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 (first-person singular past tense meja, participle mejur)
- I reduce, make fade, extinguish
- I 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
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