[English] The Oxford 3000 Most Important Words
Maɪ Determiner Bre Passport Feet Cold Goodness Time
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my |
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(determiner) |
| Phonetic |
BrE / maɪ / NAmE / maɪ / |
| Example |
- where's my passport?
- my feet are cold.
- my goodness! look at the time!
- my dear/darling/love
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my(determiner)BrE / maɪ / NAmE / maɪ / - of or belonging to the speaker or writer
- Where's my passport?
- My feet are cold.
- used in exclamations to express surprise, etc.
- My goodness! Look at the time!
- used when addressing somebody, to show affection
- used when addressing 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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