/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.
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