mej
See also: měj
AlbanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
VerbEdit
mej (first-person singular past tense meja, participle mejur)
- I reduce, make fade, extinguish
- I fail
Lower SorbianEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
mej du
DeclensionEdit
Declension of the first-person pronouns
MarshalleseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mej
AdverbEdit
mej
NounEdit
mej
VerbEdit
mej
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
mej
- Alternative form of mojej.
SloveneEdit
NounEdit
mej
SwedishEdit
PronounEdit
mej
DeclensionEdit
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