мене/тебе/него/нея

Full Object Pronouns

Level 2Sounds Like pʺlni mestoimeniâ mene/tebe/nego/neâ

After a preposition, a pronoun takes its full form: за мен (for me), с тях (with them), до нея (next to her).

How It Works

1. The forms.

  • аз → мене / мен (me), ти → тебе / теб (you)
  • той → него (him), тя → нея (her), то → него (it)
  • ние → нас (us), вие → вас (you), те → тях (them)

Мене and мен are both correct, and so are тебе and теб. The shorter мен and теб are more common in writing.

2. After prepositions. This is the most common use: за мен (for me), с тях (with them), при нея (at her place), от вас (from you). This includes comparisons: по-висок от мен (taller than me). The subject forms аз, ти, той never follow a preposition.

3. For emphasis and contrast. Normally an object pronoun is short: Видях го. (I saw him.) Use the full form only to stress or contrast the person: Него видях, не нея. (It was him I saw, not her.) See short object pronouns.

4. Standing alone. In a one-word answer or a list, use the full form: — Кого чакаш? — Тебе. (Who are you waiting for? You.)

5. With на. На мен, на него and so on mean to me, to him. They are often doubled by a short form: На мен ми харесва. (I like it.) See emphatic doubled pronouns.

Examples (6)

  1. Този подарък е за тебе.

    This present is for you.

  2. Отиваш ли с тях?

    Are you going with them?

  3. Него видях, не нея.

    It was him I saw, not her.

    The full forms stress the contrast between the two people.

  4. — Кого чакаш? — Тебе.

    "Who are you waiting for?" "You."

  5. Говорим за вас.

    We are talking about you.

  6. Тя е по-висока от мен.

    She is taller than me.

    От is a preposition, so it takes the full form мен.

Common Mistakes

  • Using a short pronoun after a preposition.

    Това е за ме.
    Това е за мен.

    Short forms such as ме and те cannot follow a preposition. Use мен or мене.

  • Using a subject pronoun after от in comparisons.

    Той е по-висок от аз.
    Той е по-висок от мен.

    От is a preposition, so it needs the full object form мен, not the subject form аз.

  • Using the subject form те after a preposition.

    Ходих на кино с те.
    Ходих на кино с тях.

    After a preposition, they becomes тях.

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мене/тебе/него/неяLevel 2Full Object Pronouns

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