(linguistics)sign(specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to a word in spoken languages)
flash,jiffy(very short, unspecified length of time)
Ska vi gå hem till dig eller hem tillmig, ellervar och en hem till sitt? Ska vi göra som dom andra ochägna oss åt varandra, eller ska var och en sköta sitt?
Shall we go to your place ["home to you" – idiomatic] or to my place [home tome], or each one ["each and one" – idiomatic] home to theirs [nominalized – neuter gender is used when there is no concretereferent, like in impersonal constructions and here, as a rule of thumb]? Shall we do like the others and spend time on each other [engage in each other as an activity – doesn't have the connotations of "devote"], or shall each one mind [take care of] theirs [nominalized]?
Det finns bara en avmig och det är jag. Det finns bara en av dig och det är du. Det finns bara två av oss, och det är vi.
There is only one ofme and that is I. There is only one of you [object] and that is you [subject]. There are only two of us, and that is us [we – subject]. [Swedish has some of the same subject/object fuzziness as English, but a standalone "Det är <pronoun>" idiomatically (through intuition rather than being taught) uses the subject form]
Note that some verbs have special senses when used reflexively. For example, do not confusejag lär mig att... ("I learn to...") [reflexive] withdu lär mig att... ("you teach me to...") andjag lär mig själv att... ("I teach myself to..."). Here,lär meansteach(es) if it is not reflexive, butlearn(s) if it is reflexive. Hence the need for the separate pronoun "mig själv" to be used when object and subject agree, but the verb nevertheless should not be used in the reflexive case.
Mej (along withdej) was popular as a semi-informal spelling around the 1970s to 1980s (as well as long before that, separately), and is therefore seen in many old song lyrics, for example. Usage has now mostly reverted back tomig.
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