Jane Eyre: An Autobiography — Page 1

Vocabulary

ဂျိန်း

jain — Jeans; denim trousers worn as casual clothing

အဲယား

è yà — Air conditioner; device for cooling indoor spaces

၏

i — Possessive or linking particle in formal written Burmese

ပထမ

pa.hta.ma — First; occurring before all others in order

အကြိမ်

a.krim — Time; occurrence; instance of something happening

ထုတ်ဝေ

htoat wè — To publish; to release or distribute publicly

မှု

hmu — Nominalizing suffix indicating an act or matter

အတွက်

a.tweq — For; on behalf of; for the sake of

နိဒါန်း

ni.dan — Introduction; preface or opening section of a text

စာ

sa — Letter; writing; text; literary work

မ

ma — Negation particle placed before verbs

လို

lo — To need; to want; to require something

အပ်

at — To entrust; to hand over; to submit

သော

thò — Relative clause particle; that which; who does

ကြောင့်

kyaung — Because of; due to; owing to a reason

ကျွန်မ

kjʰa.na.ma — I; me; first-person pronoun used by females

ပေး

pé — To give; to provide something to someone

ခဲ့

kʰɛ — Past tense marker indicating completed action

ပါ

pa — Polite sentence particle; also means to include

ဤ

i — This; formal demonstrative pronoun in written Burmese

ဒုတိယ

du.ti.ya — Second; coming after the first in sequence

သည်

thi — Present tense topic marker or copula particle

ကျေးဇူး

kjézú — Gratitude; kindness; favor done for someone

တင်

tin — To present; to submit; to place upon

ရှိ

shi — To exist; to have; to be present

ကြောင်း

kyaung — Nominalizer indicating fact, reason, or reported speech

နှင့်

hnin — And; with; together with another thing or person

အထွေထွေ

a.htwè htwè — General; miscellaneous; relating to various topics broadly

မှတ်ချက်

hmat.chɛt — Comment; remark; note or observation written down

များ

myá — Many; plural marker; more than one

စပ်

sat — To relate to; to concern; also spicy in taste

လျဉ်း

ljin — Concerning; regarding; in relation to something

၍

yui — Therefore; and so; connective particle linking clauses

စကား

sa.gá — Speech; words; language; conversation between people

အနည်း

a.né — Few; small amount; not many in number

ငယ်

ŋɛ — Young; small; junior in age or rank

တောင်းဆို

taung.zo — To request; to demand; to ask for something

လျက်

ljɛt — While doing; continuous action connective particle

နေရာ

nè.ya — Place; location; position where something is situated

သုံး

thóun — To use; to utilize; also the number three

ခု

kʰu — Counter for objects; also now, at this moment

သို့

tho — To; toward; in the direction of something

ရောက်ရှိ

yauk.shi — To arrive at; to reach a destination or place

သင့်

thin — Should; ought to; appropriate or fitting action

ပရိသတ်

pa.ri.that — Audience; crowd; group of listeners or spectators

အား

á — Object marker particle; also strength or energy

အလျှော့

a.lshaw — Compromise; concession; giving in partially

အတင်း

a.tin — Forcibly; insistently; by compulsion or pressure

နား

ná — Ear; also to stop; to rest from activity

ထောင်

htaung — To listen; also prison; also thousand in counting

သည့်

thi — Relative particle modifying a preceding noun phrase

ဖြင့်

phjin — With; by means of; using a particular method

ဟန်

han — Manner; appearance; pose; way of doing something

ပြ

pjà — To show; to demonstrate; to display something

ဘဲ

bɛ — Without doing; negative connective between two actions

ရိုးရှင်း

yó.shin — Simple; plain; straightforward and uncomplicated

ဇာတ်လမ်း

zat.lan — Story; plot; narrative of a film or book

ကို

go — Object marker particle indicating the direct object

ညှောင်

hnjàung — To instigate; to incite; to provoke someone

သတင်းစာ

tha.tin.za — Newspaper; printed publication reporting current news events

လောက

lau.ga — World; universe; realm of existence or society

၎င်း

din.gi — He, she, it; formal third-person pronoun in writing

ဖြောင့်မတ်

phjàung.mat — Upright; honest; righteous in character and conduct

ထောက်ခံ

htauk.kʰan — To support; to endorse; to back someone up

နာမည်

na.mɛ — Name; title by which someone or something is known

သိ

thi — To know; to understand; to be aware of

တစ်ဦး

ta.ú — One person; a single individual (formal counter)

တစ်ယောက်

ta.yauk — One person; a single individual (informal counter)

တရား

ta.yá — Law; justice; righteousness; Buddhist doctrine or teaching

မျှတ

mjʰa.ta — Fair; balanced; just and equitable in treatment

လမ်းကြောင်း

lan.kyaung — Path; course; direction or route of action

ဖွင့်

pʰwin — To open; to turn on; to unlock or start

သူ

thu — He; she; third-person pronoun referring to a person

၎င်းတို့

din.gi.do — They; formal third-person plural pronoun in writing

နူးညံ့

nú.njàn — Gentle; soft in manner; tender and mild

ဖျော့ဖျေး

phjaw.phjé — Soft; lenient; easygoing in attitude or behavior

လုံ့လ

loun.la — Diligence; effort; perseverance in pursuing a goal

ဝီရိယ

wi.ri.ya — Energy; vigor; earnest effort and industriousness

လက်တွေ့

lɛt.twè — Practical; hands-on; applied in real-world situations

ကျ

kjà — To fall; to suit well; to apply to

ဉာဏ်

nyàn — Wisdom; intelligence; mental faculty of understanding

ရှင်းလင်း

shin.lin — Clear; to explain; to clarify something thoroughly

ကြည်ညို

kjì.njo — To be inspired; to feel reverence or admiration

တို့

do — Plural marker for pronouns; we, you (plural), they

မည်သူ

mji.thu — Whoever; anyone who; referring to an unspecified person

က

ga — Subject marker particle indicating the agent of action

မျှ

mjʰa — Only; just; as much as; equal measure

စာရေး

sa.yé — Writer; author; one who writes texts or documents

ဆရာ

hsaya — Teacher; master; respected professional or skilled person

အကူအညီ

a.ku.a.nyi — Help; assistance; support given to someone in need

မရေမရာ

ma.yè.ma.ya — Unclear; vague; indefinite and lacking specificity

ကိုယ်စားပြု

ko.zà.pju — To represent; to act on behalf of someone

သာ

thá — Only; just; merely; restrictive emphasis particle

ဖြစ်ပြီး

phjit.pji — Being; having become; connective after a state change

စကားလုံး

sa.gá.loun — Word; vocabulary item; unit of language

ရမည်

ya.mji — Must get; will obtain; future obligatory marker

ဖြစ်

phjit — To be; to become; to occur or happen

သို့သော်

tho.thaw — However; nevertheless; but; contrasting conjunction

မှာ

hma — At; in; location marker or command particle

သေချာ

thè.cha — Certain; sure; definite and without doubt

ပေါက်

pauk — To emerge; to appear; to sprout or come out

ကြီးကျယ်

kjí.kjɛ — Grand; magnificent; great in scale or importance

နှလုံးသား

hna.loun.thá — Heart; inner feelings; core of one's emotions

မြင့်မြတ်

mjin.mjat — Noble; sublime; exalted in character or virtue

စိတ်

seit — Mind; heart; feeling; intention or mental state

သူရဲကောင်း

thu.yɛ.kaung — Hero; brave person; courageous individual

ရုန်းကန်

youn.gan — To struggle; to strive; to fight against difficulty

နေ

nè — To stay; to live; to be in a state

အစိမ်း

a.sein — Green color; also raw or unripe state

မည်သို့

mji.tho — How; in what way; by what manner

တိုက်တွန်း

tite.twan — To urge; to encourage; to push someone to act

သ

tha — Formal past or present tense particle in writing

ကဲ့သို့

kɛ.tho — Like; similar to; in the same manner as

ကြင်နာ

kjin.na — Compassionate; caring; showing warm affection for others

ဝေဖန်

wè.pan — To criticize; to review; to evaluate something critically

ရေး

yé — To write; also concerning; about a particular matter

သမား

tha.má — Person of a type; practitioner of a profession

လည်း

lɛ — Also; too; as well; additive discourse particle

ထို

hto — That; those; demonstrative referring to something mentioned

နည်း

né — Method; way; technique; also few or little

တူ

tu — Same; alike; similar; resembling another thing

ပင်

pin — Indeed; even; emphasis particle strengthening a statement

တနည်း

ta.né — In other words; another way of saying something

အားဖြင့်

á.phjin — By means of; in terms of; through a method

ရွေးချယ်

ywé.chɛ — To choose; to select; to make a decision among options

ထား

htá — To place; to keep; to leave something somewhere

ရင်းနှီး

yin.hní — Familiar; intimate; closely acquainted with someone

စွာ

zwá — Adverbial suffix meaning in a manner; with quality

ပြောကြား

pjò.kjá — To speak; to tell; to communicate verbally to others

အနက်

a.nɛt — Meaning; definition; also the color black

မှ

hma — From; since; out of; ablative source marker

ပြီး

pji — After; having completed; done with an action

အသိ

a.thi — Knowledge; awareness; acquaintance with something or someone

အမှတ်ပြု

a.hmat.pju — To acknowledge; to recognize; to take note of

ဖော်ပြ

pʰaw.pja — To describe; to express; to indicate or show clearly

နောက်

nauk — After; behind; next; following in time or space

အခြား

a.chá — Other; another; different from what was mentioned

အုပ်စု

out.zu — Group; cluster; category of people or things

တစ်ခု

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

လှည့်

lʰɛ — To turn; to rotate; to deceive or trick someone

သမျှ

tha.mjʰa — All; every; whatever there is of something

အရ

a.ya — According to; based on; in accordance with something

သေးငယ်

thé.ŋɛ — Small; tiny; little in size or magnitude

သော်

thaw — Although; but; concessive or conditional clause marker

ထို့

hto — That; therefore; referring back to something mentioned

လျစ်လျူ

ljit.lju — To ignore; to overlook; to disregard intentionally

ရှု

shu — To look at; to view; to regard something

တော့

taw — Now; then; at that point; discourse particle

ဟုတ်

hout — True; correct; yes; affirming something is right

ပေ

pè — Emphatic sentence-final particle; indeed; surely

ဆိုလို

hso.lo — To mean; to intend to say; to imply

စာအုပ်

sa.out — Book; bound collection of written or printed pages

ဦးတည်

ú.ti — To aim at; to target; to be directed toward

ရာ

ya — Hundred; also a suffix indicating place or manner

သံသယ

than.tha.ya — Doubt; suspicion; uncertainty about something or someone

ကြည့်

kjì — To look; to watch; to observe something carefully

ကြောက်

kyauk — To fear; to be afraid; to dread something

တတ်

tat — To be able to; to know how; to tend to

သို့မဟုတ်

tho.ma.hout — Or; otherwise; alternatively choosing between two options

အပြစ်

a.pjit — Fault; sin; blame; wrongdoing attributed to someone

ရှာ

shá — To search; to look for; to seek something out

မျက်စိ

mjɛt.si — Eye; the organ used for seeing things

တွင်

twin — In; at; within a place or context

ထူးဆန်း

htú.san — Strange; unusual; rare and out of the ordinary

မှားယွင်း

hmá.ywin — To be mistaken; incorrect; to err or be wrong

ဟု

hu — Quotative particle meaning said that; according to

ယူဆ

yu.hsa — To assume; to think; to hold an opinion

ကြ

kjà — Plural action particle; together; all doing something

ဩဇာ

o.za — Influence; authority; power over others' actions

အာဏာ

a.na — Power; authority; governmental or official power

ကျင့်သုံး

kjin.thoun — To practice; to apply; to exercise a principle

ဒုစရိုက်

du.za.yaik — Wrongdoing; misconduct; immoral or criminal behavior

မိဘ

mi.ba — Parent; mother and father; one's guardians

ဆန့်ကျင်

hsan.kjin — To oppose; to go against; to contradict or resist

ကန့်ကွက်

kan.kwɛt — To object; to protest; to formally oppose something

တိုင်း

tain — Every; each; whenever; also region or country

ဘုရားသခင်

pʰa.yá.tha.kʰin — God; the Lord; supreme deity in Christian context

ကိုယ်စားလှယ်

ko.zà.lwɛ — Representative; delegate; agent acting for another person

ဘာသာ

bá.thá — Religion; language; faith or linguistic category

ဦးစား

ú.zá — Priority; preference; giving precedence to something

ကဲ့ရဲ့

kɛ.yɛ — To mock; to ridicule; to scold or rebuke someone

ရောက်

yauk — To arrive; to reach; to come to a place

ခံစား

kʰan.zá — To feel; to experience; to sense emotionally or physically