Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 5

Vocabulary

သူ

thu — Third person pronoun: he, she, or they

ဘာ

bha — What; used in questions asking about things

ပဲ

pe — Particle emphasizing or limiting a statement

ဆောက်

hsauk — To build or construct a structure

သေချာ

thè-ja — Certain, sure, definite, without doubt

ပေါက်

pauk — To sprout, emerge, or burst open

တင်း

tin: — Tight, tense, or a unit of measure

ကျပ်

kyat — Tight; also Myanmar's basic currency unit

လိမ့်

lain့် — Will probably; indicates likelihood of future event

မယ်

mè — Future tense particle; indicates upcoming action

ဟု

hu — Quotative particle meaning 'saying that' or 'as'

က

ka — Subject or agent marker particle in sentences

ပြော

pyaw — To speak, say, or tell something

လိုက်

lait — To follow; directional verb complement particle

သည်

thì — Present tense or topic marker particle

နီး

ni: — Near, close in distance or relationship

နား

na: — Ear; also to rest or pause

ရှိ

shi — To exist, have, or be present

သား

tha: — Son; also softening sentence-final particle

ရေ

yè — Water; essential liquid for drinking or use

နယ်

nè — Region, territory, or rural area

သေး

thé: — Still, yet; also small or tiny

လေး

lé: — Four; also a softening affectionate particle

ဆီ

hsi — Oil; also directional particle meaning 'toward'

သို့

thò — To, toward; indicates direction or destination

သွား

thwa: — To go; to travel away from speaker

နေ

ne — To live, stay, or remain somewhere

စဉ်

sin — During, while; a period or sequence

သူ့

thu. — His, her; possessive form of third person

နောက်

naut — After, behind, next; rear direction

ကြည့်

kji. — To look at or watch something

လျက်

lyat — While doing; continuous action connector particle

တွင်

twin — In, at, within a place or time

လူမှု

lu-hmu — Social; relating to society or community

အဆင့်

a-hsin့် — Level, rank, grade, or standard

အတန်း

a-tan: — Class, grade level, or social rank

ဆို

hso — To say, sing, or quote someone

သည့်

thì့် — Relative clause marker modifying a noun

အရာ

a-ya — Thing, matter, object, or affair

တစ်ခု

ta-khu — One thing; a single item or unit

သည်ကို

thì-go — Object marker for a defined subject noun

သိ

thi — To know or be aware of something

ထား

hta: — To place, keep, or put aside

ကြ

kja — Plural or collective action particle for verbs

ပါ

pa — Polite sentence particle; also 'to include'

စေ

se — To cause or let someone do something

ထို့

htò — That; demonstrative referring to previously mentioned thing

ပြင်

pyin — To repair, fix, or prepare; outside area

အဆင်ပြေ

a-hsin-pyè — Convenient, smooth, going well without problems

သော

thaw — Relative clause particle linking verb to noun

နှိုင်း

hnain: — To compare or make a comparison between

ယှဉ်

shin — To compete or compare alongside something else

ချက်

chyet — Immediately; also a cooking or striking action

အတွက်

a-twet — For the sake of, for a purpose

ကျွန်ုပ်

kjà-noup — Formal first person pronoun: I, myself

တို့

tò — Plural marker for pronouns or nouns

ခေါ်

khaw: — To call, name, or summon someone

နိုင်

nain — To be able to; can, capable of

လည်း

lè: — Also, too, as well; additive particle

ယင်း

yin: — That, those; formal demonstrative pronoun

ကာလ

ka-la — Period, era, time span or duration

မြို့

myò — Town or city; urban settlement

တစ်မြို့

ta-myò — One town; a single city or town

ဖြစ်

phyit — To be, become, or happen; exist

ဆဲ

hsè — Still ongoing; also to scold or curse

ပြီး

pyi: — After completing; finished, done, already

ထို

htò — That, those; formal demonstrative adjective

ဘုရား

phaya: — God, Buddha, or a religious deity

ကျောင်း

kyaun: — School, monastery, or educational institution

၏

i — Possessive or genitive particle in formal writing

များ

mya: — Plural marker; many, several, or numerous

နှင့်

hnin — And, with, together with; connective particle

ဂုဏ်

goun — Honor, prestige, merit, or reputation

သရေ

tha-yè — Prestige, dignity, or social standing

နိုင်ငံတော်

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

အတိုင်ပင်ခံ

a-tain-bin-khan — State Counsellor; senior advisory government position

ရေး

yé: — To write; also affairs or matters suffix

မတိုင်

ma-tain — Before reaching; not yet arrived at point

မီ

mi — To reach in time; before a deadline

နှစ်

hnit — Year; also the number two

အနည်း

a-hnè: — A small amount; few, little quantity

ငယ်

ngè — Young, small, junior, or lesser in age

တကယ့်

ta-kjè — Truly, really, genuinely, in earnest

ဘာသာ

bha-tha — Religion, language, or faith tradition

ဖြုတ်

phyout — To remove, strip off, or dismiss from position

ချ

chja — To put down, lower, or impose

မှု

hmu — Matter, case, affair; nominalizing suffix

ပွား

pwa: — To multiply, spread, or increase in number

ခဲ့

khè — Past tense marker; did previously or went

မြို့တော်

myò-daw — Capital city; royal or official city

အနေ

a-ne — State, condition, or manner of being

ဖြင့်

phyin — By means of, with, using; instrumental particle

ဝန်ကြီး

wun-kji: — Minister; senior government cabinet official

လစာ

la-za — Salary, wage, or monthly pay

ကို

go — Object marker particle; to, toward someone

ပေး

pé: — To give or provide something to someone

ဆောင်

hsaun — To carry, bear, or undertake a task

ရန်

yan — In order to; purpose marker, also enemy

ရပ်

yat — To stop, halt, or stand still

တန့်

tan့် — To halt, stop, or be appropriate

ဖခင်

pha-khin — Father; male parent of a person

သင်

thin — You; second person pronoun, also to teach

တစ်ကြိမ်

ta-kjain — Once, one time, a single occasion

လူ

lu — Person, human being, people

ဘဝ

bha-wa — Life, existence, or state of being

မ

ma — Negation prefix; not, do not

လိမ္မာ

lein-ma — Clever, well-behaved, smart, or obedient

ကြောင့်

kjaun — Because of, due to; causal particle

ဟော

haw — To preach, predict, or proclaim publicly

တစ်ဦး

ta-u: — One person; a single individual

အား

a: — Object or dative particle; also strength, power

ကူး

ku: — To cross over or transfer to another

ကန်

kan — Pond, lake; also to kick something

နစ်

nit — To sink or be submerged in water

မြှပ်

hmyat — To bury, submerge, or immerse in liquid

ခွင့်

khwin — Permission, right, or opportunity to do

ပြု

pyu — To do, make, perform an action

ဤ

i — This; formal demonstrative pronoun in writing

ကျင့်

kjin့် — To practice, exercise, or conduct oneself

ကြံ

kjan — To plan, scheme, or devise a method

အတိုင်း

a-tain: — According to, as per, following a standard

အတာ

a-ta — Measure, extent, degree, or limitation

သာ

tha — Only, just; also comparative particle 'more'

မူ

mu — Policy, principle; also contrastive topic particle

ကား

ka: — Car, vehicle; also emphatic copula particle

လုံး

loun: — Whole, entire; also round shape classifier

ဝ

wa — Zero; also a circle or plump shape

ဆိုင်

hsain — Shop, store; also to concern or relate to

အကြောင်း

a-kjaun: — Reason, cause, topic, or subject matter

အခြား

a-chja: — Other, another, different, or alternative

စကေး

za-gé: — Scale, measuring instrument, or graduated ruler

အောက်

aut — Below, under, beneath, or lower position

ဆုံး

hsoun: — To end, finish, or be the extreme point

နေရာ

ne-ya — Place, location, position, or spot

မြေ

myè — Earth, land, ground, or soil

ခွေး

khwé: — Dog; domestic canine animal

ငန်း

ngan: — Work, task, business, or enterprise

ထပ်

htat — Again, additionally; also a floor or layer

လောင်း

laun: — To pour onto; also a candidate or coffin

မျက်

myet — Eye; used in compounds relating to sight

ဝေး

wé: — Far, distant, remote in distance

ကျော

kjaw — Back of body; also to pass or exceed

ဆက်

hset — To continue, connect, or maintain contact

လက်

let — Hand, arm; also a unit of measure

ငေး

ngé: — To stare or gaze fixedly at something

အစည်း

a-si: — Meeting, gathering, assembly, or organization

အဝေး

a-wé: — Far away, distant place, remote location

တည်

ti — To be established, stable, or to found

ကြီး

kji: — Big, large, great, senior, or major

မား

ma: — Intensifier for size; very big or great

အညို

a-hnjo — Brown color; dark brownish shade

ရောင်

yaun — Color, hue; also to shine or radiate

မောင်း

maun: — To drive a vehicle or steer something

ပွတ်

pwut — To rub, brush, or scrub a surface

တိုက်

tait — To fight, clash; also a multi-story building

ကာ

ka — To block, shield; also temporary action particle

ဦး

u: — Head, top; respectful title for older men

ခေါင်း

khaun: — Head of a person or animal; leader

ခြစ်

chit — To scratch, scrape, or strike a match

လှည့်

hlè — To turn around, rotate, or spin about

အခါ

a-kha — Time, occasion, when something happens

ထုပ်

htout — Package, bundle, or wrapped parcel

ဆောင်း

hsaun: — Winter, cold season; also to wear headgear

နှာ

hna — Nose; also a nasal or scolding particle

ချင်း

chin: — Each other, mutually; also Chin ethnic group

တွေ့

twè — To meet, encounter, or find someone

ဆန့်

hsan့် — To stretch, extend, or oppose something

ကျင်

kjin — To be skilled at; practice area or field

ဘက်

bet — Side, direction, or faction toward something

ခြင်း

chin: — Nominalizing suffix turning verbs into nouns

စာ

za — Letter, writing, book, or written text

ဆရာ

hsaya — Teacher, master, doctor, or respected expert

သက်

thet — Life, lifespan, age; to be alive

နည်း

hnè: — Method, way; also few or little in amount

လမ်း

lan: — Road, path, street, or way forward

အကြား

a-kja: — Between, among, in the midst of

ထက်

htet — More than, above, exceeding a comparison

ပို

po — More, extra, excess beyond a normal amount

ပေ

pé — Foot unit of measurement; also an assertion particle

ပထမ

pa-hta-ma — First, primary, initial in order or rank

စွာ

zwa — Adverbial suffix meaning in a manner of

ဘုန်း

phoun: — Glory, power, spiritual radiance of a monk

တော်

daw — Royal, worthy; also a forest or jungle

သမီး

tha-mi: — Daughter; female child of a parent

အသက်

a-thet — Age, life, one's lifespan or years lived

ဆယ့်

hsè — Tens digit prefix in numbers like eleven

တစ်

ta — One; the number one or a single unit