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'''{{tp|mi}}''' is {{a category}} [[content word]] and the only standard {{w|Firstfirst-person pronoun|first-person}} [[pronoun]] in [[Toki Pona]].

The word {{tp|mi}} is derived from both {{w|Esperanto}} ''{{lang|eo|{{wt|mi#Esperantowikt|mi}}}}'', itself from the third-person oblique pronoun in {{w|Romance languages|Romance}} and {{w|Germanic languages}}, and {{w|English language|English}} ''{{wt|me#Englishwikt|me}}''.<ref name="etym">{{cite etym}}</ref><ref>{{tok|jan inwin}}. [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t-pjAgZDyKPXcCRnEdATFQOxGbQFMjZm-8EvXiQd2Po/edit?usp=sharing {{tok|nimi ale pona}} (2nd ed.)]. ''Google Sheets''. Retrieved 13 October 2023.</ref>

The word {{tp|mi}} doesis nota markfirst-person [[number]]pronoun, sowhich asdoes anot mark [[headnumber]], it can mean "''I/'', ''me"'', ''we'', and "we/''us"''. As a [[modifier]], it usually implies possession, as in "''my"'' and "''our".''

For {{ku|en}}, respondents in {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} translated these English words as {{tp|mi}}:<ref>{{cite ku|<!--page number-->285}}</ref>

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