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私の means my? So why does it appear in this sentence?

私の方こそ聞きたいですね　

Which translates to 'How? That's what I'd like to know.'
Can Someone please give me a break down of this sentence？

Thank you :)

RAIJIN
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    How do you read 方? Please take a look at https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/11023/1628 (and the comments on the answer). Does this help? – Earthliŋ Jan 16 '18 at 08:17
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    `translates to 'How? That's what I'd like to know.'` -- Where did you get the translation? – Chocolate Jan 16 '18 at 11:49

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The 方 in the noun phrase "Xの方" designates X as a "side" involved in a given matter or event. It is used to highlight the division of a matter/event between its participants, and picks out particular one of them.

So in「私の方こそ聞きたいですね」, "私の方" picks out "私" (as the subject of the sentence) from among the participants/sides, with the event in question being the present conversation.

The sentence says it is 私, not other participant(s)/side(s) in the conversation -- namely, "you", presumably -- who should want to ask the question (whatever that is). Translation:

That's what I would like to ask. (with emphasis on "I")

Here the の is the genitive particle: "私"→"I"; "私の" → "my"; 私の方→"my side"

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