Kilo Lingo

/ˈmio/

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Translation

mine (masculine)

Word origin

From Latin meus ('my, mine'). The stressed possessive contrasts with the shortened determiner mi.

Origin
Latin
Root
meus
English cognates
my, mine

Examples

, fila.

That seat is mine, you have got the wrong row.

, .

The problem is not mine, but the whole company's.

recomendo .

A friend of mine recommended that book to me last year.

, deporte.

Music has always been my thing, not sport.

, pasada.

These shoes are mine, I bought them last week.

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