m'

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English

Pronoun

m'

  1. (archaic) Clitic form of my.
  2. (poetic, rare) Prevocalic form of my.

Derived terms

Catalan

Pronoun

m'

  1. Contraction of em.

Usage notes

  • m' is the elided (elida) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs beginning with a vowel.
    M'avorreixo.I'm bored.

Declension

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Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
singular 1st
person
standard jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd
person
standard tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd
person
m ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
f ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
n ho -ho li -li seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd
person
standard vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd
person
m ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
f elles les -les els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
adverbial ablative/genitive en, n’ -ne, ’n
locative hi -hi
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1 Behaves grammatically as plural. 2 Behaves grammatically as third person.
3 Only as object of a preposition. 4 Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Franco-Provençal

Pronoun

m' (ORB, broad)

  1. Prevocalic clipping of

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /m‿/
  • Audio:(file)

Pronoun

m’

  1. prevocalic form of me
    Je m'appelle Marcel. — I'm called Marcel.
  2. (in certain contexts) prevocalic form of moi
    Donne-m'en deux. — Give me two.
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French personal pronouns
number person gender nominative
(subject)
accusative
(direct complement)
dative
(indirect complement)
locative
(at)
genitive
(of)
disjunctive
(tonic)
singular first je, j’ me, m’ moi
second tu te, t’ toi
third masculine il le, l’ lui y en lui
feminine elle la, l’ elle
indeterminate on1
reflexive4 se, s’ soi
plural first nous nous nous
second2 vous vous vous
third masculine ils3 les leur y en eux3
feminine elles elles
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1 On can also function as a first person plural (although agreeing with third person singular verb forms).
2 Vous is also used as the polite singular form.
3 Ils and eux are also used when a group has a mixture of masculine and feminine members.
4 These forms are also used as third person plural reflexive.

Further reading

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Contraction of mwen, from French moi.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

m'

  1. Alternative spelling of m; Contraction of mwen.

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mˠ/ (before a word starting with a, o, u, fha, fho, or fhu)
  • IPA(key): /mʲ/ (before a word starting with e, i, fhe, or fhi)

Determiner

m' (triggers lenition of a following noun)

  1. Apocopic form of mo

See also

More information person, conjunctive (emphatic) ...
Irish personal pronouns
person conjunctive
(emphatic)
disjunctive
(emphatic)
possessive
determiner
singular first
(mise)
mo L
m' before vowel sounds
second
(tusa)1
thú
(thusa)
do L
d' before vowel sounds
third m
(seisean)
é
(eisean)
a L
f
(sise)
í
(ise)
a H
n ea
plural first muid, sinn
(muidne, muide), (sinne)
ár E
second sibh
(sibhse)1
bhur E
third siad
(siadsan)
iad
(iadsan)
a E
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L Triggers lenition E Triggers eclipsis H Triggers h-prothesis

1 Also used as the vocative

The reflexive is formed by adding féin to the relevant pronoun.
For instance, "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

Italian

Pronoun

m' (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of mi

Usage notes

Commonly elides before a vowel, especially i and e.

See also

More information Number, Person ...
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Combined Disjunctive Locative Partitive
Singularfirst iomi, m', -mi me me
second tuti, t', -ti te te
thirdm luisi2, s', -silo, l', -logli, -gli glie, se2 lui, ci, c',
vi, v' (formal)
ne, n'
f lei, Lei1la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1 lei, Lei1,
Pluralfirst noici, c', -ci ce noi
second voi, Voi4vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4 ve voi, Voi4
thirdm loro, Loro1si, s', -sili, Li1, -li, -Li1gli, -gli, loro (formal),
Loro1
glie, se loro, Loro1, ci, c',
vi, v' (formal)
ne, n'
f le, Le1, -le, -Le1
1Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
2Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language.
4Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).
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Louisiana Creole

Pronunciation

Pronoun

m'

  1. prevocalic form of mo (I)
    M'ap bwa labyèr.I'm drinking beer.

Middle French

Pronoun

m' (apocopate)

  1. (before vowel sound) Apocopic form of me

Usage notes

  • The apostrophe may be omitted in older manuscripts
    il menvoiahe sent me

Old French

Pronoun

m'

  1. prevocalic form of me (me, myself)
  2. prevocalic form of mon, ma (my, mine)
    • 13th century, Herman de Valenciennes, Assomption Nostre Dame, page 7, column 2, lines 16–17:
      ceo sacez m'amie tuit cil que te requerunt
      a tun commandement merci auvrunt
      this you know, my friend, that all those who are looking for you
      upon your command will have mercy

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Determiner

m' (triggers lenition of a following noun)

  1. Apocopic form of mo

Sassarese

Pronoun

m'

  1. Apocopic form of mi, used before a vowel

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Determiner

m'

  1. Apocopic form of mo

See also

More information singular, plural ...
Scottish Gaelic possessive determiners
singular plural
+ C + V + C + V
first person moL m' ar arN
second person doL d' ur urN
third person m aL an, am1 an
f a aH
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L Triggers lenition; H Triggers H-prothesis; N Triggers eclipsis
1 Used before b-, f-, m- or p-

References

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