ме

See also: мэ and Appendix:Variations of "me"

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛ]

Pronoun

ме • (me) (personal)

1. short form of the first-person singular pronoun in the accusative case, used as the direct object of a verb; me

   Чу́ваш ли ме?

   Čúvaš li me?

   Can you hear me?

   Не ме удря́й.

   Ne me udrjáj.

   Don't hit me.

   Стра́х ме е от па́яци.

   Stráh me e ot pájaci.

   I'm afraid of spiders.

   (literally, “There is a fear on me of spiders.”)

Related terms

Bulgarian personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative (subject)	Accusative (direct complement)		Dative (indirect complement)		Prepositional
				Full	Short	Full	Short
Singular	First	—	аз (az)	мен (men) ме́не (méne)	ме (me)	ме́не (méne)	ми (mi)	мен (men) ме́не (méne)
	Second	Informal	ти (ti)	теб (teb) те́бе (tébe)	те (te)	те́бе (tébe)	ти (ti)	теб (teb) те́бе (tébe)
		Formal	Ви́е (Víe)	Вас (Vas)	Ви (Vi)	Вам (Vam)	Ви (Vi)	Вас (Vas)
	Third	Masculine	той (toj)	не́го (négo)	го (go)	не́му (nému)	му (mu)	не́го (négo)
		Feminine	тя (tja)	не́я (néja)	я (ja)	ней (nej)	ѝ (ì)	не́я (néja)
		Neuter	то (to)	не́го (négo)	го (go)	не́му (nému)	му (mu)	не́го (négo)
Plural	First	—	ни́е (níe) ний (nij)	нас (nas)	ни (ni)	нам (nam)	ни (ni)	нас (nas)
	Second	Informal	ви́е (víe) вий (vij)	вас (vas)	ви (vi)	вам (vam)	ви (vi)	вас (vas)
		Formal	Ви́е (Víe)	Вас (Vas)	Ви (Vi)	Вам (Vam)	Ви (Vi)	Вас (Vas)
	Third	—	те (te)	тях (tjah)	ги (gi)	тям (tjam)	им (im)	тях (tjah)

Anagrams

• ем (em)

Eastern Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Mari, from Proto-Uralic *me.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me/
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: ме

Pronoun

ме • (me)

1. (personal) we

   ме тендам вучена

   me tendam vučena

   we are waiting for you

Declension

Personal pronouns
	nominative	accusative	genitive	dative
1st sg	мый (myj)	мыйым (myjym)	мыйын (myjyn)	мыланем (mylańem) ~ мылам (mylam)
2nd sg	тый (tyj)	тыйым (tyjym)	тыйын (tyjyn)	тыланет (tylańet) ~ мылат (mylat)
3rd sg	тудо (tudo)	тудым (tudym)	тудын (tudyn)	тудлан (tudlan)
1st pl	ме (me)	мемнам (memnam)	мемнан (memnan)	мыланна (mylanna)
2nd pl	те (te)	тендам (tendam)	тендан (tendan)	тыланда (tylanda)
3rd pl	нуно (nuno)	нуным (nunym)	нунын (nunyn)	нунылан (nunylan)
*) There are two forms for personal pronouns in the first and second persons singular in the dative: мыланем (mylańem) ~ мылам (mylam) and тыланет (tylańet) ~ тылат (tylat). There is no overt difference in usage between the two forms. The nominative forms мый (myj) and mый (myj) also have long forms, мые and тые (tyje); these are typically encountered in poetic speech.

References

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “ме”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Komi-Permyak

Etymology

From Proto-Permic *mɛn, from Proto-Uralic *minä. Cognates include Finnish minä and Hungarian én.

Pronoun

ме • (me)

1. (personal) I

Komi-Zyrian

Etymology

From Proto-Permic *mɛn, from Proto-Uralic *minä. Cognates include Finnish minä and Hungarian én.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme/, [ˈme]
• Hyphenation: ме

Pronoun

ме • (me)

1. I
2. (attributive) my

Declension

Declension of ме
	singular	plural
nominative	ме (me)	ми (mi)
accusative	менӧ (menö)	миянӧс (mijanös)
instrumental	меӧн (meön)	миянӧн (mijanön)
comitative	мекӧд (meköd)	миянкӧд (mijanköd)
caritive	метӧг (metög)	миянтӧг (mijantög)
consecutive	мела (mela)	миянла (mijanla)
genitive	менам (menam)	миян (mijan)
ablative	менсьым (menśym)	миянлысь (mijanlyś)
long dative	меным (menym)	миянлы (mijanly)
short dative	мем (mem)
inessive	меын (meyn)	миянын (mijanyn)
elative	меысь (meyś)	миянысь (mijanyś)
illative	меӧ (meö)	миянӧ (mijanö)
egressive	месянь (meśań)	миянсянь (mijanśań)
approximative	мелань (melań)	миянлань (mijanlań)
terminative	меӧдз (meödź)	миянӧдз (mijanödź)
prolative	меӧд (meöd)	миянӧд (mijanöd)
	меті (meti)	миянті (mijanti)

See also

Komi-Zyrian personal pronouns
	1st	2nd	3rd
			long	short
singular	ме (me)	тэ (te)	сійӧ (sijö)	сы (sy)
plural	ми (mi)	ті (ti)	найӧ (najö)	на (na)
formal	—	Ті (Ti)	—	—

References

• A. I. Podorova, editor (1948), Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], Syktyvkar: Коми Государственное Издательство, page 123
• Bubrikh, Dmitry V. (1949) Грамматика литературного коми языка [Grammar of the literary Komi language] (in Russian), Leningrad: Zhdanov Leningrad State University, page 102
• L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 382

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛ]

Pronoun

ме • (me)

1. Short direct object form of јас (jas).

Serbo-Croatian

Pronoun

ме (Latin spelling me)

1. of me (genitive singular of ја̑ (“I”))
2. me (accusative singular of ја̑ (“I”))

Declension

Declension of ме

	singular	plural
nominative	ја̑	ми̑
genitive	ме̏не, ме	на̑с, нас
dative	ме̏ни, ми	на̏ма, нам
accusative	ме̏не, ме	на̑с, нас
vocative	—	ми̑
locative	ме̏ни	на̏ма
instrumental	мно̑м, мно́ме	на̏ма