/mwa/
Translation
me, I (stressed tonic first-person pronoun)
Word origin
Stressed first-person pronoun, from Latin me, the accusative of ego, in its tonic (stressed) form.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- me
- English cognates
- me
Examples
C' .
It was me who called first.
, creme, ' .
For me, a cafe creme, please.
- , j' concentrer.
Leave me alone, I need to concentrate.
, .
Come round to mine tonight, we'll watch an old film.
, .
Between you and me, his idea doesn't hold up.
Used in
Stories
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Le nouveau docteur
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French Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2): The Things That Stop You at the Plateau
French Object Pronouns: me, te, le, la, lui, nous, vous, leur and the Preverbal Position
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Passé Composé vs Imparfait: How to Choose Between the Two French Past Tenses
French Possessive Pronouns: le mien, le tien, le sien, le nôtre, le vôtre, le leur
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French Relative Pronouns: qui, que, dont, où and How to Glue Clauses Together
French si Clauses: The Three Types of Conditional Sentence
French Stressed Pronouns: moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles
French Word Order: SVO, the Object Pronoun Inversion, and Six Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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