/mi/
Translation
my
Word origin
From Latin mi, shortened from meus ('my'). The possessive determiner derives from the same root as the stressed pronoun mi ('me').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- meus
- English cognates
- my, mine
Examples
.
My mother works at the hospital in the centre.
, .
That is my book, not yours.
, .
My car is outside, in the street.
Sevilla .
My sisters have lived in Seville for years.
acuerda.
Today is my birthday and no one remembers.
Mi is the first-person singular possessive determiner in Spanish, always placed before the noun it modifies. Unlike the stressed pronoun mío/mía, which can follow the noun or stand alone, mi is a clitic form that never carries an accent mark and cannot appear without a following noun.
A common pitfall for English speakers is confusing mi (my) with mí (me, stressed pronoun used after prepositions). "A mi me gusta" is a typical spoken error - the correct written form is "A mí me gusta," where mí carries an accent to distinguish it from the possessive determiner.
Used in
Stories
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Pedro conoce a alguien
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A Paula le duele todo
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Alguien que lo haya visto
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El correo a la jefa
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El mejor café de la calle
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El nuevo doctor de Paula
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Es importante que descanses
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Espero que vengáis
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La aventura de Sofía
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La fábrica de madera
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La llamada
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La promesa de Lucía
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Laura busca piso
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Lleva toda la mañana
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No creo que sea grave
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Pasen y siéntense
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Por lo tanto, decidimos
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Se vende la camioneta
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Tú y tu hermano
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Una organización imposible
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¡Vaya sorpresa!
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El primer día de Laura
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Los puestos del sábado
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Spanish Demonstratives: este, ese, aquel and the Three-Way Distance Split
The Spanish Diacritic Accent: tú vs tu, sí vs si, qué vs que
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Spanish False Friends (Part 2): molestar, recordar, soportar, pretender
Spanish Fixed Similes: dormir como un tronco, más bueno que el pan, terco como una mula
Spanish Imperfect: hablaba, comía, vivía and Only Three Irregulars
The Spanish Infinitive as a Noun and After Prepositions (antes de salir, al llegar)
Advanced Spanish Negation: ni, sino vs pero, tampoco, ni siquiera
Spanish Noun Gender: The -o/-a Rule, the Ending Patterns, and the Exceptions Worth Memorising
Spanish Perception Verbs + Infinitive or Gerund: la vi salir, lo oí cantando
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The Spanish Pluperfect Subjunctive and Conditional Perfect (hubiera hablado, habría hablado)
The Spanish Pluperfect (había hablado)
Por vs Para in Spanish: Cause vs Goal, and Every Use That Follows
Spanish Possessive Pronouns: el mío, el tuyo, el suyo and the Long Possessives
Spanish Possessives: mi, tu, su and Why Agreement Trips Beginners
Spanish Prepositional Pronouns (para mí, conmigo, entre tú y yo)
Spanish Compound Prepositions and Tricky Choices: delante de, a pesar de, soñar con
Spanish Prepositions: de, a, en, con, por, para and the Two Contractions
Spanish Present Perfect: he hablado, ha vivido, hemos visto
Preterite vs Imperfect: How to Choose Between the Two Spanish Past Tenses
Spanish Preterite: hablé, comí, viví and the Big Irregular Group
Spanish Quantifiers: mucho, poco, demasiado, todo, cada (mucha gente vs trabaja mucho)
Spanish Register: tu vs usted, vosotros vs ustedes (and how formal to be)
Advanced Spanish Relative Pronouns: el que, el cual, lo cual and cuyo
Spanish Relative Pronouns: que, quien, lo que, donde and cuando
Reported Speech in Spanish: tense backshift (dice que, dijo que)
Saber vs Conocer: The Two Spanish Verbs for 'To Know'
Ser vs Estar: The Two Spanish 'To Be' Verbs and When to Use Each
The Spanish Subjunctive in Relative Clauses (busco a alguien que sepa)
Spanish Superlatives: El Mejor, El Mas, and the -isimo Ending
Verbs of Becoming in Spanish: ponerse, hacerse, volverse, convertirse en, llegar a ser
Verbs with Prepositions in Spanish (Regimen Preposicional): the Fixed Verb + Preposition Pairs
Spanish Word Order: SVO, Pro-Drop and the Five Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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