мөн

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Mongolian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mongolic *mön (real, true, the same). Compare East Yugur min.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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мөн (mön) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠥᠨ (mön))

  1. (attributively) this (the same)

Adjective

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мөн (mön)

  1. real, genuine

Verb

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мөн (mön)

  1. is (the same)
    Энэ чинь та нарын надад хэлээд байсан нөгөө отгон дүү чинь мөн үү?
    Ene činʹ ta naryn nadad xeleed bajsan nögöö otgon düü činʹ mön üü?
    Is this your youngest brother of whom you spoke to me?

Usage notes

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  • This copula can only be used to equate two nouns, it cannot be used to connect a noun with an attribute like юм (jüm).

Antonyms

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Adverb

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мөн (mön)

  1. also, too, likewise

Derived terms

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