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Vocabulary

အဘယ်ကြောင့်

a.bhe̱.kjàuɴ — Why; for what reason

ဆိုသော်

hsò.θɔ̀ — If one says; meaning that; that is to say

သမ္မာကျမ်းစာ

θa̰.mà.tɕáɴ.sà — The Holy Bible; sacred scripture

နှင့်

n̥ɪ̰ɴ — And; with; together with

သန့်ရှင်းသော

θan̥.ʃɪ́ɴ.θɔ̀ — Holy; clean; pure; sacred

သမိုင်း

θa̰.máiɴ — History; historical account or record

သည်

θì — Topic marker; verb ending indicating present tense

မိသားစု

mḭ.θá.zu̪ — Family; household unit of related members

အတွက်

ʔa̰.twɛ̀ — For; for the sake of; regarding

ကျမ်းစာ

tɕáɴ.sà — Scripture; sacred or authoritative text

ဖတ်ရှု

pʰa̰.ʃṵ — To read; to study written material

မှု

m̥ṵ — Nominalizing suffix indicating action or matter

လမ်းညွှန်

láɴ.ɲʷan̥ — Guide; guidebook; directions for doing something

သင်တန်းသား

θɪ̰ɴ.táɴ.θá — Student; trainee enrolled in a course

များ

mjá — Plural marker; many; numerous

လက်စွဲ

lɛ̰.swɛ́ — Handbook; manual; handy reference book

စာအုပ်

sà.ʔoṵ — Book; a bound written or printed work

တစ်အုပ်

tɪʔ.ʔoṵ — One book; a single volume

ဖြစ်သည်

pʰjɪ̰.θì — Is; to be; to become something

ယေဘုယျ

jè.bṵ.ja̰ — General; in general; broadly applicable

သိပ္ပံ

θeɪ̰.paɴ — Science; systematic knowledge of natural phenomena

အများအားဖြင့်

ʔa̰.mjá.ʔá.pʰjɪ̰ɴ — Generally; mostly; in most cases

လက်ခံ

lɛ̰.kʰáɴ — To accept; to receive; to acknowledge

ထားသော်

tʰá.θɔ̀ — Although placed or kept; even though established

လည်း

lɛ́ — Also; too; as well; even

မပြည့်စုံ

ma̰.pjɪ̰.soʊɴ — Incomplete; imperfect; lacking full coverage

စွာ

swà — Adverbial suffix meaning -ly; in a manner of

နားလည်

ná.lɛ́ — To understand; to comprehend something

သည့်

θɪ̰ — Relative clause marker; that which; which is

အရာ

ʔa̰.jà — Thing; matter; object; item

အကြောင်းရင်း

ʔa̰.tɕáuɴ.jɪ́ɴ — Reason; cause; root reason for something

များစွာ

mjá.swà — Many; a great number; a lot

ကို

ko̪ — Object marker; to; toward; accusative particle

ဖော်ပြ

pʰɔ́.pja̰ — To explain; to describe; to show clearly

ဤ

ʔì — This; referring to something nearby or mentioned

အရောင်း

ʔa̰.jáuɴ — Sales; selling; the act of selling

ရောက်ရှိ

jaṵ.ʃḭ — To reach; to arrive at a place or figure

ခဲ့သည်

kʰɛ̰.θì — Past tense marker; has done; did

ဆိုင်ရာ

sáiɴ.jà — Related to; concerning; pertaining to a topic

အင်္ဂလိပ်

ʔɪ̰ɴ.ɡa̰.lɪ̰ — English; relating to England or English language

လေ့လာ

lɛ̰.là — To study; to learn; to research something

ရိုးရှင်း

jó.ʃɪ́ɴ — Simple; easy to understand; straightforward

စေရန်

sè.jaɴ — In order to cause; so as to make happen

ရည်ရွယ်

jì.jwɛ̀ — To intend; to aim; to have a purpose

ထားသည်

tʰá.θì — Has been placed; is kept; is established

သဘာဝ

θa̰.bà.wɔ̀ — Nature; natural world; natural phenomena

တိရစ္ဆာန်

tḛ.jɛ̰.sʰàɴ — Animal; beast; non-human creature

လောက

lɔ̀.ka̰ — World; realm; universe; the earthly realm

ရှိ

ʃḭ — To exist; to have; to be present

အမျိုးမျိုး

ʔa̰.mjó.mjó — Various kinds; diverse types; different sorts

သော

θɔ̀ — Relative clause particle; which; that (adjective marker)

အစဉ်အလာ

ʔa̰.sɪ̰ɴ.ʔa̰.là — Tradition; custom; long-standing practice

၏

ʔɛ̰ — Genitive particle; of; belonging to

အကျင့်

ʔa̰.tɕɪ̰ɴ — Habit; practice; conduct; behavior

အထုံ

ʔa̰.tʰoʊɴ — Custom; habit; usual practice or convention

သွင်ပြင်

θwɪ̰ɴ.pjɪ̰ɴ — Characteristic feature; trait; distinguishing appearance

ဆက်နွှယ်

sɛ̰.nʷɛ̀ — To relate; to connect; to be linked together

စိတ်ဝင်စားဖွယ်

seɪ̰.wɪ̰ɴ.sá.pʰwɛ̀ — Interesting; worthy of interest or curiosity

ကောင်းသော

káuɴ.θɔ̀ — Good; fine; excellent; of good quality

အချက်အလက်

ʔa̰.tɕɛ̰.ʔa̰.lɛ̰ — Information; facts; data; details about something

ဥယျာဉ်

ʔu̪.jàɴ — Garden; yard; cultivated outdoor space

စိုက်ပျိုးရေး

soʊ̰.pjó.jé — Agriculture; farming; cultivation of crops

လယ်ယာ

lɛ̀.jà — Farmland; agricultural field; paddy land

မြေဆီလွှာ

mjè.sî.l̥wà — Soil; topsoil; earth layer for growing plants

စိုက်ပျိုး

soʊ̰.pjó — To cultivate; to plant; to grow crops

ခြင်း

tɕʰɪ́ɴ — Nominalizing suffix indicating action or state

ထွန်ယက်

tʰwáɴ.jɛ̰ — To plow; to till; to cultivate the soil

ပတ်သက်

pa̰.θɛ̰ — To relate to; to be connected with; concerning

ဖြစ်စဉ်

pʰjɪ̰.zɪ̰ɴ — Process; procedure; sequence of events

ထောင်

tʰáuɴ — Thousand; unit of number equal to 1,000

ပေါင်း

páuɴ — To combine; total; sum; altogether

အိမ်ရှင်မ

ʔeɪ̰ɴ.ʃɪ̰ɴ.ma̰ — Housewife; female head of a household

အိမ်တွင်းရေးရာ

ʔeɪ̰ɴ.twɪ́ɴ.jé.jà — Household matters; domestic affairs and management

စီမံ

sî.maɴ — To manage; to plan; to organize or administer

ခန့်ခွဲ

kʰɛ̰.kʰwɛ́ — To allocate; to assign; to distribute resources

သူ

θṵ — He; she; they; third person pronoun

အား

ʔá — Object marker (dative); to; for (a person)

၎င်း

ðɪ̰ɴ.gá — That; it; referring back to previously mentioned thing

ကြီးကြပ်

tɕí.tɕa̰ — To supervise; to oversee; to manage someone

ရသည်

ja̰.θì — Can; is able to; receives; obtains

သို့မဟုတ်

θo̪.ma̰.hoʊ̰ — Or; otherwise; alternatively

ဆောင်ရွက်

sáuɴ.jwɛ̰ — To carry out; to perform; to undertake a task

ရသည့်

ja̰.θɪ̰ — Which is obtained; that can be done; receiving

မတူညီ

ma̰.tṵ.ɲì — Different; unlike; not the same as another

တာဝန်

tà.wáɴ — Responsibility; duty; obligation; assigned role

နိုင်သော

naɪ̰ɴ.θɔ̀ — Capable of; able to; which can do something

ပေးဆောင်

pé.sáuɴ — To provide; to offer; to render a service

ကျွန်ုပ်တို့

tɕa̰.no̪.do̪ — We; our; us (formal first person plural)

အိမ်

ʔeɪ̰ɴ — House; home; dwelling place

ပတ်လည်

pa̰.lɛ́ — Around; surrounding; on all sides

စူးစမ်း

sú.záɴ — To explore; to investigate; to probe curiously

ရှာဖွေ

ʃà.pʰwè — To search; to look for; to seek out

ခရီး

kʰa̰.jí — Journey; trip; travel; distance traveled

တွေ့ဆုံ

twḛ.zoʊɴ — To meet; to encounter; to come together with

မေးမြန်း

mé.mjáɴ — To ask; to inquire; to question someone

တွင်

twɪ̰ɴ — In; at; inside; locative particle

ကိစ္စ

keɪ̰.sa̰ — Matter; affair; issue; concern; case

ပြည့်ဝ

pjɪ̰.wɔ̀ — Full; complete; abundant; well-supplied

ပါဝင်

pà.wɪ̰ɴ — To include; to participate; to be contained in

လက်တွေ့ကျ

lɛ̰.twḛ.tɕa̰ — Practical; hands-on; realistic and applicable

ဆေးဘက်

sé.bɛ̰ — Medical; relating to medicine or healthcare

ချက်ပြုတ်

tɕɛ̰.pjoʊ̰ — To cook; to prepare food by cooking

နည်း

nɛ́ — Method; way; technique; manner of doing

အစားအသောက်

ʔa̰.sá.ʔa̰.θáṵ — Food and drink; diet; what one eats

လူနာ

lù.nà — Patient; sick person receiving medical care

စောင့်ရှောက်

sáuɴ.ʃáṵ — To care for; to look after; to nurture

စသည်

sa̰.θì — Etc.; and so on; and others like that

တို့

do̪ — Plural marker; we/they (pronoun suffix)

သင်ကြားရေး

θɪ̰ɴ.tɕá.jé — Education; teaching; instruction-related matters

ဆောင်းပါး

sáuɴ.bá — Article; essay; written piece in a publication

စုစည်း

su̪.zɪ́ɴ — To compile; to collect; to gather together

ချွေတာ

tɕʰwè.tà — To save; to be frugal; to economize resources

ရေး

jé — Matters of; affairs; relating to (suffix)

အိမ်သုံး

ʔeɪ̰ɴ.θóuɴ — Household use; for use at home

ပစ္စည်း

pɪ̰.zɪ́ — Item; goods; material; object; supply

သုံးစွဲ

θóuɴ.swɛ́ — To use; to spend; to consume resources

ရာ

jà — Suffix indicating place or manner; hundred

စီးပွားရေး

sî.bwá.jé — Economy; economics; financial or business matters

အကြံပြု

ʔa̰.tɕʰáɴ.pju̪ — To advise; to suggest; to make a recommendation

ချက်

tɕɛ̰ — Point; item; clause; detail of something

အတူ

ʔa̰.tù — Together; along with; at the same time

ဒုတိယ

do̪.tḭ.ja̰ — Second; the second in order or rank

အဆင့်

ʔa̰.sɪ̰ɴ — Level; rank; grade; stage of something

စနစ်

sa̰.naɪ̰ — System; method; organized arrangement or order

တစ်ရပ်

tɪʔ.ja̰ — One type; a certain kind; a particular system

စာပေးပို့

sà.pé.po̪ — To send a letter; to mail correspondence

သို့

θo̪ — To; toward; directional particle indicating destination

သတိပေး

θa̰.tḭ.pé — To warn; to remind; to alert someone

မဂ္ဂဇင်း

ma̰.ɡa̰.zɪ́ɴ — Magazine; periodical publication

သတင်းစာ

θa̰.tɪ́ɴ.sà — Newspaper; printed news publication

တကယ့်

ta̰.tɛ̰ — Real; genuine; truly; actual

အဖြေ

ʔa̰.pʰjè — Answer; solution; response to a question

မှ

m̥a̰ — From; since; ablative particle indicating source

စုဆောင်း

su̪.sáuɴ — To collect; to gather; to accumulate things

ထားသော

tʰá.θɔ̀ — Which has been kept or placed; stored

အကြောင်းအရာ

ʔa̰.tɕáuɴ.ʔa̰.jà — Subject matter; topic; content; theme

အားလုံး

ʔá.loʊɴ — All; everyone; everything; the whole