Me

Me is the object pronoun of the first-person singular in English. It appears as the direct object or indirect object of a verb, or as the object of a preposition. The corresponding subject pronoun is I.

Etymology: from Old English mē, the accusative/dative singular form of the first-person pronoun, from Proto-Germanic *mē. It has cognates in other Germanic languages, such as Dutch me and German mir.

Usage notes: In standard English, me is used in object position: She spoke to me. In informal speech, people sometimes say “It was me” instead of “It was I,” though prescriptive usage prefers “It was I” in formal writing. When two pronouns appear as the subject, the proper form is “John and I went,” not “Me and John went.” The phrase “Let me” is a common imperative or hortatory expression meaning “allow me to …”.

In addition to its grammatical use, “me” also appears in many idioms and fixed phrases (for example, “just between you and me,” “beat me to it”), underscoring its role as a core pronoun in modern English.