мене

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mene"

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛnɛ]

Pronoun

ме́не • (méne) (personal)

1. full form of the first-person singular pronoun in the accusative case, used as the direct object of a verb; me

   Избери мене вместо Петър.

   Izberi mene vmesto Petǎr.

   Choose me instead of Peter.

   Мене ли търсиш?

   Mene li tǎrsiš?

   Is it me you are looking for?

2. the first-person singular pronoun in the prepositional case, used as the object of a preposition; me

   Ела с мене.

   Ela s mene.

   Come with me.

   Не сядай до мене.

   Ne sjadaj do mene.

   Don't sit next to me.

3. (dated) full form of the first-person singular pronoun in the dative case, used as the indirect object of a verb; to me, for me, me

   Кажи мене.

   Kaži mene.

   Tell me.

   Мене поръчаха да занеса писмото.

   Mene porǎčaha da zanesa pismoto.

   They ordered me to take the letter.

Usage notes

• The full dative form is considered outdated and is usually substituted by the preposition на (na) and the accusative form:

  На мене поръчаха да занеса писмото.

  Na mene porǎčaha da zanesa pismoto.

  They ordered me to take the letter.

Related terms

Bulgarian personal pronouns

			nominative (subject)	accusative (direct complement)		dative (indirect complement)		prepositional
				full	short	full	short
singular	first person		аз (az)	мен (men) ме́не (méne)	ме (me)	ме́не (méne)	ми (mi)	мен (men) ме́не (méne)
	second person	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 person	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 person		ни́е (níe) ний (nij)	нас (nas)	ни (ni)	нам (nam)	ни (ni)	нас (nas)
	second person	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 person		те (te)	тях (tjah)	ги (gi)	тям (tjam)	им (im)	тях (tjah)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛnɛ]

Pronoun

мене • (mene)

1. Long direct object form of јас (jas).
2. Long indirect object form of јас (jas).

Old Church Slavonic

Pronoun

мене • (mene)

1. genitive of азъ (azŭ)

Declension

Old Church Slavonic personal pronouns

		nominative	accusative	genitive	locative	dative	instrumental		possessive
singular	1st person	азъ (azŭ)	мѧ (mę)	мене (mene)	мьнѣ (mĭně)	мьнѣ, ми (mĭně, mi)	мъноѭ (mŭnojǫ)		мои (moi)
	2nd person	тꙑ (ty)	тѧ (tę)	тебе (tebe)	тебѣ (tebě)	тебѣ, ти (tebě, ti)	тобоѭ (tobojǫ)		твои (tvoi)
dual	1st person	вѣ (vě)	на (na)	наю (naju)	наю (naju)	нама, на (nama, na)	нама (nama)		нашь (našĭ)
	2nd person	ва (va)	ва (va)	ваю (vaju)	ваю (vaju)	вама, ва (vama, va)	вама (vama)		вашь (vašĭ)
plural	1st person	мꙑ (my)	нꙑ (ny)	насъ (nasŭ)	насъ (nasŭ)	намъ, нꙑ (namŭ, ny)	нами (nami)		нашь (našĭ)
	2nd person	вꙑ (vy)	вꙑ (vy)	васъ (vasŭ)	васъ (vasŭ)	вамъ, вꙑ (vamŭ, vy)	вами (vami)		вашь (vašĭ)
reflexive		—	сѧ (sę)	себе (sebe)	себѣ (sebě)	себѣ, си (sebě, si)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)		свои (svoi)

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• мѧ (mę) — accusative

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈnɛ/→/mʲɛˈnʲɛ/→/mʲɛˈnʲɛ/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /mɛˈnɛ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /mʲɛˈnʲɛ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /mʲɛˈnʲɛ/

Pronoun

мене (mene)

1. accusative of ꙗзъ (jazŭ): me
2. genitive of ꙗзъ (jazŭ): of me

Declension

Declension of Old East Slavic personal pronouns

Singular	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	ꙗзъ (jazŭ), ꙗ (ja), азъ (azŭ)	тꙑ (ty)	—
Accusative	мене (mene), мѧ (mę)	тебе (tebe), тѧ (tę)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	мене (mene)	тебе (tebe)	себе (sebe)
Locative	мънѣ (mŭně)	тобѣ (tobě)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	мънѣ (mŭně), ми (mi)	тобѣ (tobě), ти (ti)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	мъноѭ (mŭnojǫ)	тобоѭ (tobojǫ)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	мои (moi)	твои (tvoi)	свои (svoi)
Dual	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	вѣ (vě)	вꙑ (vy)	—
Accusative	на (na)	ва (va)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	наю (naju)	ваю (vaju)	себе (sebe)
Locative	наю (naju)	ваю (vaju)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	нама (nama)	вама (vama)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	нама (nama)	вама (vama)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	нашь (našĭ)	вашь (vašĭ)	свои (svoi)
Plural	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	мꙑ (my)	вꙑ (vy)	—
Accusative	насъ (nasŭ), нꙑ (ny)	васъ (vasŭ), вꙑ (vy)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	насъ (nasŭ)	васъ (vasŭ)	себе (sebe)
Locative	насъ (nasŭ)	васъ (vasŭ)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	намъ (namŭ), нꙑ (ny)	вамъ (vamŭ), вꙑ (vy)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	нами (nami)	вами (vami)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	нашь (našĭ)	вашь (vašĭ)	свои (svoi)

Descendants

• Belarusian: мяне́ (mjanjé)
• Russian: меня́ (menjá) (Possibly through blending with accusative мѧ (mę))
• Ukrainian: мене (mene)

Old Novgorodian

Alternative forms

• мѧ (mę) — accusative

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mȅne. Cognate with Old East Slavic мене (mene), Old Ruthenian мене (mene), Old Church Slavonic мене / ⰿⰵⱀⰵ (mene).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ме‧не

Pronoun

мене • (mene)

1. genitive of ꙗꙁъ (jazŭ): of me
2. accusative of ꙗꙁъ (jazŭ): me

Declension

Declension of Old Novgorodian personal pronouns

	singular		dual		plural		reflexive
	1st person	2nd person	1st person	2nd person	1st person	2nd person
nominative	ꙗꙁъ, ꙗ jazŭ, ja	тꙑ ty	?	вꙑ vy	мꙑ my	вꙑ vy
genitive	мене mene	тебе tebe	?	?	насъ nasŭ	васъ vasŭ	себе sebe
dative	мънѣ, ми mŭně, mi	тобѣ, ти tobě, ti	нама nama	вама, ва vama, va	намъ namŭ	вамъ, вꙑ vamŭ, vy	собѣ sobě
accusative	мене, мѧ mene, mę	тебе, тѧ tebe, tę	?	?	насъ, нꙑ nasŭ, ny	васъ, вꙑ vasŭ, vy	себе, сѧ sebe, sę
instrumental	мъноѭ mŭnojǫ	тобоѭ tobojǫ	?	?	нами nami	вами vami	собоѭ sobojǫ
locative	мънѣ mŭně	тобѣ tobě	?	ваю vaju	?	васъ vasŭ	собѣ sobě
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possessive	мои moi	твои tvoi	?	?	нашь našĭ	вашь vašĭ	свои svoi

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmʲenʲe]

Noun

ме́не • (méne) f inan

1. dative/prepositional singular of ме́на (ména)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mêne/
• Hyphenation: ме‧не

Pronoun

ме̏не (Latin spelling mȅne)

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

Declension

Declension of мене

	singular	plural
nominative	ја̑	ми̑
genitive	ме̏не, ме	на̑с, нас
dative	ме̏ни, ми	на̏ма, нам
accusative	ме̏не, ме	на̑с, нас
vocative	—	ми̑
locative	ме̏ни	на̏ма
instrumental	мно̑м, мно́ме	на̏ма

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• мене́: IPA^(key): [meˈnɛ]
• ме́не: IPA^(key): [ˈmɛne] (after prepositions)

Pronoun

мене́ or ме́не • (mené or méne)

1. genitive/accusative of я (ja)

Usage notes

The alternative form ме́не (with stress retraction onto the first syllable) is used after prepositions.