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[errant siren]

(Disclaimer: I’m only A1-ish)

• ”Moi” is the English “me”. “Pour moi” (for me), “moi aussi” (me too)
• “Mon” is “my” for masculin subjects. “Mon mari” (my husband), “mon café” (my coffee)

I don’t know what you mean by “me”, but maybe you meant “mes”. It’s like “mon”, but for plural subjects. “Mes parents” (my parents), “mes chats” (my cats), etc.

So you might want to look into different uses for “mon” (masculin), “ma” (feminine), and “mes” (plural).

[shy ocean]

Merci beaucoup!!

[tight cave]

Me is an object pronoun (whether it's direct or indirect). It elides before a vowel sound.
Tu me déposes à la gare (you drop me off at the station)
Tu m'envoies une lettre (you send a letter to me)

[eager atlas]

Me, se , te, vous are all reflexive pronouns, and me is used when you are doing an action YOU are involved in. Its the same for se (he/she) , te ( you , informal, singular) and vous (you plural, formal). For example, je me coiffe ( I do my hair) is a sentence with a reflexive pronoun. The reflexive is used properly because YOU are doing YOUR own hair on YOURSELF. There are more of these phrases, and these are called reflexive phrases, For example, je me lève (I wake up/ get myself up) , je me couche (I got to sleep/ bed, I get myself to sleep/bed) je me douche ( I shower, I shower myself) and je me repose ( I relax, I relax myself). Also do note I am new to this aswell, so take this with a grain of salt.

[stray plover]

I think you replied in the wrong channel because this isn't about reflexives

[eager atlas]

Oh sorry

Désole

He asked what me means thats why]

[stray plover]

I want to add to this a bit if you're learning this from an English perspective.
In English, the pronoun 'me' is used to denote the first person singular (the one person who is speaking) as an object. We can see it in these three examples:
–> Direct object [object not preceded by a preposition]: You're seeing me
–> Indirect object/Prepositional object [object preceded by a preposition like 'to', 'from', 'with', 'for']: You're saying something to me
–> Vocative object [calling/pointing out someone/something]: Me! You're talking to me!

In French, the split is a bit different.
–> For direct objects, we use « me » like in « Tu me vois (you're seeing me) »
–> For indirect objects preceded by the preposition « à » – and more rarely « pour » – we use « me » as well like in « Tu me dis quelque chose (You're saying something to me)
–> For other indirect objects, we keep use « moi » after the preposition like in « Tu pars avec moi ? (Are you leaving with me?) » and « Qu'est-ce que tu veux de moi ? (What do you want from me?) ».
In fact, in the previous part with « à » and « pour », we can deconstruct « me » as being « à moi » like « Tu dis quelque chose à moi ». It's clearer when we replace the pronoun with a noun like a name: « Tu dis quelque chose à Luc (You're saying something to Luc) ». It's just that « à moi » turns to « me »; it's a special case.
–> For vocative objects, we use « moi » which is called a stressed/tonic pronoun in French. An example would be: « Moi ! Tu me parles ! (Me! You're talking to me!) »

You can read more here
Direct objects: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/direct-objects/
Indirect objects: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/indirect-objects/
Stressed/tonic pronouns: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/stressed-pronouns/

[stray plover]

« me » can be a reflexive but it can also not be like in « Tu me dis quelque chose » or « Tu m'as envoyé une lettre ? »
Reflexive just means that the object is the same (grammatical) person as the subject.

[eager atlas]

Ok Thanks

I'm learning from school that's why

Its the only way of using "me" i know of

[stray plover]

You can read the comment I sent and edited above for more uses of me