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mah

pron.
C2 Proficiency US //ˈmɑ// mah Informal

pron. a casual way to say 'my'. You use it in very informal writing or texting to sound relaxed or to show a specific accent.

pron. a non-standard, phonetic spelling of the first-person possessive determiner 'my'. Used primarily in digital communication or to represent specific regional dialects in writing.


SIMPLE

I need to go find mah keys.

CONTEXTUAL

He texted his friend saying he was on mah way to the party.

COMPLEX

The author uses eye-dialect like 'mah' and 'gonna' to establish the protagonist's informal, colloquial voice within the first few pages of the novel.

Usage

Functions as a possessive determiner; used exclusively in highly informal or dialectal contexts.

Pitfall

This is mah.This is mine.Mah is a casual form of the possessive adjective 'my', not the possessive pronoun 'mine'.

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