pronoun

ME

mee

pronoun

The object form of "I" — used for the speaker when they are not the one doing the action, e.g. after a verb or preposition.

"Can you pass me the salt?"

"She gave the book to me before she left."

Used informally on its own, or after "and", even where formal grammar would call for "I".

"Who's there? Me."

"Me and my brother built that treehouse ourselves."

noun

A person's inner self or true identity.

"Going back to painting helped her reconnect with the real me."

How to Use ME

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe word you use for yourself when you're not the subject of the sentence — "I" does the action, "me" receives it.

Common mistake

Many people say "between you and I" or "him and I went" by mistake — after a preposition or as part of an object, it should be "me": "between you and me", "he and I went, but they invited him and me."

Common pairings

give me tell me let me between you and me

Word Forms

me's adjective, mes plural, mes plural

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Etymology

From Old English mē, the very old dative form of "I" that eventually took over from the original accusative form too — it goes all the way back to a Proto-Indo-European root shared by Latin mē, Greek emé, and Sanskrit mā.

Synonyms

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