A Tale of Two Cities — Page 1

Vocabulary

ပထမစာအုပ်

pa-hta-ma sa-oat — First book; the initial volume in a series

အသက်

a-thek — Life; age; breath of living beings

သို့

thoe — To; toward; directional particle indicating destination

ပြန်လည်

pyan-leh — To return; to go back again

ခေါ်ဆောင်

khaw-saung — To lead; to bring someone along somewhere

ခြင်း

chín — Nominalizer suffix; turns verbs into noun forms

အခန်း

a-khan — Room; chapter; section of a building or book

ကာလ

ka-la — Period; era; a span of time

စာပို့

sa-poe — To send a letter; postal delivery service

ညအရိပ်

nya a-yit — Shadow of night; nighttime darkness or shade

များ

myá — Plural marker; many; a lot of things

ပြင်ဆင်

pyin-sin — To prepare; to repair; to get ready

ဝိုင်

wain — Wine; an alcoholic grape-based beverage

ဆိုင်

sain — Shop; store; a place selling goods

ဖိနပ်

hpa-nat — Shoes; footwear worn on the feet

ချုပ်

choat — To sew; to stitch; to conclude or end

သူ

thu — He; she; third-person singular pronoun

ဒုတိယ

du-ti-ya — Second; the second in order or rank

စာအုပ်

sa-oat — Book; a bound written or printed publication

ရွှေ

shwe — Gold; the precious yellow metal

သံကြိုး

than-kyó — Wire; metal string or cable

ငါး

ngá — Fish; aquatic animal; also the number five

နှစ်

hnit — Year; also the number two in Burmese

အကြာ

a-kyá — Duration; length of time that passes

မြင်ကွင်း

myin-gwín — View; scene; visible landscape or panorama

တစ်ခု

tit-khu — One thing; a single item or object

ဝမ်းနည်း

wun-né — To be sad; to feel sorrow or grief

ဂုဏ်ပြု

goun-pyu — To honor; to show respect or congratulate

သော

thaw — Relative clause particle; that; which; who

သိုင်း

thain — Burmese martial arts; traditional fighting style

ကောင်

kaung — Creature; individual; classifier for animals or people

လူ

lu — Person; human being; people

ပေါင်း

paung — To combine; to add together; total sum

များစွာ

myá-zwa — Very many; a great number of things

မြို့တွင်း

myoe-dwín — Inside the city; within urban town limits

၌

hnait — At; in; locative particle indicating position

နယ်ပြင်

neh-pyin — Outskirts; territory; area outside the city

၏

e — Possessive or genitive particle; belonging to someone

ခေါင်း

khaung — Head; the uppermost part of the body

ကတိ

ka-ti — Promise; vow; pledge made to someone

နှစ်ခု

hnit-khu — Two things; a pair of objects

အတူတွဲ

a-tu-twè — Together; side by side with another person

ပုံ

poun — Picture; image; shape; also a narrative story

သိမ်မွေ့

thein-mwè — Delicate; subtle; refined; gentle in manner

သိမ်မွေ့မှု

thein-mwè-hmu — Delicacy; subtlety; quality of being refined

မရှိ

ma-shi — Not present; does not exist; absent

သမာသမတ်

tha-ma-tha-mat — Fair; impartial; equal treatment of all people

ကျ

kya — To fall; to drop down; to decrease

ကုန်သည်

koun-theh — Merchant; trader; a person who sells goods

ယက်

yet — To weave; to knit fabric on a loom

ဆက်လက်

set-let — To continue; to carry on doing something further

နေ

nay — To live; to stay; to be; the sun

ဆဲ

zè — Still; ongoing; yet; still in progress

တစ်ညတာ

tit-nya-da — One whole night; throughout a single night

ကိုး

ko — Nine; the number nine in Burmese

ရက်

yet — Day; a single calendar day

အမြင်

a-myin — View; opinion; perspective on a matter

လျှောက်ထားချက်

hlout-htá-chet — Application; formal written request or submission

ခြေသံ

chay-than — Footstep sound; noise made while walking

ပင်လယ်

pin-leh — Sea; ocean; large body of salt water

တက်

tet — To rise; to climb; to go up

မီး

mí — Fire; flame; light; electricity

သောင်း

thaung — Ten thousand; the number 10,000

သံဆွဲကျောက်

than-zwè-kyout — Magnet; stone that attracts iron or metal

ဆွဲဆောင်

zwè-zaung — To attract; to draw in; to allure someone

တတိယ

ta-ti-ya — Third; the third in sequence or rank

မုန်တိုင်း

moun-tain — Storm; typhoon; severe weather with strong winds

လမ်းကြောင်း

lán-kyaung — Path; route; course of travel or direction

လျှို့ဝှက်

hloe-hwaet — Secret; hidden; kept confidential from others

စွာ

zwà — Adverbial suffix meaning in a manner; -ly

သွား

thwá — To go; to travel to a place; teeth

မှန်း

hmán — To estimate; to guess; to aim for

ကျောက်

kyout — Stone; rock; gem; mineral substance

အရိပ်

a-yit — Shadow; shade cast by an object

ကြား

kyá — Between; among; to hear; to listen

ငြိမ်သက်

nyein-thet — Calm; peaceful; still and quiet atmosphere

မှု

hmu — Abstract nominalizer suffix; -ness; -tion; act of

သစ်သား

thit-thá — Wood; timber; material made from trees

ဆွဲတိုက်

zwè-tite — To collide forcefully; to pull and strike against

အောင်ပွဲ

aung-pwè — Victory celebration; triumph; winning festival or event

တံခါး

tan-ká — Door; gate; entrance to a room or building

တွင်

dwín — In; at; inside; locative particle

ခေါက်

khout — To knock; to fold; to tap on a surface

ဖဲ

phè — Playing cards; card game; also to avoid

ကစား

ga-zá — To play; to engage in a game or sport

လက်

let — Hand; arm; also used as a classifier

ဂိမ်း

gein — Game; a competitive activity for entertainment

ဆုံးဖြတ်

zone-pyat — To decide; to make a final decision

အနှစ်သာရ

a-hnit-tha-ya — Essence; substance; core meaning of something

နွမ်းချိန်

nwun-chein — Time of exhaustion; moment of weakness or fatigue

မှောင်မိုက်

hmaung-mite — Dark; darkness; gloomy conditions without light

ငါးဆယ်

ngá-zeh — Fifty; the number fifty

ပြီးဆုံး

pyí-zone — To finish; to end completely; to conclude

ထာဝရ

hta-wa-ya — Eternal; forever; everlasting without end

တိတ်ဆိတ်

tite-seit — Silent; quiet; completely still and noiseless