TKG English Learner's Dictionary

me

mepronoun

American /mi/ British /miː/
very commondefining vocabulary

  1. used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to the speaker or writer

    Me is the object form; the subject form is I. In informal speech and writing, me is also common right after be: It's me; the more formal alternative, it is I, sounds stiff today.

Word family

Usage

Me is not used as the subject of a sentence on its own; the subject form is I. When me is joined with another person as an object, either order is heard, but putting the speaker last is the more polite and widely taught order: between you and me, not between I and you.

Common mistakes

Me want to go home. I want to go home.
Me is not used as the subject of a sentence; the subject form is I.
Give it to I. Give it to me.
After a preposition such as to, the object form me is used, not I.

See also I; my; mine

For translators

Grammar trap English pronouns change form for subject, object, and possessive (I, me, my/mine); many languages use one form for all three, or leave the pronoun out when the verb already shows who is meant.