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moi
moi
French
Etymology
From Middle French moy, from Old French mei, moi, mi (“me”), tonic form of me, from Latin mē (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-, *(e)me-n- (“me”). More at me.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
moi
- me (first-person singular direct object pronoun)
- to me (first-person singular indirect object pronoun)
Synonyms
- mézigue (argot)
Related terms
French personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) |
Reflexive | Accusative (direct complement) |
Dative (indirect complement) |
Locative (at) |
Genitive (of) |
Disjunctive (tonic) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | First | — | je, j’ | me, m’ | — | — | moi | ||
| Second | — | tu | te, t’ | — | — | toi | |||
| Third | Masculine | il | se, s’ | le, l’ | lui | y | en | lui | |
| Feminine | elle | la, l’ | elle | ||||||
| — | on | — | — | — | — | soi | |||
| Plural | First | — | nous | nous | — | — | nous | ||
| Second | — | vous | vous | — | — | vous | |||
| Third | Masculine | ils | se, s’ | les | leur | y | en | eux | |
| Feminine | elles | elles | |||||||
Noun
moi m (plural moi)
Derived terms
See also
Lojban
Cmavo
- converts the immediately preceding cardinal number into an ordinal number
Usage notes
- It can be used as a suffix: pa (“one”) → pamoi (“first”).
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Tonic form of me, from Latin mē.
Pronoun
moi
Related terms
Descendants
Usage notes
- Similar in terms of usage to modern French moi except it may be used as a personal object pronoun where modern French would use me :
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mɔj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mɔj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [mɔj˧˥]
Noun
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Verb
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