A2.1. “I” or “me”?
Personal pronouns (zaimki osobowe) w języku angielskim bywają kłopotliwe, zwłaszcza w sytuacji, gdy występują obok innego zaimka lub rzeczownika. Np.
⇒ Stosujemy „I” zawsze, gdy będzie to podmiot zdania lub osoba podmiotowi zdania współtowarzysząca.
John and I are going to the cinema.
The pronoun “I” together with the proper noun “John”, forms the subject of the sentence, so You need to use “I” rather than “me”.
⇒ Stosujemy “me” kiedy zaimek jest dopełnieniem czasownika/orzeczenia w zdaniu.
The dog followed John and me to the door.
The pronoun “me” together with the proper noun “John”, forms the object of the verb “follow” so you need to use “me” rather than “I”.
⇒ Stosujemy “me”, kiedy zaimek jest obiektem przyimka.
Rose spent the day with John and me.
“Me” together with “John” forms the object of the preposition “with” so you need to use “me” rather than “I”.
An easy way of making sure you’ve chosen the right pronoun is to see whether the sentence reads properly if you remove the additional pronoun:
| ✓ I am going for a coffee. | Χ Me am going for a coffee. |
| ✓ Rose and I went for a coffee. | Χ Rose and me went for a coffee. |
| ✓ The dog followed me. | Χ The dog followed I. |
| ✓ Rose spent the day with me. | Χ Rose spent the day with I. |
Choose the correct pronoun:
⇒ Who will be coming along with Tim and ?
⇒ He wants you to give the gifts to Shiela and .
⇒ The old man and were sitting on the park bench.
⇒ Kevin, Jim, Ted and were all supposed to be going to the cinema tomorrow evening.
⇒ You can leave the rest of the money with Tim or .
⇒ She doesn’t want to be seen with my mother or .
⇒ Both my father and would love to visit India one day.
⇒ She really wanted to come camping with my best friend and .
