m'

See also: Variations of "m"

m' - English

Pronoun

(archaic) Clitic form of my.
(poetic, rare) Prevocalic form of my.

Derived terms

m' - Catalan

Pronoun

Contraction of em.

Usage notes

m' is the elided (elida) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs beginning with a vowel.
- M'avorreixo. ― I'm bored.

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' - French

Pronunciation

IPA: /m‿/

Pronoun

prevocalic form of me
- Je m'appelle Marcel. — I'm called Marcel.
(in certain contexts) prevocalic form of moi
- Donne-m'en deux. — Give me two.

Related terms

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative (subject)	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Locative (at)	Genitive (of)	Disjunctive (tonic)
Singular	First	—	je, j’	me, m’		—	—	moi
	Second	—	tu	te, t’		—	—	toi
	Third	Masculine	il	le, l’	lui	y	en	lui
		Feminine	elle	la, l’	lui	y	en	elle
		Indeterminate	on¹	—	—	—	—	—
		Reflexive	—	se, s’⁴		—	—	soi⁴
Plural	First	—	nous	nous		—	—	nous
	Second	—	vous²	vous²^,3		—	—	vous²
	Third	Masculine	ils³	les	leur	y	en	eux³
	Third	Feminine	elles	les	leur	y	en	elles

¹ Also used as the first person plural.
² Also used as the polite singular form.
³ Also used when a group has both men and women.
⁴ Also used as third person plural reflexive.

m' - Haitian Creole

Pronoun

Alternative spelling of m; Contraction of mwen.

m' - Irish

Pronunciation

IPA: /mˠ/ (before a word starting with a, o, u, fha, fho, or fhu)
IPA: /mʲ/ (before a word starting with e, i, fhe, or fhi)

Determiner

m' (triggers lenition of a following noun)

Apocopic form of mo

m' - Italian

Pronoun

m' (apocopated)

Apocopic form of mi

Usage notes

Commonly elides before a vowel, especially i and e.

m' - Middle French

Pronoun

m' (apocopate)

(before vowel sound) Apocopic form of me

Usage notes

The apostrophe may be omitted in older manuscripts
- il menvoia ― he sent me

m' - Old French

Pronoun

prevocalic form of me (“me, myself”)
prevocalic form of mon, ma (“my, mine”)

m' - Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA: /m/ (before a back vowel sound)
IPA: /mʲ/ (before a front vowel sound)

Determiner

m' (triggers lenition of a following noun)

Apocopic form of mo

m' - Sassarese

Pronoun

Apocopic form of mi, used before a vowel

m' - Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

IPA: /m/

Determiner

Apocopic form of mo