mej
See also: měj
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Albanian *mōja, cognate with Old High German muoan (“to work diligently”), Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos, “toil of war”) and Proto-Slavic *majati (“to work slowly”).
Verb edit
mej (aorist meja, participle mejur)
- to reduce, make fade, extinguish
- to fail
Lower Sorbian edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
mej du
Declension edit
Declension of the first-person pronouns
Marshallese edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mej
Adverb edit
mej
Noun edit
mej
Verb edit
mej
Related terms edit
References edit
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
mej
- Alternative form of mojej.
Slovene edit
Noun edit
mej
Swedish edit
Pronoun edit
mej
- (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of mig.
- 1989, Eva Dahlgren (lyrics and music), “Ängeln i rummet [The angel in the room]”:
- Det bor en ängel i mitt rum. Hon har sitt bo ovanför mitt huvud. Hon gör mej lugn. Och hon viskar till mej allt det jag säger dej.
- There is an angel living in my room [it lives an angel in my room]. She has her dwelling [usually of animals, especially nests] above my head. She puts me at ease [makes me calm]. And she whispers to me all the things that [all that (which)] I say to you.
Usage notes edit
Popular (along with dej) as a semi-informal spelling around the 1970s to 1980s (as well as long before that, separately), and is therefore seen in many old song lyrics, for example. Usage has now mostly reverted back to mig.
Declension edit
Swedish personal pronouns
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
common | neuter | plural | |||||
singular | first | — | jag | mig, mej3 | min | mitt | mina |
second | — | du | dig, dej3 | din | ditt | dina | |
third | masculine (person) | han | honom, han2, en5 | hans | |||
feminine (person) | hon | henne, na5 | hennes | ||||
gender-neutral (person)1 | hen | hen, henom7 | hens | ||||
common (noun) | den | den | dess | ||||
neuter (noun) | det | det | dess | ||||
indefinite | man or en4 | en | ens | ||||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
plural | first | — | vi | oss | vår, våran2 | vårt, vårat2 | våra |
second | — | ni | er | er, eran2, ers6 | ert, erat2 | era | |
archaic | I | eder | eder, eders6 | edert | edra | ||
third | — | de, dom3 | dem, dom3 | deras | |||
reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina |
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.
2Informal
3Colloquial pronunciation spelling.
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council