me

See also: Appendix:Variations of "me"

EnglishEdit

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ME

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

(UK) enPR: mē, IPA^(key): /miː/
(US) enPR: mē, IPA^(key): /mi/
Audio (US)
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Audio (AU)
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Rhymes: -iː
Homophone: mee

PronounEdit

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

As the direct object of a verb.
Can you hear me?
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Psalms 86:17:
  Shew me a token foꝛ good, that they which hate me may ſee it, and bee aſhamed: becauſe thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comfoꝛted me.
(obsolete, proscribed) Myself; as a reflexive direct object of a verb.
- 1819, John Keats, La Belle Dame sans Merci:
  And I awoke, and found me here.
As the object of a preposition.
Come with me.
As the indirect object of a verb.
He gave me this.
(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.
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]:
  It's either me or Jeremy Corbyn.
(informal, with and, often proscribed) As the subject of a verb.
Me and my friends played a game.
(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 notesEdit

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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 to 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.

SynonymsEdit

(subject of a verb): I; my ass (vulgar)
(complement of the copula): I
(indirect object): us (Australia, UK)
(marking ownership): my; mine (archaic)

Related termsEdit

Derived termsEdit

believe you me

DescendantsEdit

Jamaican Creole: mi
Sranan Tongo: mi

TranslationsEdit

See me/translations § Pronoun.

Etymology 2Edit

Variant form.

DeterminerEdit

me

(Britain 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!)
- 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?"

TranslationsEdit

my

Armenian: իմ (hy) (im)
Czech: můj (cs)
Danish: min (da)
Dutch: mijn (nl), m'n (nl) (informal)
Esperanto: mia (eo)
Finnish: minun (fi), mun (fi) (nonstandard)
French: mon (fr) m, ma (fr) f, mes (fr) pl
Icelandic: minn (is) m, mín (is) f, mitt (is) n

Macedonian: мој (moj)
Norwegian: min (no)
Novial: men
Portuguese: meu (pt) m, meus (pt) m pl, minha (pt) f, minhas (pt) f pl
Russian: мой (ru) (moj)
Scottish Gaelic: mo
Slovak: môj (sk)
Spanish: mi (es) m or f, mis (es) m pl or f pl
Swedish: min (sv) c, mitt (sv) n, mina (sv) pl
Vietnamese: của tôi (see usage note at tôi)

ReferencesEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

'em, EM, Em, em, em-

AkanEdit

PronounEdit

me

I

AlbanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [mɛ]

Etymology 1Edit

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

PrepositionEdit

me (+accusative)

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

Etymology 2Edit

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.

AdjectiveEdit

me m (feminine mee)

insufficient, scanty, not full

Derived termsEdit

AngloromaniEdit

Alternative formsEdit

ma, mai, mei, mey, mi

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Romani me.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [meɪ]

PronounEdit

me

I
Synonyms: mandi, tutti

AnnoboneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese mãe (“mother”).

NounEdit

me

mother

ReferencesEdit

2005, John H. McWhorter, Defining Creole

AragoneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronounEdit

me

me (first-person singular direct pronoun)
(to) me (first-person singular indirect pronoun)

AsturianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

m' (before a vowel)

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronounEdit

me

me (first-person singular direct pronoun)
me (first-person singular indirect pronoun)

Atong (India)Edit

Alternative formsEdit

mai
mei

EtymologyEdit

From English May.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /me/

NounEdit

me (Bengali script মে)

May

SynonymsEdit

jetja

ReferencesEdit

van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 5.

BretonEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronounEdit

me

I, me

CarolinianEdit

ConjunctionEdit

me

and

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mē (accusative of ego), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-.

PronounEdit

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

me (direct or indirect object)

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

em
jo
mi

ChuukeseEdit

ConjunctionEdit

me

and

PrepositionEdit

me

from

CimbrianEdit

ArticleEdit

me

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

ReferencesEdit

“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

CornishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

my (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form)

PronounEdit

me

(Standard Cornish) I, me

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /mə/
Audio
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PronounEdit

me

objective unstressed form of ik (“I”)

InflectionEdit

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.

SynonymsEdit

mij

EstonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronounEdit

me (genitive me, partitive meid)

we

DeclensionEdit

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

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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).

PronunciationEdit

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

PronounEdit

me (stem mei-)

we

Usage notesEdit

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”))

InflectionEdit

Irregular. 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	–	–

SynonymsEdit

met (dialectal)
myö (dialectal)

Derived termsEdit

me-henki

DescendantsEdit

Kven: met

AnagramsEdit

em.

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French me, from Old French me, from Latin mē (accusative of ego), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-, *(e)me-n- (“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.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /mə/
(Parisian) IPA^(key): /mø/
audio
(file)
Rhymes: -ə

PronounEdit

me (personal, objective case)

(direct object) me
(indirect object) to me

Related termsEdit

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’	lui	y	en	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
	Third	Feminine	elles	les	leur	y	en	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.

GalicianEdit

PronounEdit

me

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

GuaraníEdit

NounEdit

me

male
husband

Haitian CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French mai (“May”)

NounEdit

me

May

HawaiianEdit

PrepositionEdit

me

with

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /mɛː/
Rhymes: -ɛː

InterjectionEdit

me

baa (representing the bleating sound sheep make)

IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /me/, /mɛ/

PronounEdit

me (first-person singular)

I, me
Me es tre felica.
I am very happy.

Ka vu parolas a me?
Are you talking to me?

Derived termsEdit

mea (“my, mine”)

NounEdit

me (plural me-i)

The name of the Latin script letter M/m.

IstriotEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mē, accusative singular of ego.

PronounEdit

me

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,

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mē.

PronunciationEdit

(standard) IPA^(key): /me/
(Northern Italy) IPA^(key): /mɛ/
Rhymes: -e

PronounEdit

me (personal, objective case)

(disjunctive, emphatic) me

PronounEdit

me

Alternative form of mi

Usage notesEdit

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

Jamaican CreoleEdit

PronounEdit

me

Alternative spelling of mi.

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

me

Rōmaji transcription of め (hiragana)
Rōmaji transcription of メ (katakana)

JingphoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Burmese မဲ (mai:)

NounEdit

me

ballot

ReferencesEdit

Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31) , “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[3], volume 35, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128

KeinEdit

NounEdit

me

louse

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-, *(e)me-n- (“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.

PronunciationEdit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /meː/
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me/, [mɛ]
Audio (Classical)
(file)

PronounEdit

mē (personal pronoun)

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

Derived termsEdit

mēcum, mēmet

DescendantsEdit

Aromanian: mi
Catalan: me
Corsican: mi
French: me, moi
Galician: me
Italian: me, mi

Portuguese: me
Romanian: mă
Sicilian: mi
Spanish: me

ReferencesEdit

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

LolopoEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [mɯ³³]

Etymology 1Edit

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.

NounEdit

me

(Yao'an) body hair

Etymology 2Edit

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.

NounEdit

me

(Yao'an) mushroom

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

me (Zhuyin ˙ㄇㄜ)

Pinyin transcription of 么
Pinyin transcription of 嚜
Pinyin transcription of 末
Pinyin transcription of 麼, 麽
Pinyin transcription of 嚒

me

Nonstandard spelling of mē.

Usage notesEdit

English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mauritian CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French mai

NounEdit

me

May

MengenEdit

NounEdit

me

(drinkable) water
any liquid
(non-tidal) stream, river

ReferencesEdit

F. Madden, Mengen Dictionary (2006)
Dan Rath, Mengen Dialect Survey (1991) (me, mee)

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /meː/
Rhymes: -eː

PronounEdit

me (nominative I)

me (first-person singular accusative pronoun)
(reflexive) myself

DescendantsEdit

English: me
Scots: me

ReferencesEdit

“me, pron.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2Edit

DeterminerEdit

me (nominative I)

Alternative form of mi.

ReferencesEdit

“min, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3Edit

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

PronounEdit

me

Typically singular, indefinite pronoun: one, you (indefinite).

ReferencesEdit

“me, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

m' (before a vowel)

EtymologyEdit

From Old French me.

PronounEdit

me

me, first-person singular object pronoun
to me, first-person singular indirect object pronoun

SynonymsEdit

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

DescendantsEdit

French: me

NalcaEdit

NounEdit

me

son
child

NauruanEdit

ConjunctionEdit

me

and

NeapolitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mē.

Alternative formsEdit

mme, m', mm'

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /me/
Rhymes: -e

PronounEdit

me

me (accusative or dative or reflexive or prepositional)

Coordinate termsEdit

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)	se	sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje	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)	llòro	se	llòro (invariable)	llòro

NormanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

mé (continental Normandy, Jersey)
maïr (Guernsey)

NounEdit

me f (plural mes)

(Sark) sea

North FrisianEdit

PronounEdit

me

First-person singular, objective: me

Northern KurdishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronounEdit

me

oblique form of em: us, we

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

me

first-person singular present indicative of bûn
Synonym: im

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Probably 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.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /meː/ (example of pronunciation)
Rhymes: -eː
Homophone: med

PronounEdit

me (object case oss)

we
Kva skal me gjera?
What shall we do?

Alternative formsEdit

vi

Etymology 2Edit

PronounEdit

me

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."

ReferencesEdit

“me” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

AnagramsEdit

EM

NovialEdit

PronounEdit

me

I; me
(reflexive) myself

Related termsEdit

men

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *miz, dative of *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *me. Cognate with 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.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /meː/

PronounEdit

mē

(personal) accusative/dative of iċ: (to) me

DescendantsEdit

Middle English: me
- English: me
- Scots: me

Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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).

PronounEdit

me

myself (first-person singular reflexive pronoun)
me (first-person singular direct object pronoun)
to me (first-person singular indirect object pronoun)

Related termsEdit

moi/mei

DescendantsEdit

Middle French: me
- French: me

PaliEdit

Alternative formsEdit

Alternative forms

𑀫𑁂 (Brahmi script)
मे (Devanagari script)
মে (Bengali script)
මෙ (Sinhalese script)
မေ (Burmese script)
เม (Thai script)
ᨾᩮ (Tai Tham script)
ເມ (Lao script)
មេ (Khmer script)

PronounEdit

me

enclitic genitive/dative/instrumental/ablative singular of ahaṃ

Pennsylvania GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /mə/

EtymologyEdit

Compare German einem.

ArticleEdit

me m or n (indefinite)

a, an

DeclensionEdit

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

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /mɛ/

PronounEdit

me

Alternative form of moje.

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old 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.

PronunciationEdit

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi/
Hyphenation: me
Rhymes: -i

PronounEdit

me (personal pronoun)

first-person singular objective direct personal pronoun; me
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 228:
  Você está me chamando de maluco?
  Are you calling me crazy?
Meus amigos me ligaram.
My friends called me.
first-person singular objective indirect personal pronoun; (to) me
Dê-me o copo.
Give me the glass.
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.

QuotationsEdit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:me.

RomaniEdit

PronounEdit

me

I

DescendantsEdit

Angloromani: me

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Onomatopoeic.

InterjectionEdit

me

baa (sound made by sheep or goats)

Scottish GaelicEdit

Alternative formsEdit

m.e.

EtymologyEdit

From mar eisimpleir.

AdverbEdit

me

e.g.

Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronounEdit

me (Cyrillic spelling ме)

of me (genitive singular of jȃ (“I”))
me (accusative singular of jȃ (“I”))

DeclensionEdit

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

SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /méː/

PronounEdit

mẹ̑

we (feminine and neuter plural, more than two)

InflectionEdit

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

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /me/

PronounEdit

me (objective case)

(personal) accusative of yo: me
(personal, dative pronoun) dative of yo: to me, for me
(personal, reflexive) reflexive of yo: myself

TurkishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

me

baa (sound of a sheep)

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

me

The name of the Latin-script letter M.

VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɛ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mɛ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mɛ˧˧]

Etymology 1Edit

Compare Acehnese mè (“tamarind”).

NounEdit

(classifier cây, trái, quả) me • (楣)

tamarind

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

me

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!"

WestrobothnianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse mið (“middle; mark, sign.”) Compare Swedish medel (“means,”) medel- (“mid(dle)-.”)

NounEdit

me m (definite singular men)

superstition

Alternative formsEdit

meda

NounEdit

me n (plural me)

method

White HmongEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /me˧/

AdjectiveEdit

me

little; small (size or quantity)

ReferencesEdit

Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[4], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.

ZazakiEdit

PronounEdit

me

me

ZouEdit

NounEdit

me

curry

ReferencesEdit

http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf

			personal pronoun			possessive pronoun	possessive determiner
			subjective	objective	reflexive	possessive pronoun	possessive determiner
first person	singular		I me (colloquial)	me	myself me mysen	mine	my mine (before vowels, archaic) me
first person	plural		we	us	ourselves ourself oursen	ours	our
second person	singular	standard, formal	you	you	yourself yoursen	yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects)	your
	singular	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'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

		Singular			Plural
		Nominative	Possessive		Nominative	Possessive
		Nominative	Singular	Plural	Nominative	Singular	Plural
First person		me	mea	mei	ni	nia	nii
Second person	Formal	vu	vua	vui	vi	via	vii
Second person	Familiar	tu	tua	tui	vi	via	vii
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
	Pangender	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.

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'
	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).

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

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Locative	Ablative	Instrumental
Singular	First	—	me	man	manqe	manθe	manθar	mança
	Second	—	tu	tut	tuqe	tuθe	tuθar	tuça
	Third	Masculine	vov	les	lesqe	lesθe	lesθar	leça
	Third	Feminine	voj	la	laqe	laθe	laθar	laça
Plural	First	—	ame	amen	amenqe	amenθe	amenθar	amença
	Second	—	tume	tumen	tumenqe	tumenθe	tumenθar	tumença
	Third	—	von	len	lenqe	lenθe	lenθar	lença

	first	second		third anim	third inan
	first	familiar	polite	third anim	third inan
singular	minä	sinä	Te	hän	se
plural	me	te		he	ne

			singular	dual	plural
1st person		m	jaz	midva	mi
1st person		f	jaz	medve, midve	me

2nd person	familiar	m	ti	vidva	vi
	familiar	f	ti	vedve, vidve	ve
	polite	m	vi	vidva	vi
	polite	f	vi	vedve, vidve	ve

3rd person		m	on	onadva	oni
		f	ona	onedve, onidve	one
		n	ono	onedve, onidve	ona

				nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular			yo	me		mí¹
	plural	masculine²		nosotros	nos		nosotros
	plural	feminine		nosotras	nos		nosotras
second person	singular	tuteo		tú	te		ti¹
		voseo		vos	te		vos
		formal³		usted	le, se⁴	lo/la⁵	usted
	plural	familiar⁶	masculine²	vosotros	os		vosotros
		familiar⁶	feminine	vosotras	os		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/la⁵	ello
	plural	masculine²		ellos	les, se⁴	los	ellos
	plural	feminine		ellas	les, se⁴	las	ellas
	reflexive			—	se		sí¹

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

Number	Person	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive / Genetive
Number	Person	Nominative	Oblique	feminine	masculine	neuter	plural
Singular	First	eg, je¹	meg	mi	min	mitt	mine
	Second	du	deg	di	din	ditt	dine
	Third (reflexive)	—	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine
	Third (masculine)	han	han, honom¹	hans
	Third (feminine)	ho	ho, henne	hennar, hennes¹
	Third (neuter)	det		dess²
Plural	First	me, vi	oss	vår		vårt	våre
	Second	de, dokker	dykk, dokker	dykkar, dokkar
	Third	dei	dei, deim¹	deira, deires¹

me

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AnagramsEdit

AkanEdit

PronounEdit

AlbanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PrepositionEdit

Etymology 2Edit

AdjectiveEdit

Derived termsEdit

AngloromaniEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

AnnoboneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

NounEdit

ReferencesEdit

AragoneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronounEdit

AsturianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronounEdit

Atong (India)Edit

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EtymologyEdit

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NounEdit

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BretonEdit

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CarolinianEdit

ConjunctionEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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ChuukeseEdit

ConjunctionEdit

PrepositionEdit

CimbrianEdit

ArticleEdit

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ReferencesEdit

CornishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronounEdit

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

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EstonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronounEdit

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EtymologyEdit