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Pronoun

me first person singular pronoun, referring to the speaker

1. As the direct object of a verb. Can you hear me? 2. (obsolete) As a reflexive direct object of a verb. 1819, John Keats, La Belle Dame sans Merci – And I awoke, and found me here. 3. As the object of a preposition. Come with me. 4. As the indirect object of a verb. He gave me this. 5. (US, colloquial) As a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative. 1993, Harper’s Magazine, April – When I get to college, I’m gonna get me a white Nissan Sentra. 6. (colloquial) As the complement of the copula (“be”, “is”). It wasn’t me. 7. (Australian, UK, chiefly Northeastern) Preceding a noun, marking ownership. Wilfred Owen (1893–1918), The Letter – And give us back me cigarette! 8. (colloquial) As the subject of a verb, used with and. Me and my friends played a game. 9. (nonstandard) As the subject of a verb, used without and. 1844, Charles Wilkes, Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, Vol. II – One of them, whose sobriquet was Big-headed Blackboy, was stretched out before the fire, and no answer could be obtained from him, but a drawling repetition, in grunts of displeasure, of “Bel (not) me want to go.” 2005, Michael Chapman & Matthew Chapman, Teen Girl Squad Issue 10 (cartoon), part of Homestar Runner – Strong Bad: Me gotta see that again.