About this word

Mise is an emphatic subject pronoun, first person singular, that means I.

Notes

Not to be confused with muise! / mhuise! / muis!, a common exclamation that means, broadly, indeed! / certainly!; also my goodness! Generally used as the very first or very last word in a sentence, or on its own.

The subject pronouns in Irish (conjunctive)

The subject of a sentence is the entity that performs the action of the verb. Thus, pronouns used in place of the subject are called subject pronouns.

• mé (not 'Mé'): I.*
• tú: you.
• sé: he; it (masculine).
• sí: she; it (feminine).
• sinn (Munster) / muid (Connacht ⁊ Ulster): we.*
• sibh: ye (plural).
• siad: they.

*But see the examples.

Examples

• Tá mé: I am. (Connacht ⁊ Ulster.)
• Táim: I am. (Munster; never 'tá mé'.)
• Tá tú: you are.
• Tá sé: he / it is.
• Tá sí: she / it is.
• Tá muid: we are. (Connacht ⁊ Ulster.)
• Táimíd: we are. (Munster; never 'tá sinn'.)
• Tá sibh: ye are.
• Tá siad: they are.

The same subject pronouns' emphatic forms (conjunctive)

• mise (not 'Mise'): I.*
• tusa: you.
• seisean: he; it (masculine).
• sise: she; it (feminine).
• sinn-ne (Munster) / muide (Connacht) / muid-ne (Ulster; pronounced, roughly, 'mwij-ING-yi'): we.*
• sibh-se: ye (plural).
• siad-san: they.

*But again, see the examples.

Examples

• Tá mise: I am. (Connacht ⁊ Ulster.)
• Táim-se: I am. (Munster; never 'tá mise'.)
• Tá tusa: you are.
• Tá seisean: he / it is.
• Tá sise: she / it is.
• Tá muide: we are. (Connacht.)
• Táimíd-ne: we are. (Munster; never 'tá sinn-ne'.)
• Tá muid-ne: we are. (Ulster.)
• Tá sibh-se: ye are.
• Tá siad-san: they are.