No. 552 in Croatian
mene
The Croatian word "mene" means "me" (accusative or genitive form of "ja" - I).
In a sentence
Mene zanima povijest Hrvatske.
I am interested in the history of Croatia.
The word 'mene' is used as an emphatic form of the first-person singular pronoun in Croatian, equivalent to 'me' in English, often to emphasize the subject in a sentence.
On me pozvao prije mene.
He invited me before inviting someone else.
In this sentence, 'mene' again refers to the first-person singular pronoun and is used as the object of the verb, emphasizing the person being referred to.
Pošao je bez mene na izlet.
He went on the trip without me.
Here, 'mene' is used in the genitive or accusative case to designate association of the pronoun with a preposition, showing exclusion involving the subject.
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