hire
hires, hiren
n hit hit
him2		 his, hit —
dual3 1st-person wit unk unker
2nd-person ȝit inc inker
plural 1st-person we us, ous oure oure
oures, ouren
2nd-person4 ye yow your your
youres, youren
3rd-person inh. he hem
he2		 hem here here
heres, heren
bor. þei þem, þeim þeir þeir
þeires, þeiren

1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Determiner[edit]

me (nominative I)

  1. Alternative form of mi.

References[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From man, men, by way of phonemic reduction in unstressed positions.

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. Typically singular, indefinite pronoun: one, you (indefinite).
See also[edit]
References[edit]

Middle French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • m' (before a vowel)

Etymology[edit]

From Old French me.

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. me, first-person singular object pronoun
  2. to me, first-person singular indirect object pronoun

Synonyms[edit]

  • (first-person singular object and indirect object pronoun): moy (with verbs in the imperative)

Descendants[edit]

  • French: me

Nalca[edit]

Noun[edit]

me

  1. son
  2. child

Nauruan[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

me

  1. and

Naxi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma.

Adverb[edit]

me

  1. not

References[edit]

  • Naxi Dictionary by T.M. Pinson, Lijiang 2012

Neapolitan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin mē.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. me (accusative or dative or reflexive or prepositional)

Coordinate terms[edit]

Number Person Nominative Accusative Dative Reflexive Possessive Prepositional
singular first-person io (i') me mìo, mìa, mieje, meje me, méne
second-person, familiar tu te tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje te, téne
second-person, formal vuje ve vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste vuje
third-person, masculine ìsso 'o, 'u (lo, lu) 'i, 'e (li, le) se sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje ìsso
third-person, feminine éssa 'a (la) 'e (le) éssa
plural first-person nuje ce nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste nuje
second-person, plural vuje ve vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste vuje
third-person, masculine ìsse 'i, 'e (li, le) llòro se llòro (invariable) llòro
third-person, feminine llòro 'e (le)

Norman[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • mé (continental Normandy, Jersey)
  • maïr (Guernsey)

Noun[edit]

me f (plural mes)

  1. (Sark) sea

North Frisian[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. First-person singular, objective: me

Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. oblique form of em: us, we

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

me

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bûn
    Synonym: im

Northern Qiang[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

me

  1. fire

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse mit, a form of vit (“we two, the both of us”) influenced by the final -m in Old Norse verbs inflected in the first person plural.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me (object case oss)

  1. we
    Kva skal me gjera?
    What shall we do?
Alternative forms[edit]

See also[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns
person first person second person reflexive third person
case singular singular masculine singular feminine singular neuter
nominative eg, je1 du han ho det, dat2
accusative meg deg seg han, honom2 ho, henne2 det, dat2
dative2 meg deg seg honom henne di2
genitive min din sin hans hennar, hennes1 dess3
case plural
nominative me, vi de, dokker dei
accusative oss, okk dykk, dokker seg dei, deim2
dative oss, okk dykk, dokker seg deim2
genitive vår, okkar dykkar, dokkar sin deira, deires1
1Obsolete. 2Landsmål. 3Rare or literary. Cursive forms unofficial today.


Etymology 2[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. eye dialect spelling of meg (“me”)
    • 1879, Berg, Hallvard, Segner fraa Bygdom, Christiania: Samlaget, page 93:
      "No, Unga, kunne de slutte mæ Lesnae ei Stund o høyre paa me."
      "Now, kids, you stop with the reading for a while and listen to me."

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *miʀ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

mē

  1. (personal) accusative/dative of iċ

Usage notes[edit]

  • Was originally only dative/instrumental, but by the literary period is also the accusative form in West Saxon. The Anglian dialects have retained the inherited accusative form, mec.

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle English: me
    • English: me
    • Scots: me

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin mē, accusative of ego. As an indirect object pronoun, possibly in part from Latin mihi, dative singular of ego, through a Vulgar Latin *mi (compare the form mi in particular, found in early Old French in the Oaths of Strasbourg).

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. myself (first-person singular reflexive pronoun)
  2. me (first-person singular direct object pronoun)
  3. to me (first-person singular indirect object pronoun)

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle French: me
    • French: me

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Alternative forms

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. enclitic genitive/dative/instrumental/ablative singular of ahaṃ

Pennsylvania German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare German einem.

Pronunciation[edit]

Article[edit]

me m or n (indefinite)

  1. a, an

Declension[edit]

Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative en en en
Accusative en en en
Dative me re me

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. Alternative form of moje

Interjection[edit]

me

  1. (onomatopoeia) Used to imitate the sound of a sheep or ram, baa
    Synonym: be

Derived terms[edit]

interjection

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese me, from Latin mē (accusative of ego), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-. As an objective indirect pronoun, possibly in part from Latin mihi (dative of ego), through a Vulgar Latin *mi.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: me

Pronoun[edit]

me

  2. first-person singular objective direct personal pronoun; me
    Meus amigos me ligaram.
    My friends called me.
  4. first-person singular objective indirect personal pronoun; (to) me
    Dê-me o copo.
    Give me the glass.
  6. first-person singular reflexive pronoun; myself
    Este tipo de tratamento me faz querer me enforcar.
    This kind of treatment makes me want to hang myself.
  8. particle of spontaneity, when it indicates that there was spontaneity in the action by its agent.
    Fui-me embora daquele lugar.
    I left that place..

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:me.

See also[edit]

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number Person Nominative
(subject) 		Accusative
(direct object) 		Dative
(indirect object) 		Prepositional Prepositional
with com 		Non-declining
m f m f m and f m f m f m f
Singular First eu me mim comigo
Second tu te ti contigo você
o senhor a senhora
Third ele ela o
(lo, no) 		a
(la, na) 		lhe ele ela com ele com ela o mesmo a mesma
se si consigo
Plural First nós nos nós connosco (Portugal)
conosco (Brazil) 		a gente
Second vós vos vós convosco, com vós vocês
os senhores as senhoras
Third eles elas os
(los, nos) 		as
(las, nas) 		lhes eles elas com eles com elas os mesmos as mesmas
se si consigo
Indefinite se si consigo

Romani[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. I

Descendants[edit]

  • Angloromani: me
  • Vlax Romani: me

See also[edit]

Romani personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Accusative Dative Locative Ablative Instrumental Possessive
Singular First — me man manqe manθe manθar mança miro, -i, -e
Second — tu tut tuqe tuθe tuθar tuça tiro, -i, -e
Reflexive third — — pes pesqe pesθe pesθar peça pesqero, -i, -e
Third Masculine ov les lesqe lesθe lesθar leça lesqero, -i, -e
Feminine oj la laqe laθe laθar laça laqero, -i, -e
Plural First — amen amenqe amenθe amenθar amença amaro, -i, -e
Second — tumen tumenqe tumenθe tumenθar tumença tumaro, -i, -e
Reflexive third — — pen penqe penθe penθar pença penqero, -i, -e
Third — on len lenqe lenθe lenθar lença lenqero, -i, -e
Kalderash Romani personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Accusative (long and short forms) Dative Locative Ablative Instrumental Possessive
Singular First — me man, ma mánge mánde mándar mánsa múrro m, múrri f, múrre pl
Second — tu tut, tu túke túte tútar túsa tíro m, tíri f, tíre pl
Reflexive third — — pês, pe pêske pêste pêstar pêsa pêsko m, pêski f, pêske pl
Third Masculine wo lês, le lêske lêste lêstar lêsa lêsko m, lêski f, lêske pl
Feminine woi la, la láke láte látar lása láko m, láki f, láke pl
Plural First — ame amên, ame amênge amênde amêndar amênsa amáro m, amári f, amáre pl
Second — tume tumên, tume tumênge tumênde tumêndar tumênsa tumáro m, tumári f, tumáre pl
Reflexive third — — pên, pe pênge pênde pêndar pênsa pêngo m, pêngi f, pênge pl
Third — won lên, le lênge lênde lêndar lênsa lêngo m, lêngi f, lênge pl

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection[edit]

me

  1. baa (sound made by sheep or goats)

Sassarese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin mē and, as an indirect object pronoun, possibly in part from mihi.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. (preceded by a preposition) me
    • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Primabéra [Spring]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 13:
      Lu branu a me no piazi
      I don't like spring
      (literally, “The spring to me is not pleasant”)

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From mar eisimpleir.

Adverb[edit]

me

  1. e.g.

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me (Cyrillic spelling ме)

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

Declension[edit]

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

Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

mẹ̑

  1. we (feminine and neuter plural, more than two)

Inflection[edit]

Declension of me (irregular, suppletive)
singular
1st person 2nd person reflexive
nominative jàz tí —
accusative méne, me tébe, te sébe, se
genitive méne, me tébe, te sébe, se
dative méni, mi tébi, ti sébi, si
locative méni tébi sébi
instrumental menój, máno tebój, tábo sebój, sábo
possessive mój tvój svój
dual
1st person 2nd person reflexive
nominative mídva m, médve/mídve f or n vídva m, védve/vídve f or n —
accusative náju váju sébe, se
genitive náju váju sébe, se
dative náma váma sébi, si
locative náju váju sébi
instrumental náma váma sebój, sábo
possessive nájin vájin svój
plural
1st person 2nd person reflexive
nominative mí m, mé f or n ví m, vé f or n —
accusative nàs vàs sébe, se
genitive nàs vàs sébe, se
dative nàm vàm sébi, si
locative nàs vàs sébi
instrumental nàmi vàmi sebój, sábo
possessive nàš vàš svój

See also[edit]

Slovene personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person m jaz midva mi
f or n medve, midve me
2nd person familiar
tikanje 		m ti vidva vi
f or n vedve, vidve ve
3rd person m on onadva oni
f ona onedve, onidve one
n ono onedve, onidve ona
Polite forms (not differentiated in dual and plural) singular
polite
vikanje – instead of 2nd person, binds with forms for 2rd person plural masculine 		vi, Vi
very polite
onikanje – instead of 2nd or 3rd person, binds with forms for 3rd person plural masculine (archaic) 		oni
hyper polite
onokanje – instead of 2nd person, binds with forms for 3rd person singular neuter (obsolete) 		ono
patriarchal
onkanje – instead of 2nd person, binds with forms for 3rd person singular masculine (obsolete) 		on

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin mē (accusative singular of ego), from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)me-. As an indirect object, possibly in part from Latin mihi (dative of ego), through a Vulgar Latin *mi.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /me/ [me]
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: me

Pronoun[edit]

me (objective case)

  1. (personal) accusative of yo: me
  2. (personal, dative pronoun) dative of yo: to me, for me
  3. (personal, reflexive) reflexive of yo: myself

See also[edit]

Spanish personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
first person singular yo me mí1
plural masculine2 nosotros nos nosotros
feminine nosotras nosotras
second person singular tuteo tú te ti1
voseo vos vos
formal3 usted le, se4 lo/la5 usted
plural familiar6 masculine2 vosotros os vosotros
feminine vosotras vosotras
formal/general3 ustedes les, se4 los/las5 ustedes
third person singular masculine2 él le, se4 lo él
feminine ella la ella
neuter ello7 lo ello
plural masculine2 ellos les, se4 los ellos
feminine ellas las ellas
reflexive — se sí1
  1. Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
  2. Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
  3. Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
  4. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
  5. Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
  6. Used primarily in Spain
  7. Used only in rare circumstances

Further reading[edit]

Sumerian[edit]

Romanization[edit]

me

  1. Romanization of 𒈨 (me)

Swedish[edit]

Preposition[edit]

me

  1. (colloquial) Apocopic form of med (“with”)
    Ja vill inte va me (Jag vill inte vara med)
    I don't wanna join

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: me
  • IPA(key): /ˈmeʔ/, [ˈmɛʔ]

Noun[edit]

mê (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒ)

  1. bleat; maa; cry of a goat or sheep
    Synonym: (obsolete) ii
Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: me
  • IPA(key): /ˈme/, [ˈmɛ]

Particle[edit]

me (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒ)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of may.

Further reading[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈme/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈmeː/ (overall more common)

Noun[edit]

me

  1. baa (sound of a sheep)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

me

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M.

See also[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Compare Acehnese mè (“tamarind”).

Noun[edit]

(classifier cây, trái, quả) me • (楣)

  1. tamarind

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

me

  1. mother
    Synonyms: mẹ, ma
    • 1936, Vũ Trọng Phụng, chapter 3, in Số đỏ, Hà Nội báo:
      Bà chủ vừa đặt con chó xuống vừa nhanh nhẩu nói: – À cậu tắm ! Cậu của me ngoan. Me đi vắng, ở nhà có đứa nào đánh cậu không ? Loulou Huýt! Huýt...
      The mistress of the house set down the dog and promptly said, "Ah, you are bathing! Mommy's son is nice. While mommy went away, did anyone hit you? Loulou, whee whee!"

West Makian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me (possessive prefixes mV (animate) and dV (inanimate))

  1. third-person singular pronoun, he, she, it, etc.

See also[edit]

West Makian personal pronouns
independent possessive prefix
1st person singular de ti
2nd person singular ni ni
3rd person singular me mVan., dVinan.
1st person plural inclusive ene nV
1st person plural exclusive imi mi
2nd person plural ini fi
3rd person plural eme di

References[edit]

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[5], Pacific linguistics

White Hmong[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

me

  1. little; small (size or quantity)

References[edit]

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[6], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.

Yola[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. Alternative form of mee
    • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3:
      Hea'de luther me waal,
      He'd hide me well,

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 106

Zazaki[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

me

  1. me

See also[edit]

Zazaki personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person ez mı ma
2nd person familiar tı to şıma
polite şıma
3rd person o a ê

Zou[edit]

Noun[edit]

me

  1. curry

References[edit]

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