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Word

mah

Phoneticsmah

/ˈmɑ/

Definition

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.

Examples

“I need to go find mah keys.”

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

“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.”

Examples

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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Level
C2 · Proficiency
Frequency
Frequent
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