m'

See also: Appendix:Variations of "m"

English

Pronoun

m'

  1. (archaic) Clitic form of my.

Derived terms

Catalan

Pronoun

m'

  1. Contraction of em.

Declension
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
1st person majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person masculine ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person feminine ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
3rd person neuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person masculine ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person feminine 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
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-.

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /m‿/

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.
French personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject)		 Reflexive Accusative
(direct complement)		 Dative
(indirect complement)		 Locative
(at)		 Genitive
(of)		 Disjunctive
(tonic)
SingularFirst— je, j’ me, m’ —— moi
Second— tu te, t’ —— toi
ThirdMasculine il se, s’ le, l’ lui y en lui, soi
Feminine elle la, l’ elle, soi
— on —— —— soi
PluralFirst— nous nous —— nous
Second— vous vous —— vous
ThirdMasculine ils se, s’ les leur y en eux, soi
Feminine elles elles, soi

Further reading

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Contraction of mwen, from French moi.

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
Irish personal pronouns
Number Person (and gender) Conjunctive
(emphatic)		 Disjunctive
(emphatic)		 Possessive
determiner
SingularFirst mé
(mise)		 mo L
m' before vowel sounds
Second tú
(tusa)1		 thú
(thusa)		 do L
d' before vowel sounds
Third masculine sé
(seisean)		 é
(eisean)		 a L
Third feminine sí
(sise)		 í
(ise)		 a H
PluralFirst muid, sinn
(muidne, muide), (sinne)		 ár E
Second sibh
(sibhse)1		 bhur E
Third siad
(siadsan)		 iad
(iadsan)		 a E

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: e.g. "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

Italian

Pronoun

m'

  1. Apocopic form of mi

Usage notes

Commonly elides before a vowel, especially i and e.

See also
Italian personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Locative Genitive Disjunctive
Singularfirst— iomi, m', -mi — me
second— tuti, t', -ti te
thirdm luisi2, s', -silo, l', -logli, -gli ci, c',
vi, v' (formal)		 ne, n'lui, sé
f 1 lei, Lei1la, l', La1, -lale3, Le1, -le lei, Lei1, sé
Pluralfirst— noici, c', -ci — noi
second—1 voi, Voi1vi, v', -vi, Vi1 voi, Voi1
thirdm loro, Loro1si, s', -sili, -ligli, -gli, loro (formal),
Loro1		 ci, c',
vi, v' (formal)		 ne, n'loro, Loro1, sé
f 1 le, -le
1The feminine gender third person forms and second plural person forms are also used as formal terms of address referring to second singular person subjects, sometimes capitalised as Lei, Vi, Loro etc. to distinguish them.
2Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3In informal speech sometimes replaced with gli (nonstandard).

Middle French

Pronoun

m' (apocopate)

  1. (before vowel sound) Apocopic form of me

Usage notes
  • The apostrophe may be omitted in older manuscripts
    il menvoia ― he 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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronoun

m'

  1. my

Usage notes
  • Used before words beginning with a vowel or f followed by a vowel.
  • mo (used before words beginning with a consonant)
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