Me in Different Languages
Discover 'Me' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Me
Afrikaans ek | ||
Albanian une | ||
Amharic እኔ | ||
Arabic أنا | ||
Armenian ես | ||
Assamese মোক | ||
Aymara nayaru | ||
Azerbaijani mən | ||
Bambara ne | ||
Basque ni | ||
Belarusian я | ||
Bengali আমাকে | ||
Bhojpuri हम | ||
Bosnian ja | ||
Bulgarian мен | ||
Catalan jo | ||
Cebuano kanako | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 我 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 我 | ||
Corsican eiu | ||
Croatian mi | ||
Czech mě | ||
Danish mig | ||
Dhivehi އަހަރެން | ||
Dogri में | ||
Dutch me | ||
English me | ||
Esperanto mi | ||
Estonian mina | ||
Ewe nye | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) ako | ||
Finnish minä | ||
French moi | ||
Frisian my | ||
Galician eu | ||
Georgian მე | ||
German mich | ||
Greek μου | ||
Guarani che | ||
Gujarati મને | ||
Haitian Creole mwen | ||
Hausa ni | ||
Hawaiian ʻo wau | ||
Hebrew לִי | ||
Hindi मुझे | ||
Hmong kuv | ||
Hungarian nekem | ||
Icelandic ég | ||
Igbo mu | ||
Ilocano siak | ||
Indonesian saya | ||
Irish mise | ||
Italian me | ||
Japanese 私 | ||
Javanese kula | ||
Kannada ನನಗೆ | ||
Kazakh мен | ||
Khmer ខ្ញុំ | ||
Kinyarwanda njye | ||
Konkani हांव | ||
Korean 나를 | ||
Krio mi | ||
Kurdish min | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) من | ||
Kyrgyz мага | ||
Lao ຂ້ອຍ | ||
Latin mihi | ||
Latvian es | ||
Lingala nga | ||
Lithuanian aš | ||
Luganda nze | ||
Luxembourgish ech | ||
Macedonian јас | ||
Maithili हम | ||
Malagasy ahy | ||
Malay saya | ||
Malayalam ഞാൻ | ||
Maltese jien | ||
Maori ko ahau | ||
Marathi मी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯩꯍꯥꯛ | ||
Mizo keimah | ||
Mongolian би | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ငါ့ကို | ||
Nepali म | ||
Norwegian meg | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ine | ||
Odia (Oriya) ମୁଁ | ||
Oromo ana | ||
Pashto زه | ||
Persian من | ||
Polish mnie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) mim | ||
Punjabi ਮੈਨੂੰ | ||
Quechua ñuqa | ||
Romanian pe mine | ||
Russian мне | ||
Samoan o aʻu | ||
Sanskrit अहम् | ||
Scots Gaelic mi | ||
Sepedi nna | ||
Serbian ја | ||
Sesotho nna | ||
Shona ini | ||
Sindhi مان | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මට | ||
Slovak ja | ||
Slovenian jaz | ||
Somali aniga | ||
Spanish yo | ||
Sundanese kuring | ||
Swahili mimi | ||
Swedish mig | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ako | ||
Tajik ман | ||
Tamil என்னை | ||
Tatar мин | ||
Telugu నాకు | ||
Thai ฉัน | ||
Tigrinya ኣነ | ||
Tsonga mina | ||
Turkish ben mi | ||
Turkmen men | ||
Twi (Akan) me | ||
Ukrainian я | ||
Urdu مجھے | ||
Uyghur مەن | ||
Uzbek men | ||
Vietnamese tôi | ||
Welsh fi | ||
Xhosa mna | ||
Yiddish מיר | ||
Yoruba emi | ||
Zulu mina |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Ek" in Afrikaans is a contraction of the Dutch word "ik," meaning "I". |
| Albanian | The word "une" in Albanian can also refer to "soul" or "spirit." |
| Amharic | The word እኔ also means "us" when used as the subject of a plural verb. |
| Arabic | "أنا" has a dual meaning in Arabic: first-person singular subjective case, and a first-person singular possessive pronoun. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "ես" (me) can also mean "I" and "myself". |
| Azerbaijani | The word “mən” also means “mine” in Azerbaijani, as in the phrase “mən ev,” which means “my house”. |
| Basque | Though the word "ni" means "me" in Basque, it also translates to "I" in Occitan. |
| Belarusian | The word "я" in Belarusian can also be used to express the concept of "self" or "identity". |
| Bengali | The word "আমাকে" in Bengali can also be used as a reflexive pronoun, meaning "myself". |
| Bosnian | Ja is a clitic particle used in accusative and dative case in Bosnian, and it can also mean "indeed". |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "мен" originated from the Proto-Slavic word "mene", meaning "me" and used especially in formal or literary contexts. |
| Catalan | The word "jo" can also mean "I swear" or "damn" in Catalan and is often used as an exclamation. |
| Cebuano | The word "kanako" can also be used to refer to a younger sibling, a close friend, or a term of endearment. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 我 can also refer to the first person plural pronoun "we" in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 我 (wǒ) is a pictograph of a person bowing, and is also used as the pronoun "I". |
| Corsican | The word "eiu" in Corsican means "me," and is derived from the Latin word "ego," which also means "me." |
| Croatian | The word "mi" in Croatian can also mean "we" or be used as a possessive pronoun meaning "our" or "ours." |
| Czech | The Czech word "mě" can also mean "to me" or "for me". |
| Danish | Mig is cognate with the German word "mich", meaning "me" as well, and it is also part of the expression "for mig selv", meaning "for myself". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "me" can also mean "mine" or refer to the object of a preposition. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "mi" can also mean "myself" or "my own". |
| Estonian | In Finnish, the word "mina" also translates to the first person pronoun "I" in English, as well as the word "self" or "ego". |
| Finnish | The word "minä" shares its root with the word "mieli," meaning "mind" or "spirit." |
| French | 'Moi' also means 'ugly' or 'bad' in French slang. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "my" (pronounced "mey") originates from the Old Frisian term "mi", which derives from the Proto-Germanic root "me-" meaning "I." |
| Galician | Galician's "eu" is derived from the Latin word for "ego", meaning "I", and is also used in Catalan, Portuguese, Romanian, Sardinian, and Sicilian. |
| Georgian | In Georgian, "მე" can also mean "I", indicating self-reference or identity. |
| German | The word "mich" is also used in a few idiomatic expressions, such as "mich gruselt" (which means "I am horrified") and "mich wundert" (which means "I am surprised"). |
| Greek | The Greek word "μου" ("me") derives from the Proto-Indo-European pronoun *me-, *m-, meaning "mine". |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word 'મને' can also mean 'to me', 'for me', or 'in my opinion', depending on the context. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "mwen" is derived from the French word "moi," meaning "me," and is also used as a respectful form of address. |
| Hausa | In some dialects, 'ni' also connotes emphasis or focus on the first person singular subject or object of a verb. |
| Hawaiian | 'O wau is an archaic form referring to the speaker and means 'my real self'. |
| Hebrew | In Hebrew, "לִי" can also mean "to me" or "for me". |
| Hindi | In Hindi, "मुझे" can also imply "to me" or "for me". |
| Hmong | The term "kuv" also serves as the genitive particle and can be used to indicate possession. |
| Hungarian | In colloquial Hungarian, "nekem" can also mean "to me" in certain contexts, where the "to" is implied or understood from the sentence structure. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "ég" originated from the Old Norse word "ek," which also means "I" in English. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "mu" shares a root with the word for "person" and can also refer to a community or lineage. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "saya" meaning "I" or "me" is a cognate of the Sanskrit word "sva" or "self". |
| Irish | Mise is also used to refer to the first person singular in Irish, meaning "I" or "me". |
| Italian | The Italian word "me" can also be used to mean "myself" |
| Japanese | "私" also refers to one's personal life or matters, such as private property or personal affairs. |
| Javanese | “Kula,” or “me”, is a formal Javanese pronoun reserved for addressing people with higher status or as a sign of respect. |
| Kannada | The word "ನನಗೆ" in Kannada can also mean "to me". |
| Kazakh | The word "мен" in Kazakh also means "I" and "myself". |
| Khmer | Khmer 'ខ្ញុំ' can also mean 'slave' or 'servant', reflecting feudal power structures. |
| Korean | "나를" can also mean "my" and it is a contraction of the word "나의" ("my") and the subject marker "는." |
| Kurdish | The word "min" in Kurdish can also mean "mine" or "belonging to me" |
| Kyrgyz | The word "мага" can also mean "you" or "yourself" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | The word ຂ້ອຍ can also be used to refer to a person of lower status in Lao society. |
| Latin | In the late classical and medieval Latin, mihi is not only used as the dative singular of ego but also refers to an ethical dative, which may be translated as 'in my opinion/from my point of view'. |
| Latvian | In many old texts, "es" can also mean "I" but its use in this way is now largely obsolete. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "aš" ("I") is an example of a 1st-person personal pronoun that is cognate with the "ego" in Latin and the "ich" in German. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "ech" also translates to "I" in English, and is derived from the Old High German word "ih". |
| Macedonian | The word "јас" can also refer to the first person plural pronoun "we". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "ahy" not only means "me" but also refers to the concept of "self" or "essence". |
| Malay | The Malay word "saya" also refers to a type of traditional long skirt worn in Indonesia and Malaysia. |
| Malayalam | The word "ഞാൻ" can also mean "self" or "soul" in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | The word "jien" in Maltese comes from the Arabic word "'anā", which means "I". |
| Maori | The personal pronoun ko ahau can be used in formal and religious contexts, and it is occasionally shortened to just ahau. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "मी" also means "rain" and is related to the Sanskrit word "मेघ" meaning "cloud"} |
| Mongolian | Би is the genitive form of 'бид', which means 'we' in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | "म" (pronounced 'muh') can also refer to: 'the' (possessive form), 'mine', 'of', or 'from'. It is often used in compound words. |
| Norwegian | The term "meg" also can mean "my" in Norwegian, but only when "my" is used as a possessive pronoun for inanimate objects. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "ine" has multiple uses, including first person singular subject, personal possessive concord, emphatic subject, and emphatic focus. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "زه" can also refer to the reflexive pronoun "myself" or the possessive pronoun "my own" |
| Persian | In Persian, the word "من" not only means "me", it can also refer to a person's status or position. |
| Polish | "Mnie" can refer to the genitive and accusative forms of both the 1st and 2nd person singular pronouns in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "mim" has another meaning: "to me" or "for me" when used as an indirect object pronoun. |
| Punjabi | The word 'mainu' (ਮੈਨੂੰ) in Punjabi can also mean 'to me' or 'for me' in a literal sense. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "pe mine" is also used to form reflexive verbs in the accusative case, meaning "myself," "yourself," or "himself/herself/itself." |
| Russian | "Мне" is cognate with Latin "mei" and Greek "εµοῦ" and originally meant "my" but acquired the meaning of "to me" via rebracketing. |
| Samoan | In Samoan, 'o aʻu' also means 'myself' or can be used as an emphatic form of 'I' ('it is I'). |
| Scots Gaelic | 'Mì' (pronounced 'mee') is the accusative form of 'me' in Scots Gaelic, but can also be used as a vocative to address someone. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "ја" can also be used as an emphatic particle, similar to "indeed" or "truly" in English. |
| Sesotho | “Nna” is a contraction of the Sesotho word “'na”, which originally meant “father.” |
| Shona | The word "ini" can also mean "I am" or "this is" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The word "مان" (me) in Sindhi also means "soul" or "self". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "මට" can also be used to mean "to me" or "for me". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "ja" also means "I" in the accusative case. |
| Slovenian | Besides its use as the first-person singular pronoun, "jaz" can also be an archaic term for "spring" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The word "aniga" in Somali also has a second meaning, "my body". |
| Spanish | In Spanish, the word "yo" can derive from the Latin word "ego" or the Greek word "egoi" |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "kuring" also refers to a traditional Sundanese puppet character. |
| Swahili | Mimi has an alternate meaning of "me" in Swahili and a possible etymology from the Bantu root "-*mi-*" |
| Swedish | The word "mig" in Swedish can also refer to "one's self" or "each other" |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word 'ako' in Tagalog can also refer to the liver, the ego, or the self. |
| Tajik | "ман" is also a unit of weight in Central Asian countries, roughly corresponding to a ton. |
| Tamil | என்னை's alternative meaning comes from 'என்ன' ('what') and 'ஐ' ('the') which together mean 'that which'. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "నాకు" also refers to the "to me" case of personal pronouns. |
| Thai | The Thai word "ฉัน" can also mean "I" or "myself". |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "ben mi" (me) originates from the Proto-Turkic word "*ben" meaning "I". |
| Ukrainian | "Я" (meaning "me") is the only first-person singular personal pronoun in Ukrainian and is cognate with "я" (me) in Russian. |
| Urdu | The word 'مجھے' also means 'to me' and can be used as an indirect object. |
| Uzbek | The word "men" ("me") in Uzbek can also mean "I" when used as a subject pronoun. |
| Vietnamese | The word "tôi" can also be used as a first-person plural pronoun, meaning "we". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "fi" not only means "me", but also "my". |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "mna" can also mean "myself" or "mine". |
| Yiddish | The etymology of Yiddish word "מיר" is linked to the German words "wir" and "unser", meaning "we" and "our". In Yiddish, "מיר" is also used as a plural form of the first person pronoun "איך" (I). |
| Yoruba | "Emi" is Yoruba for both "me" and "my breath." |
| Zulu | Mina is the Zulu word for 'me' and is also sometimes used to refer to a person's 'shadow' or 'soul'. |
| English | The word "me" can also refer to an individual's ego or sense of personal identity. |