me

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
() pronunciation
pron. The objective case of I1.
  1. Used as the direct object of a verb: He assisted me.
  2. Used as the indirect object of a verb: They offered me a ride.
  3. Used as the object of a preposition: This letter is addressed to me.
  4. Informal. Used as a predicate nominative: It's me. See Usage Note at be, but, I1.
  5. Nonstandard. Used reflexively as the indirect object of a verb: I bought me a new car.

[Middle English, from Old English .]

Our Living Language   Speakers of vernacular varieties of English, especially in the South, will commonly utter sentences like I bought me some new clothes or She got her a good job, in which the objective form of the pronoun (me, her) rather than the reflexive pronoun (myself, herself) is used to refer back to the subject of the sentence (I, her). However, the reflexive pronoun of Standard English cannot always be replaced by the vernacular objective pronoun. For example, Jane baked her and John some cookies doesn't mean "Jane baked herself and John some cookies." In this sentence, her must refer to someone other than Jane, just as it does in Standard English. In addition, forms like me and her cannot be used in place of myself or herself unless the noun in the phrase following the pronoun is preceded by a modifier such as some, a, or a bunch of. Thus, sentences such as I cooked me some dinner and We bought us a bunch of candy are commonplace; sentences such as I cooked me dinner and We bought us candy do not occur at all. Sometimes objective pronouns can occur where reflexive pronouns cannot. For example, some Southerners might say I'm gonna write me a letter to the President; nobody, no matter what variety he or she speaks, would say I'm gonna write myself a letter to the President.



1. For idiomatic uses of me, see I. For the types as good as I/me and better than I/me see cases 2b.

2. Informally, me commonly replaces I at the head of clauses when linked to a noun by and:
Me and the teacher are going to race tonight from the school to the store—J. Crace, 1986.
It would be awkward to say I and the teacher, and the alternative the teacher and I, though less awkward, has a formal sound that makes it less likely to occur in casual conversation. This use of me seems generally more acceptable than corresponding uses of her, him, us, and them.

Previous:maybe, may, might, maximum
Next:meagre, mean, meaningful
A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce


pro.

The objectionable case of I. The personal pronoun in English has three cases, the dominative, the objectionable and the oppressive. Each is all three.



symbol for the methyl group, CH3−.

Previous:Mdv1, Mdm2, Md
Next:Me3Si, MeSH, MeTHFA
  See crossword solutions for the clue Me.
Top

Dansk (Danish)
1.
pron. - mig

idioms:

  • take it from me    tro mig

2.
n. - mi (tredje tone i relativ durskala), tonen E i absolut skala

1.
symb. - methyl

2.
abbr. - Maine

abbr. - Middle English, mechanical engineer (maskinkonstruktør), military engineer, Most Excellent, Master of Education, Maine

Nederlands (Dutch)
ik, me, mij, mijzelf, methyl, hoofdredacteur, mechanisch ingenieur, medisch onderzoeker, titel van Franse advocaat, mi (toon), Maine

Français (French)
1.
pron. - me, m', moi, à ma place

idioms:

  • take it from me    crois-moi, venant de moi

2.
n. - (Mus) mi (note)

1.
symb. - (Chim) méthyle

2.
abbr. - (abrév écrite = Maine) (US, Postes) Maine, (abrév = Maître) Maître d'hôtel

abbr. - (abrév = myalgic encephalomyelitis) encéphaliomélite, (abrév = Middle English) (Ling) moyen anglais, (abrév = medical examiner) (US, Jur) médecin légiste

Deutsch (German)
1.
pron. - mich, mir

idioms:

  • take it from me    verlaß dich darauf

2.
n. - (Mus.) mi

1.
symb. - (chem.) Methylgruppe

2.
abbr. - Maine, Maitre

abbr. - Maine, Naher Osten, Mittelenglisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
pron. - εμένα, με, σε εμένα, μου, εγώ
n. - το εγώ
abbr. - μυαλγική εγκεφαλομυελίτιδα
symb. - μεθύλιο

idioms:

  • take it from me    άκου εμένα που σου λέω! σ' το υπογράφω!

Italiano (Italian)
me, mi

Português (Portuguese)
pron., -
n. - me, mim
n. - o eu (m)
abbr. - Maine (Estados Unidos)
symb. - metila

idioms:

  • take it from me    tirar de mim

Русский (Russian)
мне, меня, мной, я

idioms:

  • take it from me    "Поверьте мне!"

Español (Spanish)
1.
pron. - me, mí

idioms:

  • take it from me    ¡créame!

2.
n. - mí

1.
symb. - metil

2.
abbr. - Maine, Maitre

abbr. - Maestro de Educación, Maine, medio oriente

Svenska (Swedish)
pron. - mig, jag, min
n. - jag
abbr. - minimum numbers of errors
symb. - metyl (kem.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
中东, 中世纪英语

idioms:

  • take it from me    从我这儿拿走, 听我的意见

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
abbr. - 中東, 中世紀英語

abbr. - 我

pron. - 我

idioms:

  • take it from me    從我這兒拿走, 聽我的意見

한국어 (Korean)
1.
pron. - 나에게, 나를

idioms:

  • take it from me    (내가 알고 있으니) 나를 믿어라

2.
n. - 장조의 세 번째 음계

1.
symb. - methyl(메틸)

2.
abbr. - Maine(미국의 동북부의 주)

abbr. - Middle English(중부 영국)

日本語 (Japanese)
pron. - 私を, 私に, 私, 私が

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ضمير) أنا, ضمير شخصي في حالتي النصب والجر (اختصار) مختصر : الشرق الأوسط, اللغه الانكليزيه في القرون الوسطى, ولايه مين الامريكيه, ماجستير هندسه, ماجستير تربيه (علامه) (كيميا) الميثايل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
pron. - ‮אותי, לי, אני‬
n. - ‮הצליל השלישי בסולם הצלילים הראשי‬
symb. - ‮מתיל (כימיה)‬
abbr. - ‮מיין (ממדינות ארה"ב), מייטר (תואר לפרקליט צרפתי)‬
abbr. - ‮מיין (המדינה הצפון-מזרחית של ארה"ב), המזרח התיכון‬


Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:

Copyrights: