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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
me
me pronoun, noun
pronoun BrE [mi] ; NAmE [mi] strong form BrE [miː] ; strong form NAmE [miː] the form of I that is used when the speaker or writer is the object of a verb or preposition, or after the verb be
• Don't hit me.
• Excuse me!
•Give it to me.
•You're taller than me.
•Hello, it's me.
•‘Who's there?’ ‘Only me.’ The use of me in the last three examples is correct in modern standard English. I in these sentences would be considered much too formal for almost all contexts, especially in BrE.
Word Origin:
pron. Old English mē ↑I Germanic Dutch mij German mir Indo-European Latin me Greek (e)me Sanskrit mā n. late Middle English mi mira
noun (also mi)BrE [miː] ; NAmE [miː] (music)
the third note of a ↑major ↑scale
Word Origin:
[me] pron. Old English mē ↑I Germanic Dutch mij German mir Indo-European Latin me Greek (e)me Sanskrit mā n. late Middle English mi mira
See also: ↑mi
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