Meaning

2 senses
  1. (first person, personal, pronoun, singular, subjective)The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.

    I drove my sister and myself to school.

  2. (first person, nonstandard, personal, pronoun, singular, subjective)The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.

    Mom drove my sister and I to school.

    1980, Bob Marley, Redemption Song Old pirates, yes, they rob I Sold I to the merchant ships Minutes after they took I From the bottomless pit.

Examples

367061 sentences
  1. I'm sorry, I can't stay long.

    Вибачте, я не можу залишитися надовго.

    ruИзвините, я не могу остаться надолго.

    deEs tut mir leid, ich kann nicht lange bleiben.

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  2. Can I pay by credit card?

    Чи можна платити кредитною карткою?

    ruМогу ли я расплатиться кредиткой?

    deKann ich mit Kreditkarte bezahlen?

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  3. I'm sorry, I don't have change.

    Перепрошую, у мене немає здачі.

    ruИзвините, у меня нет мелочи.

    deTut mir leid, ich habe kein Kleingeld.

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  4. You and I are good friends.

    Ми з тобою добрі друзі.

    ruТы и я - хорошие друзья.

    deDu und ich sind gute Freunde.

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  5. Wait here till I come back.

    Дочекайся мене.

    ruЖди здесь, пока я не вернусь.

    deWarte hier, bis ich zurückkomme.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
personal pronoun:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
personal pronoun:

Origin

From Middle English a, hi, hich, hij, I, ic, ich, ichc, ichs, ick, ig, ih, ik, j, jch, y,

From Middle English a, hi, hich, hij, I, ic, ich, ichc, ichs, ick, ig, ih, ik, j, jch, y, from Old English ic, ich, ih, ᛁᚳ (ic), ᛁᚴ (ik, “I”), from Proto-West Germanic *ik (“I”), from Proto-Germanic *ek, *eka, *ik (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm (“I”).

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