Me in French is: “moi” (pronounced mwa). For example, “Venez-vous avec moi?” (Are you coming with me?). The object pronoun “me” also means me. For example, “Est-ce que vous me voyez?” (Do you see me?). The command, “Donnez-moi” means “give me”. This post will explain precisely the various way of saying “me” in French with example sentences and audio.
moi
/mwah/
Moi – me in French
Pronunciation
The pronunciation of moi is “mwah”. In fact, all words containing the letter combinations “oi” sound like wah.
Definition and meaning
The precise meaning of “moi” is me. Moi is a stressed pronoun. This means that the word moi commonly (but not always) is preceded by prepositions such as avec (with), pour (for), sans (without), contre (aginst), sur (on) and chez (at the home or).
Here are some example sentences where moi appears as a stressed pronoun using the above prepositions.
Est-ce que tu viens avec moi?
Are you coming with me?
“Moi!” can also appear standing on its own to mean “me!” For example:
Qui veut manger de la glace? – Moi!
Who wants to eat some ice cream? – Me!
Moi can also precede the word “je” (I) to add some emphasis. In this context, “moi” can translate to both “personally” and “as for me”.
For example:
Moi, je préfère parler français!
(Personally/As for me,) I prefer speaking French!
Moi can also appear in the context of an imperative mood (command). For example:
Parle-moi!
Speak to me!
Negative commands, however use “me”. Here are the previous there examples in the negation:
Ne me parle pas!
Don’t speak to me!
“Me” — definition and exact meaning
The other way to say “me” in French is “me” (pronounced muh).
In the following sentences, the “me” serves the role as a direct object pronoun. This means that it mean “at me” and “me” for verbs not followed by the preposition à. For example:
Vous me voyez.
You see me.
In the following sentences, “me” is an indirect object pronoun meaning me for verbs followed by the preposition à.
Elle me parle.
She speaks to me.
Note that for the above sentences, you cannot use “à moi”. This would be considered wrong and improper French.
For example, you cannot say “Elle parle à moi” to say “She speak to me”. You must say “Elle me parle”.
The verb “penser“ (to think), however, works differently. To say, “She think about me”, you would say: “Elle pense à moi”. You cannot say “Elle me pense” in French.
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