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English

Pronunciation

  • AHD : mē
  • IPA : /miː/
  • SAMPA : /mi:/

Personal pronoun

me (objective case)

  1. I when used after a preposition or as the object of a verb
    Give it to me (after preposition)
    She wrote me a letter (indirect object)
    She treated me for a cold (direct object)

Translations

  • Chinese:
  • Dutch: me
  • Esperanto: mi
  • Finnish: conjugated forms of minä
    Examples:
    to me - minulle
    from me - minulta
    She loves me - Hän rakastaa minua
  • French: (after preposition) moi, (indirect object) me (becoming m' before a vowel or an mute h), (indirect object, emphatic) me ... à moi, (indirect object with an imperative verb) moi, (direct object) me (becoming m' before a vowel or an mute h), (direct object, emphatic) me ... moi
    Examples:
    After preposition: It is for me - C'est pour moi
    Indirect object: She tells me her name - Elle me dit son nom; She gives the book to me - Elle me donne le livre
    Indirect object (followed by a vowel): She wrote me a letter - Elle m'a écrit une lettre
    Indirect object, emphatic: She gives the book to me - Elle me donne le livre à moi
    Indirect object with an imperative verb: Give it to me - Donnez-le-moi
    Direct object: He hates me - Il me déteste
    Direct object (followed by a vowel): He loves me - Il m'aime
    Direct object, emphatic: He loves me - Il m'aime, moi
  • Ido: me
  • Irish:
  • Italian: (after preposition) me, (indirect object) mi, (indirect object, emphatic) a me, (indirect object with an imperative verb) mi (attached to the end of the verb and becoming me when used along with a direct object; the m is doubled with some verbs), (direct object) mi, (direct object, emphatic) me
    Examples:
    After preposition: It is for me - É per me
    Indirect object: Maria tells me her name - Maria mi dice il suo nome
    Indirect object, emphatic: Maria gives the book to me - Maria dà il libro a me
    Indirect object with an imperative verb, used without a direct object: Write to me - Scrivimi; Tell me - Dimmi
    Indirect object with an imperative verb, used with a direct object: Send it to me - Spediscimelo; Give it to me - Dammelo
    Direct object: Giovanni hates me - Giovanni mi odia
    Direct object, emphatic: Maria wants me - Maria vuole me
  • Lingua Franca Nova: me
  • Norwegian: meg
  • Spanish: me (sometimes integrated in an expression, like dámelo, give it to me)
  • Vietnamese: tôi (Same for the personal pronoun)

Noun

me

  1. (Music) An anglicised spelling of mi.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA : /mə/
  • SAMPA : /m@/

Personal pronoun

me (objective case)

  1. (direct object) me
  2. (indirect object) to me



Finnish

Personal pronoun

me (stem mei-)

  1. we.

Variant forms

  • (dialectal) met
  • (dialectal) myö

Declension

The stem is invariant and the suffixes regular except in the genitive where the form is meidän.


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA : /mə/
  • SAMPA : /m@/

Personal pronoun

me (objective case)

  1. (direct object) me
  2. (indirect object) to me

Ido

Personal pronoun

  1. I, me.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA : /mε/
  • SAMPA : /mE/

Personal pronoun

me (objective case)

  1. to me

Lingua Franca Nova

Personal pronoun

me

  1. first person singular pronoun: I, me, my

Norwegian

Personal pronoun

meg (objective case)

  1. (direct object) meg
  2. (indirect object) to meg
  3. (reflexive pronoun) megselv

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA : /me/
  • SAMPA : /me/

Personal pronoun

me (objective case)

  1. (direct object) me
  2. (indirect object) to me
  3. (reflexive pronoun) myself



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