You and me

Question

I would like to know if this type of expression can be expressed in several ways:

You and me

Me and you

You and I

I and you

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

All are correct except I and you. Although, the best way to say it would be to say "you and I" or "you and me"....it is a way of being polite, by putting yourself last, and the person you are talking to (or the person you are talking about), first.

OK, "you and I" and "you and me". - nila45, Feb 20, 2010

Answer 2

"You and I" can be used as a subject to a sentence. ex) You and I are friends.

"You and me" or "me and you" can be used as the direct object of a sentence. ex) The gift is for you and me. or The gift is for me and you.

"I and you" is incorrect.

Many native English speakers have trouble with this grammar and you might hear "You and me" used as a subject and "You and I" used as a direct object. There is also some discrepancy between spoken English and traditional guidelines. For example: "It is I" is technically correct because a pronoun following the verb "to be" should be in the same form as the word before the verb. However, "It's me." sounds better in informal conversation.

It could be argued that "Last week, the best students were you and I." and "Last week, the best students were you and me." are both correct

Answer 3

Sorry. I was trying to say the typical sentence.

I am going to explain. I was talking to a person, I wanted to say what "you" and "your" mean. Then an idea occurred to me. And that moment, I said: you and me. Me and you. And the other is: my pencil, your pencil. That is the difference between "you" and "your". Alba, can you understand the function I am trying to apply?

The problem is that "you" and "your" has the same translation in Spanish (tu). And at first, it can be a bit difficult to explain the difference.

your is a possessive adjective, describing who owns the thing it describes. - Goyo, Feb 20, 2010

But in writing, you = tú, and your = tu (or tuyo) so they are different in Spanish. - Luciente, Feb 20, 2010

Answer 4

Possessive prounouns = my, your, her, his, its, our, their

With the exception of "his," which acts as both an adjective and a pronoun, the rest of these are actually possessive adjectives.

Possessive pronoun would be: Mine, yours, his, hers, theirs, ours

Your right. Thanks. I'll correct that. - alba3, Feb 20, 2010

Answer 5

I'm not quite sure that I understand the question.

Subject case of pronouns = I, you, he, she, it, we, they

Object case of pronouns = me, you, him, her, it, us, them

Possessive adjective case of pronouns = my, your, her, his, its, our, their

ex.) You have your book. = Tú tienes tu libro.

Es mi libro. Pass it to me. = Es mi libro. Pásemelo

Answer 6

Do you mean the difference between subject pronouns and possessive adjectives? If this is the case then

I refers directly to the speaker

my refers to an object that the speaker possesses, and it defines this relationship of the object to the possessor (the speaker in this case)

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You refers directly to the person that the speaker is talking to

Your refers to an object that the person(s) that the speaker is talking to possesses and it defines this relationship of the object to the possessor (the person(s) being spoken to in this case)