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Caucasiafro t1_j6l29sz wrote

Reply to comment by AbleReporter565 in ELI5: Why does the order of adjectives matter? by AbleReporter565

Yes "me" is for when you are a object of a sentence (the thing being acted on) "I" is for when you are the subject of the sentence (the thing doing the action)

Like

I hit the ball. (correct, because you are the subject)

The ball hit me. (correct, because you are the object)

Me hit the ball (incorrect)

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AbleReporter565 OP t1_j6l2p9i wrote

Took me a few reads but that actually makes sense, thanks

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breckenridgeback t1_j6l5mtm wrote

If you ever learn a foreign language, this is an example of grammatical case, which English usually doesn't mark (pronouns are the exception to that rule), but which a lot of other languages do on all nouns.

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neverfarts t1_j6la2gm wrote

Like in German, which has 3 genders (Grammatically speaking) and 4 cases. Each gender has its own version of 'a' and 'the' and these decline according to case, resulting in many possible combinations.

Bonus: the female Form is written as male in certain cases, just to keep you on your toes.

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Caucasiafro t1_j6lkx1t wrote

German cases and genders are so weird. For me the fact that die is both nominative and accusative feminine is the most confusing part. Somehow neuter staying as das makes mir sense.

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darrellbear t1_j6ldbpy wrote

Also, put others before yourself--it's not "Me and my friends went to the movies", it's "My friends and I went to the movies".

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f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4 t1_j6lysdy wrote

Easy to remember that if you're using the correct form, it still makes sense when it's split up.

My friends went to the movies.

I went to the movies.

Me went to the movies. 🤪

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