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"me (after a preposition)" in seven languages

Meaningme (after a preposition)

Spanish

mí

/mi/

inherited

From the dative MIHI; with an accent, unlike the possessive mi. 'With me' is conmigo.

French

moi

/mwa/

inherited

The stressed form of MĒ; the unstressed one is me (il me voit).

Italian

me

/me/

inherited

The stressed form; the clitic before verbs is mi.

Portuguese

mim

/mĩ/

inherited

From MIHI, with a nasal vowel; 'with me' is comigo.

Romanian

mine

/ˈmine/

inherited

MĒ with an added -ne; 'with me' is cu mine.

Catalan

mi

/mi/

inherited

'With me' is amb mi.

English

me

/mi/

Indo-European kin · PIE *me- (first person)

English → Italianme (after a preposition)meDistant cognateRelated only through Indo-European, thousands of years back (night ~ noche).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

MĒ / MIHI‘me / to me’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

After a preposition every sister uses a stressed 'me', descended from either MĒ (French moi, Italian me) or MIHI (Spanish mí). English me and Latin MĒ are Indo-European cousins.

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In a sentence

  • es¿Esto es para mí?
  • frC'est pour moi ?
  • itÈ per me?
  • ptIsso é para mim?
  • roAsta e pentru mine?
  • caAixò és per a mi?
  • enIs this for me?

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