Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 1

Vocabulary

အံ့ဩဖွယ်

an-au-phway — Wonderful, amazing, marvelous, worthy of admiration

နိုင်ငံတော်

naing-ngan-daw — The state; official term for the nation

ထဲတွင်

hte-twing — Inside, within a place or thing

၏

ei — Possessive or copula particle in formal writing

စွန့်စားခန်း

swun-sa-khan — Adventure chapter or episode; daring segment

များ

mya — Many, plural marker, or more than one

ရေး

yay — To write; concerning, about something

၍

yway — Connective particle meaning 'and then' or 'so'

မီလီနီယံ

Mi-li-ni-yan — Millennium; a period of one thousand years

ထုတ်ဝေမှု

htoat-way-hmu — Publication; the act of publishing something

မာတိကာ

ma-ti-ka — Table of contents; index of a book

အခန်း

a-khan — Chapter or room; a division of a book

၁

tit — One; the number 1

။

pout-hma — Full stop; Burmese sentence-ending punctuation mark

ကြောင်းပြေးဝင်ရာ

kyaung-pyay-win-ya — The place where a rabbit runs in; entry point

အပေါက်

a-pauk — A hole, opening, or gap in something

ထဲသို့

hte-thoe — Into, toward the inside of something

ဆင်းသက်

hsin-thet — To descend, fall down, or come down

ခြင်း

chin — Nominalizing suffix turning verbs into nouns

၂

hnit — Two; the number 2

မျက်ရည်

myat-yay — Tears; liquid from the eyes when crying

အိုင်

aing — A pool or lake; small body of water

၃

thone — Three; the number 3

ပြိုင်ပွဲ

pyaing-bwe — Competition, contest, or race event

နှင့်

hnin — And, with; a conjunction linking nouns

ရှည်လျား

shay-lya — Long, lengthy in size or duration

သော

thaw — Relative clause marker; 'that which' or 'who'

ဇာတ်လမ်း

zat-lan — Story, plot, or narrative of a tale

၄

lay — Four; the number 4

ကြောင်းပြေး

kyaung-pyay — Rabbit running; a rabbit or hare in motion

သည်

thit — Present tense marker; topic marker particle

လေး

lay — Four; also a particle expressing endearment or emphasis

ကို

ko — Object marker; direct object case particle

စေလွှတ်

say-hhlwat — To send away, dispatch, or release someone

၅

nga — Five; the number 5

ကောင်ပိုး

kaung-po — Caterpillar; a small crawling insect larva

မှ

hma — From; ablative case particle indicating origin

အကြံဉာဏ်

a-kyan-nyan — Advice, idea, or suggestion given to someone

၆

chauk — Six; the number 6

ဝက်

wet — Pig; a domestic farm animal

ငရုတ်ကောင်း

nga-yout-kaung — Pepper; a spice used in cooking

၇

khun-nit — Seven; the number 7

ရူးသွပ်

yu-thwat — Crazy, mad, or mentally confused

လက်ဖက်ရည်

la-hpet-yay — Tea; a popular Burmese hot beverage

ဧည့်ခံပွဲ

ei-khan-bwe — Tea party or reception; a social gathering event

၈

shit — Eight; the number 8

မင်းသမီး

min-tha-mi — Princess; a royal female of high rank

ကွင်း

kwing — Field, ring, or open ground for activities

၉

ko — Nine; the number 9

အတု

a-tu — Fake, imitation, or counterfeit version of something

လိပ်

lait — Turtle or tortoise; a slow reptile

၁၀

hsay — Ten; the number 10

ကဏန်း

ka-nan — Crab; a crustacean with claws

အက

a-ka — Dance; the act of dancing or a dance style

၁၁

hsay-tit — Eleven; the number 11

မုန့်

moun — Cake, pastry, or sweet snack food

မည်သူ

ma-thu — Who; interrogative pronoun asking about a person

ခိုး

hko — To steal; to take something without permission

သနည်း

tha-nay — Question particle; 'is it?' or 'who is?'

၁၂

hsay-hnit — Twelve; the number 12