I'm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "im"

English

Alternative forms

I 'm (obsolete)

Etymology

Contraction of I am.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /aɪm/
(US) IPA^(key): /a(ɪ)m/
Audio (US) (file)
(unstressed, also) IPA^(key): /əm/, /ʌm/
Rhymes: -aɪm

Contraction

I’m

Contraction of I am.

Usage notes

The contraction I'm is not used when the word am would fall at the end of a clause. For example, in response to the question "Are you okay?", the reply "Yes, I'm okay" is widely used, while "Yes, I'm" (as a complete sentence) or even "Yes, I'm, but..." are never used, and would always be said as "Yes, I am" or "Yes, I am, but..." respectively.

Synonyms

am (informal or dialectal)
cham (West Country, obsolete)

Translations

Contraction

Arabic: أَنَا ... (ar) (ʔanā ...); أَكُونُ (ʔakūnu) (verb كان (ar) (kān) is rarely used in the present tense)
Catalan: jo sóc
Chinese:
Mandarin: 我是 (zh) (wǒ shì), 我... (zh) (wǒ ...) (是 (shì) is not used with adjectives)
Danish: jeg er
Dutch: ik ben ...
Esperanto: mi estas
Faroese: eg eri
Finnish: minä olen (fi), olen (fi); minulla on (fi), oon (fi)
French: chuis (fr)
Georgian: მე ვარ (me var)
German: ich bin ...
German Low German: ik bün

Low German:
Greek: είμαι (el) (eímai)
Hebrew: אני ... (he) (aní ...)
Hindi: मैं... हूँ (hi) (ma͠i... hū̃)
Hungarian: ... vagyok (hu)
Icelandic: ég er (is)
Ido: me esas
Italian: sono (it)
Japanese: 私は...です (ja) (watashi wa ... desu)
Korean: 저는 ...(이)예요 (ko) (jeo-neun ...(i)yeyo)
Macedonian: јас сум (jas sum)
Mongolian: би ... (mn) (bi ...)
Norwegian: jeg er (no)
Persian: ... هستم (fa) (... hastam), ... ام (fa) (... am) / ... ـم (fa) (... -am)
Polish: jestem ... (pl) (the following noun is in the instrumental, adjective is in the nominative case)
Portuguese: (eu) sou
Romanian: eu sunt, sunt (ro)
Scots: A'm
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ја сам

Roman: ja sam (sh)
Slovak: som ... (sk)
Slovene: jaz sem
Spanish: (yo) soy
Swedish: jag är
Thai: ผมเป็น... (th) m (pom bpen ...), ดิฉันเป็น... (th) f (dichan bpen ...), (เป็น (bpen) is not used with adjectives) ผม... (th) m (pom ...), ดิฉัน... (th) f (dichan ...)
Ukrainian: я ... (uk) (ja ...) (verb бути is not used in the present tense)
Vietnamese: tôi là ... (vi), (là is not used with adjectives) tôi ... (vi)
Yiddish: כ׳בין (kh'bin)
Yup'ik: wiinga ...-augua

Anagrams

MI, mi, mi.

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