
[Middle English, from Old English mē.]
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.
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.
| maybe, may, might, maximum | |
| meagre, mean, meaningful |
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.
idioms:
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:
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:
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
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Português (Portuguese)
pron., -
n. - me, mim
n. - o eu (m)
abbr. - Maine (Estados Unidos)
symb. - metila
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Русский (Russian)
мне, меня, мной, я
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Español (Spanish)
1.
pron. - me, mí
idioms:
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
我
我
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
abbr. - 中東, 中世紀英語
abbr. - 我
pron. - 我
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한국어 (Korean)
1.
pron. - 나에게, 나를
idioms:
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
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