mij

See also: мій and мий

Afrikaans

Pronoun

mij

  1. Obsolete spelling of my

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • me (muted)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mi, from Old Dutch mī, from Proto-Germanic *miz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛi̯/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: mij
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯
  • Homophone: mei

Pronoun

mij

  1. objective form of ik (“I”): me
    Geef dat aan mij. ― Give that to me.

Declension
Dutch personal pronouns
subject object possessive reflexive genitive5
singular full unstr. full unstr. full unstr. pred.
1st person ik 'k1 mij me mijn m'n1 mijne me mijner, mijns
2nd person jij je jou je jouw je jouwe je jouwer, jouws
2nd person archaic or regiolectal gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person masculine hij ie1 hem 'm1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
3rd person feminine zij ze haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 hare zich harer, haars
3rd person neuter het 't1 het 't1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
plural
1st person wij we ons – ons, onze2 – onze ons onzer, onzes
2nd person jullie je jullie je jullie je – je –
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person zij ze hen3, hun4 ze hun – hunne zich hunner, huns
1) Not as common in written language.
2) Inflected as an adjective.
3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative).
4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative).		 5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions.
6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural.

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: my
  • Jersey Dutch: māi
  • Negerhollands: mi, mie

Lule Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Northern Sami mii and Southern Sami mij.

Pronoun

mij

  1. what
    Mij la duv namma?
    What is your name?

Inflection

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Marshallese

Pronunciation
  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [mʲitʲ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /mʲitʲ/
  • Bender phonemes: {mij}

Noun

mij

  1. Alternative spelling of mej

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɪʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪʒ

Noun

mij f

  1. mist

Pite Sami

Etymology

Cognates include Northern Sami mii and Skolt Sami mij.

Pronoun

mij

  1. we

Declension
Inflection of mij
singular dual plural
Nominative Simple mån måj mij
Emphatic månnå måjå mija
Genitive muv munuo mijá
Accusative muv månov mijáv
Illative munje munnuj mijjaj
Inessive muvne munuon miján
Elative muvste munuost mijást
Comitative mujna munujn mijájn

See also
Pite Sami personal pronouns
singular dual plural
simple emphatic simple emphatic simple emphatic
1st person mån månnå måj måjå mij mija
2nd person dån dånnå dåj dåjå dij dija
3rd person sån sånnå såj såjå sij sija

References
  • Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press

Skolt Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

mij

  1. we (plural)

Southern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

mij

  1. (interrogative) what
  2. (relative) which, that

Inflection

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

White Hmong

Etymology

From Vietnamese mì, Thai หมี่ (mìi), or Lao ໝີ່ (mī), ultimately from Teochew 麵／面 (min7, “noodles”) or Hokkien 麵／面 (mī, “noodles”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mi˥˧/

Noun

mij

  1. vermicelli, noodle(s)
  2. noodle soup
  3. rice noodle
  4. noodle made of wheat flour
  5. (slang, colloquial) noodle, in general

See also
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