Yo vs. Me - Differences and Usages
I have always been a little bit confused between. "Yo," and "Me." What is the different between the two? How do I know when to use which one?
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You have 4 things to confuse: yo, me, mí, and mi.
yo= I- when it is the subject of the verb in the clause. Frequently dropped in Spanish and you sound funny if you overuse it.
me= me, as a direct or indirect object of a verb
mí= me, as the object of a preposition
mi= my- this is not a pronoun, rather a possessive adjective.
I suppose I could add mía, mío, mías, míos which are the long forms of mí.
Perhaps you are learning some verbs like: llamarse and lavarse which are used with the reflexive pronoun me. As bosquederoble answered you do not use yo very much in Spanish because "I" is included in the verb ending for the tense.
If you learned to say Yo me llamo Lacy = "My name is Lacy", you need to know that the word "yo" is not necessary, and it means literally "I call me Lacy." So you can just say Me llamo Lacy.
To say "I am washing my hands" you say Me lavo las manos, which literally means "I wash me the hands."
Remember that sometimes what you say in Spanish needs to be understood differently in English.
