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. — ChickenKiev

    ruИзвините, я не могу остаться надолго. — Lenin_1917

    deEs tut mir leid, ich kann nicht lange bleiben. — MUIRIEL

  2. Can I pay by credit card?

    Чи можна платити кредитною карткою? — aandrusiak

    ruМогу ли я расплатиться кредиткой? — Mukaltin

    deKann ich mit Kreditkarte bezahlen? — MUIRIEL

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

    Перепрошую, у мене немає здачі. — deniko

    ruИзвините, у меня нет мелочи. — Hellerick

    deTut mir leid, ich habe kein Kleingeld. — MUIRIEL

  4. You and I are good friends.

    Ми з тобою добрі друзі. — deniko

    ruТы и я - хорошие друзья. — Lenin_1917

    deDu und ich sind gute Freunde. — mauersegler

  5. Wait here till I come back.

    Дочекайся мене. — aandrusiak

    ruЖди здесь, пока я не вернусь. — soweli_Elepanto

    deWarte hier, bis ich zurückkomme. — Espi

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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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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