Meaning

4 senses
  1. First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.

    Belonging to me.

    I can't find my book.

    mein

    мойmoj, моя́mojá, моёmojó

    мійmij

  2. Associated with me.

    My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable.

    Don't you know my name?

  3. Related to me.

    My parents won't let me go out tonight.

  4. In the possession of me.

    I have to take my books back to the library soon.

Examples

73467 sentences
  1. I'm going to take my car.

    Я візьму машину. — deniko

    deIch werde das Auto nehmen. — Sprachprofi

  2. You may use my new car.

    Можеш скористатися моєю новою машиною. — miketheknight

    ruМожете взять мою новую машину. — marafon

    deDu darfst meinen neuen Wagen benutzen. — Dejo

  3. Don't put it on my desk.

    Не клади його мені на стіл. — deniko

    ruНе на моей парте! — Olya

    deLeg es nicht auf meinen Schreibtisch! — Manfredo

  4. English is not my native language.

    Англійська - не рідна мені мова. — sadxaka

    ruАнглийский — не родной мне язык. — Hellerick

    deEnglisch ist nicht meine Muttersprache. — MUIRIEL

  5. English has become my favorite subject.

    Англійська мова стала моїм улюбленим предметом. — deniko

    ruАнглийский стал моим любимым предметом. — Ann74

    deEnglisch ist mein Lieblingsfach geworden. — MUIRIEL

Translations

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Origin

From Middle English mi, my, apocopated form of min, myn, from Old English mīn (“my, mine”)

From Middle English mi, my, apocopated form of min, myn, from Old English mīn (“my, mine”), from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.) (possessive of *ek (“I”)), from Proto-Indo-European *méynos (“my; mine”).

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