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 |san <small>[sã]/[san]</small>, sine <small>[sin]</small>
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-'san' in the [sã] pronunciation is a homophone of 'sang', meaning blood. The alternate forms 'mi(ne)', 'ti(ne)', 'sine', similar to Alpheratz 'mu(n)', 'tu(n)', 'su(n)' system (only the roundness parameter distinguishes vowels i [i] and u [y]), originate from Spanish 'mi' or English 'my' and Swedish 'min', 'din', as well as from the gender neutral reflexive possessive pronoun 'sin'<ref>Duolingo Wiki: ''Swedish Skills. Possessives''. Online at:https://duolingo.fandom.com/wiki/Swedish_Skill:Possessives.</ref> — the last one having no optional '-ne' ending to avoid homophony with 'si', meaning 'if'.
+'san' in the [sã] pronunciation is a homophone of 'sang', meaning blood. The alternate forms 'mi(ne)', 'ti(ne)', 'sine', similar to Alpheratz 'mu(n)', 'tu(n)', 'su(n)' system (only the roundness parameter distinguishes the vowel i [i] from u [y]), originate from Spanish 'mi' or English 'my' and Swedish 'min', 'din', as well as from the gender neutral reflexive possessive pronoun 'sin'<ref>Duolingo Wiki: ''Swedish Skills. Possessives''. Online at:https://duolingo.fandom.com/wiki/Swedish_Skill:Possessives.</ref> — the last one having no optional '-ne' ending to avoid homophony with 'si', meaning 'if'.
 ==== Demonstrative adjective ====