me

me [mi:]

1. personal pronoun

   a. (direct) (unstressed) me ; (before vowel or silent "h") m' ; (stressed) moi

• he can see me il me voit

• he saw me il m'a vu

• you don't like jazz? Me, I love it (inf) tu n'aimes pas le jazz ? Moi, j'adore

   b. (indirect) me, moi ; (before vowel or silent "h") m'

• he gave me the book il m'a donné le livre

   c. (after preposition etc) moi

• give it to me donnez-le-moi

• he was speaking to me il me parlait

• I'll take it with me je l'emporterai avec moi

• it's me c'est moi

• you're smaller than me tu es plus petit que moi

• if you were me à ma place

2. noun

(Music) mi m

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Note: When used as a direct or indirect object pronoun me is translated by me (or m' before a vowel): she knows me = elle me connaît; he loves me = il m'aime

Note that the object pronoun normally comes before the verb in French and that in compound tenses like the present perfect and past perfect, the past participle of the verb agrees with the direct object pronoun: he's seen me (female speaker) = il m'a vue

In imperatives the translation for both the direct and the indirect object pronoun is moi and comes after the verb: kiss me! = embrasse-moi!; give it to me! = donne-le-moi! (note the hyphens)

After prepositions and the verb to be the translation is moi: she did it for me = elle l'a fait pour moi; it's me = c'est moi

For particular expressions see below

I [miː, mɪ]

pronoun me; (before vowel) m'

it's for me — c'est pour moi

poor little me — (colloq) pauvre de moi

if you were me — à ma place

II [miː]

noun Music mi m

English-French dictionary. 2013.