мөн

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mon" and Appendix:Variations of "men"

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *mön (“real, true, the same”). Compare East Yugur min.

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /moŋ/, [mʊŋ]

Pronoun

мөн • (mön) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠥᠨ (mön))

1. (attributively) this (the same)

Adjective

мөн • (mön)

1. real, genuine

Verb

мөн • (mön)

1. is (the same)

   Энэ чинь та нарын надад хэлээд байсан нөгөө отгон дүү чинь мөн үү?

   Ene činʹ ta naryn nadad xeleed bajsan nögöö otgon düü činʹ mön üü?

   Is this your youngest brother of whom you spoke to me?

Usage notes

• This copula can only be used to equate two nouns, it cannot be used to connect a noun with an attribute like юм (jüm).

Antonyms

• биш (biš)

Adverb

мөн • (mön)

1. also, too, likewise

Derived terms

• мөн чанар (mön čanar, “essence, nature”)
• мөнөө (mönöö, “just now”)
• мөнөөх (mönööx, “the same one”)