m'

See also: Appendix:Variations of "m"

English

Pronoun

m'

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

Derived terms

Catalan

Pronoun

m'

  1. 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
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
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-.

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /m‿/
  • Audio(file)

Pronoun

m’

  1. prevocalic form of me
    Je m'appelle Marcel. — I'm called Marcel.
  2. (in certain contexts) prevocalic form of moi
    Donne-m'en deux. — Give me two.
French personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject)		 Accusative
(direct complement)		 Dative
(indirect complement)		 Disjunctive
(tonic)
SingularFirst— je, j’ me, m’ moi
Second— tu te, t’ toi
ThirdMasculine il le, l’ lui lui
Feminine elle la, l’ elle
Gender neutral5 iel lea ellui
Indeterminate on1 —— —
Reflexive — se, s’4 soi4
PluralFirst— nous nous nous
Second— vous2 vous2,3 vous2
Third Masculine ils3 les leur eux
Feminine elles elles
Gender neutral5 iels elleux
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.
5 Colloquial, and not in popular use.

Further reading

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Contraction of mwen, from French moi.

Pronoun

m'

  1. Alternative spelling of m; Contraction of mwen.

Irish

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

Determiner

m' (triggers lenition of a following noun)

  1. Apocopic form of mo

See also
Irish personal pronouns
Number Person (and gender) Conjunctive
(emphatic)		 Disjunctive
(emphatic)		 Possessive
determiner
SingularFirst mé
(mise)		 mo L
m' before vowel sounds
Second tú
(tusa)1		 thú
(thusa)		 do L
d' before vowel sounds
Third masculine sé
(seisean)		 é
(eisean)		 a L
Third feminine sí
(sise)		 í
(ise)		 a H
Third neuter —ea—
PluralFirst muid, sinn
(muidne, muide), (sinne)		 ár E
Second sibh
(sibhse)1		 bhur E
Third siad
(siadsan)		 iad
(iadsan)		 a E

L Triggers lenition E Triggers eclipsis H Triggers h-prothesis

1 Also used as the vocative

The reflexive is formed by adding féin to the relevant pronoun: e.g. "myself" = mé féin, "yourselves" = sibh féin.

Italian

Pronoun

m' (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of mi

Usage notes

Commonly elides before a vowel, especially i and e.

See also
Italian personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Conjunctive Disjunctive Locative Partitive
Singularfirst— iomi, m', -mi me me —
second— tuti, t', -ti te te
thirdm luisi2, s', -silo, l', -logli, -gli glie, se2 lui, sé ci, c',
vi, v' (formal)		 ne, n'
f lei, Lei1la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1 lei, Lei1, sé
Pluralfirst— noici, c', -ci ce noi —
second— voi, Voi4vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4 ve voi, Voi4
thirdm loro, Loro1si, s', -sili, Li1, -li, -Li1gli, -gli, loro (formal),
Loro1		 glie, se loro, Loro1, sé ci, c',
vi, v' (formal)		 ne, n'
f le, Le1, -le, -Le1
1Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
2Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language.
4Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).

Louisiana Creole

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /m‿/

Pronoun

m'

  1. prevocalic form of mo (“I”)
    M'ap bwa labyèr. ― I'm drinking beer.

Middle French

Pronoun

m' (apocopate)

  1. (before vowel sound) Apocopic form of me

Usage notes
  • The apostrophe may be omitted in older manuscripts
    il menvoia ― he sent me

Old French

Pronoun

m'

  1. prevocalic form of me (“me, myself”)
  2. prevocalic form of mon, ma (“my, mine”)
    • 13th century, Herman de Valenciennes, Assomption Nostre Dame, page 7, column 2, lines 16–17:
      ceo sacez m'amie tuit cil que te requerunt
      a tun commandement merci auvrunt
      this you know, my friend, that all those who are looking for you
      upon your command will have mercy

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Determiner

m' (triggers lenition of a following noun)

  1. Apocopic form of mo

Sassarese

Pronoun

m'

  1. Apocopic form of mi, used before a vowel

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /m/

Determiner

m'

  1. Apocopic form of mo

See also
Scottish Gaelic possessive determiners
Singular Plural
+ C + V + C + V
First person moL m' ar arN
Second person doL d' ur urN
Third person m aL — an, am1) an
Third person f a aH
L Triggers lenition; H Triggers H-prothesis; N Triggers eclipsis; 1) Used before b-, f-, m- or p-

References
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