'm

See also: Variations of "m"

'm - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /əm/, /m̩/ or, next to a vowel, sometimes /m/

Verb

’m (clitic)

  1. Am, used especially in I'm.
  2. (dialect) Various forms of be.

Noun

’m

  1. Represents the word madam or ma'am when used as a formal address of a female; as in yes'm and no'm.

'm - Bavarian

Article

'm m or n

  1. a (dative)
  2. the (dative)

'm - Catalan

Pronoun

'm

  1. Contraction of me.

Usage notes

  • 'm is the reduced (reduïda) form of the pronoun. It is used after verbs ending with a vowel.
    • Truca'm.Call me.

Declension

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-.

'm - Cornish

Determiner

'm

  1. my

Pronoun

'm

  1. me

'm - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /əm/

Pronoun

'm

  1. Contracted form of hem
    • Hij heeft 'm neergeschoten.
      • He shot him.

Declension

subject object possessive reflexive genitive5
singular full unstr. full unstr. full unstr. pred.
1st person ik 'k1 mij me mijn m'n1 mijne me mijner, mijns
2nd person jij je jou je jouw je jouwe je jouwer, jouws
2nd person archaic or regiolectal gij ge u uw uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u u uw uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person masculine hij ie1 hem 'm1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
3rd person feminine zij ze haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 hare zich harer, haars
3rd person neuter het 't1 het 't1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
plural
1st person wij we ons ons, onze2 onze ons onzer, onzes
2nd person jullie je jullie je jullie je je
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 gij ge u uw uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u u uw uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person zij ze hen3, hun4 ze hun hunne zich hunner, huns
1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective. 3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). 5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. 6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural.

'm - Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /m/

Determiner

'm

  1. (literary) my (triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel)
    • Rwy'n myned yn ôl adref i’m hannwyl famwlad.
      • I am going back home to my dear homeland.

Pronoun

'm

  1. (literary) me (used after vowels as the direct object of a verb; triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel)
    • Dywed na’m hadwaenai.
      • He/She says that he/she would not recognise me.
    • Fe’m ganed i deulu di-Gymraeg.
      • I was born (lit. "One gave birth to me") into a non-Welsh-speaking family.

Usage notes

  • The determiner can be considered a "contraction" of fy used after mostly functional vowel-final words.
  • The pronoun occurs after certain vowel-final preverbal particles, such as fe, a, ni, na, oni and pe.

Particle

'm

  1. (colloquial) Contraction of ddim (not).
    • Dwyt ti’m yn cofio Macsen.
      • You don’t remember Macsen.
Meaning and Definition of 'm
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