me² with somebody or something

Part of Speech

prep

• • with somebody or something
  • • grammar

  Comment

  This preposition is often incorporated into the verb complex. 1st and 2nd person pronouns dependent on <me> 'with' are marked by the preposition <ki / k=> as in [Sii 06RG 457] and [Aro 05E(Eno) 094]; cf. <kamau2> and <kiu4>.

  • • Example 2142:
      

      Enaa tau hivi vaha koa vuan, bean tii me nom ta maa sii taba.

      I just want to ask you if you have a few (other) things.

      Source: Rum 01R 284

    • Example 2738:
      

      eam paa paku me kamau anaa enei

      you have done this with me,

      Source: Sii 06RG 457

    • Example 3492:
      

      Enaa samin nao haa me kiu noman, ...

      I am not to go with you, ...

      Source: Aro 05E(Eno) 094

    • Example 4350:
      

      Eori re paku bono vakokona teori meri bona Siapani.

      They made a plan for (getting rid of) the Japanese.

      Source: Tav 01E(Joy) 039

Related entries

• See also:
  • kamau² for
  • kiu⁴ for or to somebody who is referred to by the 2nd person singular pronoun <=an>
  • meri¹ with some people
  • mi¹ with somebody or something
  • tei me have somebody or something
  • havee to pakupaku vaavaha me how does somebody do something?; how somebody does something
  • mee me take someone (somewhere)
  • mekamanam with us (but not you)
  • meove and he, she, or it
  • merina with some people or animals