mij

See also: мій and мий

Translingual

Symbol

mij

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Mungbam.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Mungbam terms

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/

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• Hyphenation: mij
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯
• Homophone: mei

Pronoun

mij

1. me; first-person singular objective personal pronoun

   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	u, zich7	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
3rd person gender-neutral8	hen	–	hen	–	hun	–	hunne	zich	hunner, huns
plural	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	pred.
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	u, zich7	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, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people").
⁷⁾ Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronoun u, e.g. Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronoun u is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g. U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Only u can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g. Meld u aan! 'Log in!', where u is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, both u and zich are equally possible, e.g. U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.'
⁸⁾ Not officially recognized in standard Dutch. It has gained popularity, especially in mainstream media and queer circles, as a respectful term for non-binary individuals.

Derived terms

• mijzelf, mezelf

Descendants

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

Lule Sami

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Uralic *mi. 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^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetics) 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

From Proto-Samic *mij, from Proto-Uralic *me. 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

From Proto-Samic *mij, from Proto-Uralic *me.

Pronoun

mij

1. we (plural)

Southern Sami

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Uralic *mi.

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^[2], 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

• fawm