Anna Karenina — Page 5

Vocabulary

ထို

hto — That; referring to a previously mentioned thing

အပြုံးကို

a-pyoun-go — The smile (object marker attached)

မြင်လိုက်သော

myin-lite-thaw — Having seen; upon seeing something

အခါ

a-hka — When; at the time of an event

သည်

thì — Subject marker or present tense sentence particle

ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာ

ko-khan-da — The physical body; one's bodily form

နာကျင်မှုကဲ့သို့

na-jin-hmu-keh-dho — As if in pain; like a feeling of hurt

တုန်လှုပ်သွားကာ

tun-hlupp-thwa-ga — Trembled and shook; became startled suddenly

သူမ

thu-ma — She; third-person singular female pronoun

၏

è — Possessive particle; indicating belonging or association

သဘာဝ

tha-ba-wa — Nature; natural instinct or natural state

အလျောက်

a-lyout — According to; in accordance with naturally

ဆူပွက်သော

su-pwet-thaw — Boiling; agitated or turbulent in feeling

စိတ်ဖြင့်

seit-hpyin — With a mind/heart of; using one's emotion

ရက်စက်သော

yet-set-thaw — Cruel; harsh or brutal in manner

စကားများကို

za-ga-mya-go — The words; spoken words (object marker attached)

တလှိုင်းပြီး

ta-hline-byi — One wave after another; in succession

တလှိုင်း

ta-hline — A wave; one surge or gush of something

ဖွင့်ဟ

hpwin-ha — To reveal; to disclose or pour out feelings

လိုက်ပြီး

lite-byi — Having done and then; following up an action

ခန်းမှ

khan-hma — From the room; out of the room

အလျင်အမြန်

a-lyin-a-myan — Quickly; hurriedly and swiftly

ထွက်သွား

htwet-thwa — To go out; to leave or exit a place

လေသည်

lè-thì — Sentence-final particle indicating past or emphasis

အချိန်မှ

a-chain-hma — From that time; starting from that moment

စတင်၍

sa-tin-yway — Beginning from; starting and then continuing

ခင်ပွန်းကို

khin-boun-go — The husband (object marker); one's spouse

တွေ့ဆုံ

tway-zone — To meet; to encounter or see someone

ရန်

yan — In order to; purpose marker for an action

ငြင်းဆန်

nyin-zin — To refuse; to reject or decline something

ခဲ့လေသည်

kheh-lè-thì — Past tense marker; had done with finality

ဤ

i — This; formal/literary demonstrative pronoun

အရာ

a-ya — Thing; matter or object in general

အားလုံး

a-lone — All; everything or everyone without exception

မိုက်မဲသော

mike-meh-thaw — Foolish; stupid or senseless in behavior

အပြုံး

a-pyoun — A smile; the act of smiling

ကြောင့်သာ

kyoun-tha — Only because of; solely due to a reason

ဖြစ်သည်

hpyit-thì — Is; to be or to occur

ဟု

hu — Quotation particle; said that or thinking that

က

ga — Subject or agent marker particle in Burmese

တွေးတော

tway-taw — To think deeply; to ponder or reflect

လိုက်သည်

lite-thì — Did; completion marker for an action taken

သို့သော်

thò-thaw — However; but; a contrastive conjunction

ဘာကို

ba-go — What (object); asking about a thing to do

ပြုလုပ်

pyu-lote — To do; to perform or carry out an action

ရမည်နည်း

ya-mì-nè — What should be done; questioning what must happen

သူ

thu — He or she; third-person singular pronoun

စိတ်ပျက်

seit-pyet — Disappointed; disheartened or discouraged in feeling

အားငယ်စွာ

a-ngeh-zwa — Weakly; feeling helpless or lacking confidence

မိမိ

mi-mi — Oneself; reflexive pronoun referring to the self

ကိုယ်ကိုယ်

ko-ko — Oneself; emphasizing self-reference reflexively

ပြောဆို

pyaw-so — To say; to speak or tell something

လိုက်သော်လည်း

lite-thaw-leh — Although having done; even though one acted

မည်သည့်

mì-thìt — Whichever; any particular thing or answer

အဖြေကိုမျှ

a-hpyay-go-hmya — Not even an answer; no answer at all

မရနိုင်

ma-ya-nine — Cannot get; unable to obtain or achieve

ခဲ့ပေ

kheh-beh — Had been so; emphatic past tense ending