Use mēs for the nominative subject we, and use the oblique forms when the group is an owner, object, recipient, or location.
Common mistakes
Mēs ir takes the wrong verb form, and mūsu cannot replace mēs as the subject.
Etymology
From earlier and dialectal mes, with vowel lengthening, inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mes and related to older Indo-European forms for we. The oblique forms were reshaped by analogy with second-person plural jūs.
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Cobalt Impala
Jul 2
i typed mes for weeks before someone finally said the line over e matters 😭
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Earnest Gull
Jul 8
mes exists in old or dialect stuff too, but yeah for normal standard Latvian you want mēs
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Crimson Bobcat
Jun 30
For English lets, dont hunt for mēs. Ejam pie manis can be let's go to my place, and mēs ejam pie manis is more like we are going to my place
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Candid Coyote
Jun 21
Mēs also does not say if the listener is inside the we. If it matters, Latvians just spell the group out: mēs ar tevi, mēs ar jums, mēs ar Annu. That bit feels odd in English but its normal Latvian.
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Noble Koala
Jun 19
my teacher kept crossing out my extra mēs. If the verb already says first person plural, šodien strādājam no mājām is fine. Put mēs back when you mean WE, not those other people.