A Room with a View — Page 7

Vocabulary

သည်

thì — Topic or subject marker particle in Burmese

သူတို့ကို

thù-tó-go — Them; object form of 'they'

လက်ခံမည်ဟု

lɛʔ-khàn-mɛ̀-hù — Stated that (they) will accept or receive

နီးပါး

ní-bá — Nearly; almost; approximately

တောက်လျှောက်

tauʔ-lʰauʔ — Throughout; all along; the entire way

ဝမ်းသာ

wùn-θà — Happy; glad; pleased; joyful

အားရစွာ

á-yà-zwà — Satisfyingly; with satisfaction; contentedly

ဆုံးဖြတ်

sóun-pʰjaʔ — To decide; to make a decision

လိုက်သည်။

laiʔ-thì — Followed; went along with; accompanied

သူတို့

thù-tó — They; them; third person plural pronoun

မည်သည့်

mɛ̀-thɛ̀ — Whichever; whatever; any (interrogative modifier)

ဘက်

bɛʔ — Side; direction; toward

ကြည့်

tɕʰì — To look; to watch; to observe

ကြင်နာ

tɕìn-nà — Caring; affectionate; kind; compassionate

သော

θɔ̀ — Relative clause particle; that; which; who

အမျိုးသမီး

ʔa-mjó-θa-mí — Woman; female; lady

များ

mjá — Many; plural marker; more

ပြုံး

pjóun — To smile; a smile

ရင်း

yín — While doing; as; familiar with; close to

အော်ဟစ်

ɔ́-hiʔ — To shout; to cry out; to yell

ကြ

tɕa — Plural verb particle indicating group action

သည်။

thì — Sentence-final declarative particle

အားလုံး

á-lóun — Everyone; all; everything; altogether

ထက်

tʰɛʔ — Than; more than; comparative particle

သာ၍

θà-ywɛ̀ — Even more; furthermore; all the more so

ထက်မြက်

tʰɛʔ-mjɛʔ — Sharp; clever; brilliant; intelligent

၏

ʔɛ̀ — Possessive or genitive particle; of

အသံ

ʔa-θàn — Sound; voice; noise

ပေါ်ထွက်

pɔ̀-tʰwɛʔ — To appear; to emerge; to come out

လာ

là — To come; directional verb particle toward speaker

ပြီး

pjí — After; finished; and then; completion marker

ကြွေးကြော်

tɕwé-tɕɔ̀ — To proclaim; to cry out; to exclaim

သည်မှာ

thì-hmà — As for; regarding; that is; the fact is

သို့

θó — To; toward; directional particle

သွား

θwá — To go; to leave; away from speaker

ရ

ya — To get; to obtain; can; able to

မည်။

mɛ̀ — Future tense sentence-final particle; will

ထို

tʰó — That; those; demonstrative pronoun

နေရာ

nè-yà — Place; location; position; spot

ဖော်ပြ

pʰɔ̀-pja — To describe; to express; to indicate

မရ

ma-ya — Cannot; unable to; not possible

နိုင်

nain — Can; able to; capable of; to win

လောက်

lauʔ — About; approximately; enough; sufficient

အောင်

ʔauŋ — In order to; so that; successfully

ချိုမြိန်

tɕʰo-mjin — Sweet; pleasant; melodious; charming

စွာ

zwà — Adverbial suffix; -ly; in a manner of

ညစ်ညမ်း

ɲiʔ-ɲàn — Dirty; obscene; vulgar; indecent

နေ

nè — To live; to stay; to be; progressive marker

ကျွန်မ

tɕənma — I; me; first person singular (female speaker)

သူ့ကို

thù-go — Him; to him; object form of 'he'

ချစ်

tɕʰiʔ — To love; to be fond of; affection

သင်

θin — You; second person singular pronoun

သိ

θì — To know; to understand; to be aware

သည့်

thɛ̀ — Relative clause marker; that; which; who

အတိုင်း

ʔa-táin — According to; as; in accordance with

တည်ကျ

tɛ̀-tɕa — Calm; composed; steady; balanced

မှု

hmù — Abstract noun suffix indicating action or state

ကိုင်တွယ်

káin-twɛ̀ — To handle; to deal with; to manage

ချည်နှောင်

tɕʰɛ̀-hnauŋ — To tie; to bind; to fasten together

ထား

tʰá — To place; to keep; to leave; resultative particle

ကြိုး

tɕó — Rope; string; cord; wire

ကို

go — Object marker particle; to; toward

ပစ်ချ

piʔ-tɕa — To throw down; to discard; to drop

အခါ

ʔa-kʰà — Time; occasion; when; at the time of

ရွှင်မြူး

ʃin-mjú — Joyful; cheerful; merry; delighted

ဟု

hù — Quotative particle; said that; as; thus

အမည်ရ

ʔa-mɛ̀-ya — Named; called by the name of

လူငယ်

lù-ŋɛ̀ — Young person; youth; young man

ဆီ

sʰí — Toward; to; in the direction of

တစ်ချက်

tiʔ-tɕɛʔ — Once; one time; a quick glance or action

လှမ်းကြည့်

lʰàn-tɕʰì — To look from a distance; to glance over

မကျေနပ်

ma-tɕé-naʔ — Dissatisfied; displeased; discontented

စိတ်

seɪʔ — Mind; heart; feeling; emotion; mood

ဖြင့်

pʰjɪ̀ɴ — With; by means of; using; instrumental particle

မိမိ

mi-mi — Oneself; one's own; reflexive pronoun

ပန်းကန်

pán-gàn — Plate; dish; bowl for food

ပြန်လှည့်

pjan-lʰɛ̀ — To turn around; to turn back; to reverse

လိုက်

laiʔ — To follow; to go along; directional particle

သိသာ

θi-θà — Obvious; noticeable; evident; clearly apparent

ထင်ရှား

tʰìn-ʃá — Clear; prominent; well-known; conspicuous

သူ

thù — He; she; him; her; third person singular

နှင့်

nɪ̀ɴ — And; with; together with; conjunction

ဖခင်

pʰa-kʰɪ̀ɴ — Father; male parent

တို့

tó — Plural marker for pronouns and nouns

လက်

lɛʔ — Hand; arm; wrist

မခံ

ma-kʰàn — Cannot endure; refuse to accept; not tolerate

ပေ။

pè — Sentence-final emphasis particle; indeed; surely

အောင်မြင်

ʔauŋ-mjɪ̀ɴ — To succeed; to achieve; successful

ကြား

tɕá — Between; among; to hear; interval

တွင်

twɪ̀ɴ — In; inside; within; locative particle

လက်ခံ

lɛʔ-kʰàn — To accept; to receive; to welcome

စေချင်

sè-tɕʰɪ̀ɴ — Want to cause; wish to make someone do

ကြောင်း

tɕáuŋ — That; because; reason; nominalizer particle

ဆန္ဒပြု

sàɴ-da-pju — To wish; to desire; to express a wish

ရန်

yan — In order to; for the purpose of; against

အချိန်

ʔa-tɕʰein — Time; period; moment; hour

တွေ့

twé — To meet; to encounter; to find

ခဲ့

kʰɛ̀ — Past tense marker; did; went away; previously

မည်သူ

mɛ̀-θù — Whoever; whomever; anyone who

မဆို

ma-sʰó — Whatever; whoever; regardless; any at all

အအေးခံ

ʔa-ʔé-kʰàn — To cool down; to take in the cool air

ကျန်

tɕàn — Remaining; left over; the rest

ရစ်

yiʔ — To wind around; to coil; to wrap

သူမ

thù-ma — She; her; third person singular feminine

ပိုမို

pó-mó — More; even more; increasingly

ပျော်ရွှင်

pjɔ̀-ʃin — Happy; joyful; delighted; cheerful

ခြင်း

tɕʰɪ̀ɴ — Nominalizing suffix; the act of; -ing

မရှိ

ma-ʃì — There is not; does not exist; none

ထ

tʰa — To rise; to stand up; to get up

ထွက်

tʰwɛʔ — To exit; to go out; to leave

ချိန်

tɕʰein — Time; moment; to weigh; to aim

နောက်

nauʔ — After; behind; next; later; back

ကာ

kà — While; as; continuative particle; shield

ပြင်ပ

pjɪ̀ɴ-pa — Outside; exterior; external; outer area

လူ

lù — Person; human; man; people

နှစ်ဦး

hnɪʔ-ú — Two people; both persons; a pair

တုန်ရင်

tòun-yɪ̀ɴ — To tremble; to shiver; to shake with fear

လေးလေး

lé-lé — Deeply; seriously; heavily; with weight

ငုံ့ကန်

ŋóuɴ-gàn — To bow down; to stoop; to hang one's head

မမြင်

ma-mjɪ̀ɴ — Cannot see; did not see; invisible

ပေ

pè — Emphatic particle; indeed; surely; it seems

သား

θá — Son; male child; softening particle

ထပ်မံ

tʰaʔ-màɴ — Again; once more; additionally; further

မဟုတ်

ma-houʔ — Is not; are not; negation of 'to be'

ဘဲ

bɛ̀ — Without; instead; not doing; contrary particle

မျက်ခုံး

mjɛʔ-kʰóun — Eyebrow; the brow above the eye

နှစ်ဖက်

hnɪʔ-pʰɛʔ — Both sides; two sides; bilateral

မြှောက်

mjauʔ — To raise; to lift up; to elevate

ဆောင်

sʰáuŋ — To carry; to bear; to conduct; hall

ဝန်ခံ

wùɴ-kʰàn — To admit; to confess; to acknowledge

တစ်စုံ

tiʔ-sóuɴ — Something; a certain thing; any one thing

တစ်ရာ

tiʔ-yà — One hundred; a hundred

ဖြတ်ကျော်

pʰjaʔ-tɕɔ̀ — To cross over; to pass through; to overcome

သကဲ့သို့

θa-gɛ̀-θó — As if; like; just as; in the same way

ဖြစ်

pʰjiʔ — To be; to become; to happen; to occur

ကုလားကာ

gà-lá-kà — Curtain; drape; window covering

မှ

hmà — From; since; only then; ablative particle

တဆင့်

ta-sʰɪ̀ɴ — Through; via; step by step; indirectly

ကွယ်ပျောက်

kwɛ̀-pjauʔ — To disappear; to vanish; to be hidden

ပြီ

pjí — Already; completion aspect marker; done

ညီမ

ɲì-ma — Younger sister; little sister

မြန်မြန်

mjàn-mjàn — Quickly; fast; rapidly; hurriedly

မျက်နှာ

mjɛʔ-nà — Face; facial expression; countenance

ရိုက်ချ

yaiʔ-tɕa — To strike down; to hit and drop; to slam

အဝတ်

ʔa-wuʔ — Clothing; garment; cloth; fabric

ပို

pó — More; even more; to increase; additionally

လေး

lé — Four; heavy; a little; endearing particle

နက်

nɛʔ — Deep; dark; profound; deep in meaning

ထင်

tʰɪ̀ɴ — To think; to assume; to appear; to seem

ဖက်

pʰɛʔ — To embrace; to hug; to hold close; side

တစ်ဖက်

tiʔ-pʰɛʔ — One side; on the other hand; unilateral

ယုံကြည်

yóuɴ-tɕì — To believe; to trust; to have faith in

ရပ်

yaʔ — To stop; to stand; to halt; to pause

ဧည့်သည်

ʔɛ̀-θɛ̀ — Guest; visitor; customer

ညနေ

ɲa-nè — Evening; late afternoon; dusk

ကောင်း

káuŋ — Good; well; nice; fine; excellent

နှုတ်ဆက်

hnouʔ-sʰɛʔ — To greet; to say goodbye; to bid farewell

သားလေး

θá-lé — Dear son; little boy; term of endearment

သမီး

θa-mí — Daughter; female child

ထောက်မ

tʰauʔ-ma — To support; to help; to assist someone

ကူမ

kù-ma — To assist; to help; to aid

တောင်ပိုင်း

tauŋ-páiɴ — Southern part; the south; southern region

ကျေးဇူးကျင့်ဝတ်

tɕé-zú-tɕɪ̀ɴ-wuʔ — Etiquette; duty of gratitude; social obligation

ဖော်ရွေ

pʰɔ̀-ywè — Friendly; sociable; amiable; outgoing

ထုတ်ဖော်

tʰouʔ-pʰɔ̀ — To reveal; to expose; to disclose; to express

ကြိုးပမ်း

tɕó-pàn — To strive; to try hard; to make an effort

ထူးဆန်း

tʰú-sʰàn — Strange; unusual; extraordinary; peculiar

ဇာတ်ခင်း

zaʔ-kʰɪ̀ɴ — Scene; situation; scenario; dramatic setting

ငယ်

ŋɛ̀ — Young; small; little; junior

တစ်ခု

tiʔ-kʰù — One thing; a; an; one unit

ဖန်တီး

pʰàn-tí — To create; to produce; to invent; to make

ပင်

pɪ̀ɴ — Even; indeed; also; emphatic particle

တည်းခိုခန်း

tɛ̀-kʰó-kʰàn — Hotel room; lodging room; accommodation

ခိုင်မာ

kʰáiɴ-mà — Strong; firm; solid; stable; durable

သက်တောင့်သက်သာ

θɛʔ-tauɴ-θɛʔ-θà — Comfortable; at ease; relaxed; convenient