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See also: Appendix:Variations of "my"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Myanmar, formerly Burma, where Burmese is spoken.

Symbol

my

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Burmese.

See also

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (stressed) enPR: mī IPA(key): /maɪ/
    • (Canada, Dialectal) IPA(key): /mʌɪ/, [məi̯]
    • Audio (US):(file)
  • (unstressed) IPA(key): /maɪ/, /mə/
    • (UK, Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): /mɪ/, /mi/
  • (Ireland, Scouse, some speakers) IPA(key): /mi/
  • Homophones: muh, me (some dialects)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Etymology 1

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”).

Cognate with West Frisian myn (“my”), Afrikaans my (“my”), Dutch mijn (“my”), German mein (“my”), Swedish min (“my”). More at me.

Determiner

my

  1. First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
    1. Belonging to me.
      I can't find my book.
    2. Associated with me.
      My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable.
      Don't you know my name?
      I recognised him because he had attended my school.
    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.
Derived terms
Translations
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More information personal pronoun, possessivepronoun ...
English personal pronouns

Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are in italics.

personal pronounpossessive
pronoun		possessive
determiner
subjective objective reflexive
first
person		singular I
me (colloquial)		memyself
me
mysen		minemy
mine (before vowels, archaic)
me
plural weusourselves
ourself
oursen		oursour
second
person		singular standard
(historically
formal)		 youyouyourself
yoursen		yours
yourn (obsolete outside dialects)		your
archaic
(historically
informal)		 thoutheethyself
theeself
thysen		thinethy
thine (before vowels)
plural standard you
ye (archaic)		youyourselvesyours
yourn (obsolete outside dialects)		your
colloquial you all
y'all
you guys		you all
y'all
you guys		y'allselvesy'all's
you guys'
your guys' (proscribed)		y'all's
your all's (nonstandard)
you guys'
your guys' (proscribed)
informal /
dialectal		 (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries)
third
person		 singular masculine hehimhimself
hisself (archaic)
hissen		his
hisn (obsolete outside dialects)		his
feminine sheherherself
hersen		hers
hern (obsolete outside dialects)		her
neuter it
hit		it
hit		itself
hitself		its
his (archaic)		its
his (archaic)
hits
genderless1 theythemthemself, themselvestheirstheir
nonspecific
(formal)		 oneoneoneself–one's
plural theythem
hem, 'em		themselves
theirsen		theirs
theirn (obsolete outside dialects)		their

1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronouns.

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Etymology 2

An abbreviation of an oath such as my word or my Lord

Interjection

my

  1. Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
    My, what big teeth you have!
Derived terms

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Dutch mij.

Pronoun

my (subject ek)

  1. me (object)
Alternative forms
  • mij (obsolete)
  • mijn (obsolete, rare)

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More information subjective, objective ...
Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive
determiner		 possessive
pronoun
singular 1st ek my myne
2nd jy jou joune
2nd, formal u u s’n
3rd masc hy hom sy syne
fem sy haar hare
neut dit sy syne
plural 1st ons ons s’n
2nd julle / jul1 julle s’n
3rd hulle / hul1 hulle s’n
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1 The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Etymology 2

From Dutch mijn.

Determiner

my

  1. my; of me
Alternative forms

See also

More information subjective, objective ...
Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive
determiner		 possessive
pronoun
singular 1st ek my myne
2nd jy jou joune
2nd, formal u u s’n
3rd masc hy hom sy syne
fem sy haar hare
neut dit sy syne
plural 1st ons ons s’n
2nd julle / jul1 julle s’n
3rd hulle / hul1 hulle s’n
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1 The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Cameroon Pidgin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Determiner

my

  1. 1st person singular possessive determiner

See also

More information singular, plural ...
Cameroon Pidgin possessive determiners
singular plural
1st person my we
2nd person your wuna
3rd person yi dia
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Chinese Pidgin English

Etymology

From English my.

Pronoun

my

  1. I (subject pronoun)
    Synonyms: I, me
    • 1836 January, “Jargon spoken at Canton: how it originated and has grown into use; mode in which the Chinese learn English; examples of the language in common use between foreigners and Chinese”, in The Chinese Repository, volume IV, number 9, page 433:
      ‘My wanchee takee go away alla this cover, putee nother piece,’ replied I.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. me (object pronoun)
    Synonym: me
  3. my (possessive pronoun)

Cornish

Alternative forms

  • (Revived Late Cornish) me

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mi, from Proto-Celtic *mī. Cognate with Breton me, Irish mé, Manx mee, Scottish Gaelic mi, and Welsh mi.

Pronoun

my

  1. I, me
    My a welas.
    I saw.

See also

More information number, person ...
Cornish personal pronouns
number person independent
(subject)		 suffixed infixed possessive
(dependent)
enclitic emphatic reduced
singular first my vy evy ma, a 'm owA
second ty jy, sy1 tejy ta, a 'thM dhaS
third2 m ev ev eev va, a 'n yS
f hi hi hyhi N/A 's hyA
plural first ni ni nyni 'gan, 'n agan, 'gan
second3 hwi hwi hwyhwi 'gas, 's agas, 'gas
third i i ynsi 's agaA, 'gaA
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1 Uncommon.
2 hun and ins have been suggested as non-binary 3rd person singular pronouns, though these have not yet officially adopted.
3 Infrequently used as a formal alternative to the singular.

S Triggers soft mutation A Triggers aspirate mutation M Triggers mixed mutation

Mutation

More information unmutated, soft ...
Mutation of my
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixedmixed after 'th
my vy unchanged unchanged fy vy
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech my, from Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

my

  1. we

Declension

More information plural, nominative ...
plural
nominative my
genitive nás
dative nám
accusative nás
vocative —
locative nás
instrumental námi
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Declension of my (pl-only animate pronoun)
More information singular, plural ...
Czech personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person já my
2nd person familiar ty vy
polite vy
3rd person m on oni1
f ona ony
n ono ona
reflexive sebe, se (clitic)
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1 animate referents only, for inanimate ones ony is used.

Further reading

  • “my”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “my”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “my”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Noun

my n (singular definite myet, plural indefinite myer)

  1. The Greek letter μ (mu)

Declension

More information neuter gender, singular ...
Declension of my
neuter
gender		 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative my myet myer myerne
genitive mys myets myers myernes
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Noun

my c

  1. micron

Synonyms

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Pronoun

my

  1. Obsolete spelling of mij.

Usage notes

Egyptian

Etymology

From mj (“like”) +‎ -j (adverbializing suffix).

Pronunciation

Adverb

miii
  1. likewise
  2. accordingly

References

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 86.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *nos.

Pronoun

my pl

  1. we

Declension

More information Singular, Dual ...
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ja mej my
Genitive mě
(after preposition) mnjo		 naju nas
Dative mě
(after preposition) mnjo		 nama nam
Accusative mě
(after preposition) mnjo		 naju nas
Instrumental mnu nama nami
Locative mnjo nama nas
Possessive determiner mój naju naš
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Declension of the first-person pronouns

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish má, from Proto-Celtic *mā, *ma (compare Cornish and Breton mar), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂.

Conjunction

my

  1. if

Middle English

Determiner

my (subjective pronoun I)

  1. Alternative form of mi

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *my.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

my

  1. we (first person plural)

Declension

More information Singular, 1st person ...
Singular 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
Nominative jáz, já ty —
Genitive mne, mě tebe, tě sebe, sě
Dative mně, mi tobě, ti sobě, si
Accusative mě, mne tě, tebe sě, sebe
Locative mně tobě sobě
Instrumental mnú tobú, tebú sobú, sebú
Possessive mój tvój svój
Dual 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
Nominative vě, va, ma vy —
Genitive najú vajú sebe, sě
Dative náma váma sobě, si
Accusative ny, najú vy, vajú sě, sebe
Locative najú vajú sobě
Instrumental náma váma sobú, sebú
Possessive náš, najú váš, vajú svój
Plural 1st person 2nd person Reflexive
Nominative my vy —
Genitive nás vás sebe, sě
Dative nám, nem vám, vem sobě, si
Accusative ny, nás vy, vás sě, sebe
Locative nás vás sobě
Instrumental námi vámi sobú, sebú
Possessive náš váš svój
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Declension of the personal pronouns

Descendants

  • Czech: my

References

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *my. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

my

  1. we; first person plural
  2. we; I royal first person plural

Declension

More information plural, dual ...
plural dual
nominative my wa
genitive nas naju
dative nam nama
accusative nas wa
instrumental nami nama
locative nas naju
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Declension of my

Descendants

  • Polish: my
  • Silesian: my

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “my, ny (?)”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

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