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Sep 13, 2014 - 01:50 PM
mí with accent is "me". mi without accent is "my". For example El agua es para mí. mi casa es grande. Same with tú and tu: Qué quieres tú? tu auto es blanco.
Oct 21, 2014 - 07:29 AM
Hola Matthew
Back in level 1 session 4 you first saw "mí" in the structure "para mí" meaning "for me". And in session 7 you first came across "mi" as in "mi amiga". Here it's the possessive adjective "my".
So as Fabrice quite rightly pointed out "mí" (with accent) means "me" - the object pronoun - and "mi" (no accent) means "my" - the possessive adjective.
Just a quick note as Fabrice also mentioned "tu" and "tú".
We introduce the informal subject pronoun for "you" - "tú" in session 1 of level 2. So you might find it in phrases like:
¿De dónde eres tú? - Where are you(i) from?
Or just simply: ¿De dónde eres? - Where are (you(i)) from?
The possessive adjective here, so "your(i)" is "tu" (no accent) as in "tu amiga". And the object pronoun would be "ti" as in "para ti".
Back in level 1 session 4 you first saw "mí" in the structure "para mí" meaning "for me". And in session 7 you first came across "mi" as in "mi amiga". Here it's the possessive adjective "my".
So as Fabrice quite rightly pointed out "mí" (with accent) means "me" - the object pronoun - and "mi" (no accent) means "my" - the possessive adjective.
Just a quick note as Fabrice also mentioned "tu" and "tú".
We introduce the informal subject pronoun for "you" - "tú" in session 1 of level 2. So you might find it in phrases like:
¿De dónde eres tú? - Where are you(i) from?
Or just simply: ¿De dónde eres? - Where are (you(i)) from?
The possessive adjective here, so "your(i)" is "tu" (no accent) as in "tu amiga". And the object pronoun would be "ti" as in "para ti".