NEW WORD FORMS It’s not always clear when you’re looking at a new word, and when you’re looking at a new word form. Take the word my, for instance. My isn’t really a new word; it’s just a different form of the word I. Intuitively, you might not think this, but if I said to you, “I favorite monkey’s name is George,” you would probably correct me with “My favorite monkey’s name is George.” When you start learning your target language, you won’t necessarily notice these sorts of connections, and if you don’t, it’s not a problem. You’ll learn my as if it was a new vocabulary word, in the same way
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