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Maɪ Determiner Passport Feet Cold Goodness Time Speaking

Word3 my
WordType (determiner)
Phonetic /maɪ/ /maɪ/
Example
  • where's my passport?
  • my feet are cold.
  • my goodness! look at the time.
  • oh my! what are we going to do?
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my

(determiner)/maɪ/ /maɪ/
  1. of or belonging to the speaker or writer
    • Where's my passport?
    • My feet are cold.
  2. used in exclamations to express surprise, etc.
    • My goodness! Look at the time.
    • Oh my! What are we going to do?
    • My my Megan, I do believe you 're jealous!
  3. used when speaking to somebody, to show love
    • my dear/darling/love
  4. used when speaking to somebody that you consider to have a lower status than you
    • My dear girl, you're wrong.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English mi (originally before words beginning with any consonant except h-), reduced from min, from Old English mīn, of Germanic origin.
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