What is the difference between "Me, mi, and mí" in Spanish?

Question

What is the difference between "Me, mi, and mí" in Spanish? The last word has an accent on the 'i'

What is the difference between "Me, mi, and mí" in Spanish?

Please give definition, and example of to how you use each one in a sentence.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

regarding me i dont think so its in spanish'

mi means MY: esta mi amiga: she is my friend

mí means ME i think u can say soy mí but iam not sure coz usually we use soy yo whicj means it's me

Answer 3

"Me" is included in verbs for example:

Ella me ve

She sees me

"Mi" is "My"

Ella [me] ve con [mi] hermana

She sees [me] with [my] sister

and "mí" is "me" like

El regalo es para mí

The gift is for me

it's used with prepositions

De mí

From me

Sin mí

Without me

En mí

In me

Cerca de mí

close to me

Lejos de mí

faraway from me

Answer 4

As mexican, i can say:

Me is used when you say something about yourself, like: "I like chocolate" Me gusta el chocolate which basically means the chocolate is liked by me.

Mi is a possessive: Ese es mi automovil = that is my car

Mí, strictly talking, ortography rules say that monosillable words do not have accents, so i wouldn't really know what mí is used for as I've never seen it before.

Answer 5

"Me," meaning "myself" is used with reflexive verbs, direct, and indirect objects.

"Mi" is an adjective for "my."

"Mí," meaning "me" is used in prepositions.

E.g.

"Yo me ducho." (reflexive verb)

"Ella me abrazó." (direct object)

"El me mandó una postal." (indirect object)

"Es mi amigo." (adjective)

"Ese regalo es para mí." (object of preposition)

Answer 6

Mi without the accent means 'my'. "Mi perro es simpatico."-MY dog is friendly.

Me is more complicated. It is used in reflexive verbs, or verbs that effect the person doing them. Such as shaving, bathing, sleeping, waking up, sitting down, etc. It is also used in the verb gustar, or to like.

"Tengo que afeitarME despues de ME bano."-I have to shave(Myself) after I bathe(myself). Roughly it means myself.

Mi with the accent is normally used for emphasis.

"A mí me gusta los carros."-I! like the cars.