Me, myself, and I.
Me,myself 和I。
You may be tempted to use these words interchangeably because they all refer to the same thing,
你会很想将这些字交换使用,因为它们全都表示一样的东西。
but in fact, each one has a specific role in a sentence.
但事实上,每一个字在句子里都有其特定角色。
"I" is a subject pronoun, "me" is an object pronoun, and "myself" is a reflexive or intensive pronoun.
I是主格代名词,Me是受格代名词,而Myself则是反身代名词或强调代名词。
So what does that reveal about where each word belongs?
每个字的角色将如何决定其放置的位置?
Let's start with the difference between subject and object.
我们从主格和受格之间的差别开始吧。
Imagine the subject as the actor in a sentence and the object as the word that is acted upon.
想像一下主格是句子里的行动者,而受格是接受行动的字。
"I invited her but she invited me."
例如:我(主格I)邀请她(受格her),但她(主格She)邀请我(受格me)。
The object can also be the object of a preposition.
受格也可以是介词的受格。
"She danced around me, while he shimmied up to me."
例如:她(主格She)绕着我(受格me)舞蹈,而他(主格he)向着我(受格me)西迷舞过来。
In some languages, like Latin and Russian, most nouns have different forms that distinguish subjects from objects.
在一些语言中,像拉丁文和俄文多数的名词都有不同的形式来区别主格和受格。
However, in English, that's only true of pronouns.
但是在英文里面,只有代名词有这样的特性。
But so long as you know how to distinguish subjects from objects, you can figure out what belongs where.
但只要你会区分主格和受格,你就自然知道什么字该放在什么地方。