When you call your wife ( one of sweet ways), you call ' mình' . When you use 'mình' to reference yourself with your friends or some strangers who you think the similar age with you. This case makes you look friendlier than ' tôi'.

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MÌNH: 1. I (kindly and nicely used among friends). 2. YOU ( refered to YOUR OWN SPOUSE, but this is really old used). 3. ONESELF/ONESELVES (Nó tưởng là mình thông minh lắm đấy). 4. WE (kindly and nicely used among friends)

-"Mình" mean "wife": Mình mua cho tôi hai thước vải -"Mình" mean "I" : Hôm nay mình bị cảm , use "Mình" with the person that you know (for example: your friend). - usually use "Tôi" when you talk with the person that you don't know. ( strange person).

I know that "tôi" means "I" and is neutral. What about "mình"? In my pocket grammar reference, it means "we" and is informal. In some texts, I saw it mean: "I", "You" and "he/they" Examples: (from an online dictionary) I : Hôm nay mình bị cảm ( my self) You ̣(informal, according to the dictionary) : Mình mua cho tôi hai thước vải ( "minh " in this case mean Wife or husband . it is used in the North Vietnam) He/they: Nó tưởng là mình thông minh lắm đấy ( that mean : himsefl) In which case is "mình" used? Is it commonly employed?