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Vocabulary

အိမ်

ain — House or home, a place of residence

သည်

thì — Topic marker particle; also 'is/are' copula

မာလီ

ma li — Mali; also a common Burmese female name

၏

i — Possessive or genitive particle ('of', 'belonging to')

မိသားစု

mi tha: su — Family; group of related people living together

တွင်

twìn — In, at, within (locative particle)

မျိုးဆက်

myó hsɛʔ — Generation; a group of people born around same time

နှစ်

hnɪʔ — Year; also the number two

ဆက်

hsɛʔ — To continue, connect, or follow on

ကတည်းက

ka. tɛ: ga. — Since (a time); from that point onward

ရှိ

shì — To exist, have, be present somewhere

နေ

ne — To live, stay, reside; also 'sun'

သူမ

thu. ma. — She, her (third person feminine pronoun)

ဖခင်

hpa. khɪn — Father, male parent

ဤ

i — This (formal/literary demonstrative pronoun)

ခရိုင်

kha. yaing — District; administrative subdivision of a region

နေရာ

ne ya — Place, location, spot, area

သစ်သီး

thɪʔ thí — Fruit; edible product of a tree or plant

ဥယျာဉ်

u. yain — Garden or orchard; cultivated outdoor green space

များ

myá — Many, plural marker; a lot of something

နှင့်

hnɪn — And, with, together with (conjunction/preposition)

မ

ma. — Negation prefix; not (placed before verb)

ကျောက်ခင်း

kyauʔ khɪ: — Stone paving; a surface laid with stones

လမ်း

lán — Road, path, street, way

သာ

thá — Only, just; emphatic or limiting particle

အများဆုံး

a. myá hsóun — Most, the greatest amount or number

ကျန်

kjàn — Remaining, leftover, still left behind

သေး

thé — Still, yet; also small (in some contexts)

သော

thɔ — Relative clause particle; that which, who (literary)

အခါ

a. kha — Time, occasion, when (temporal conjunction)

သုံး

thóun — Three; also to use or employ something

သွယ်

thwɛ — To connect, extend, run (e.g. wires, roads)

အကွာ

a. kwa — Distance, gap, space between two points

မှ

hma. — From, since (ablative particle indicating origin)

သံဃာ

thàn ga — Buddhist monk; member of the monastic community

နံနက်ပိုင်း

nan naʔ páin — Morning time, the early part of the day

ဆုတောင်း

hsù tàun — To pray, make a wish or religious supplication

သံ

thàn — Sound, voice; also iron/metal in other contexts

ကို

go — Object marker particle (direct object indicator)

ကြား

kjá — Between, among; also to hear (a sound)

နိုင်

naing — Can, able to, capable of doing something

အနီးဆုံး

a. ni: zóun — Nearest, closest in proximity

ဈေး

zé — Market, bazaar; also price or cost

သို့

tho. — To, toward, in the direction of (dative)

ကြောင်

kjàun — Cat; a common domestic feline animal

မှုန်

hmùn — Dust, mist, haze; fine particles in air

ထဲ

htɛ — Inside, within, into (locative particle)

စက်ဘီး

sɛʔ bí — Bicycle; a two-wheeled pedal-powered vehicle

စီး

sí — To ride (a vehicle); flow (of water)

၍

yui — And then, therefore (literary connective particle)

မိနစ်

mì nɪʔ — Minute; a unit of time equal to 60 seconds

လေးဆယ်

lé hsɛ — Forty; the number 40

ခရီး

kha. yí — Journey, trip, travel from one place to another

ကြာ

kjá — To take time, last, be long in duration

တည်ဆောက်

tɛ hsauʔ — To build, construct, erect a structure

ခဲ့

khɛ — Past tense marker; did, went (completed action)

သူ

thu. — He, she, they (third person pronoun)

အရောင်

a. yaung — Color, hue, shade of something

မှောင်

hmàun — Dark, dim, lacking light

ပြီး

pí — After, finished, already done; completion marker

သစ်သား

thɪʔ thá — Wood, timber; material from trees used in building

သိပ်သည်း

thiʔ thí — Dense, thick, compact, tightly packed

ခြောက်

chauʔ — Six; also dry (without moisture) in other contexts

ကောင်းစေ

káun se — To make good, improve, cause something to be better

ရန်

yan — In order to, for the purpose of (purpose particle)

ဆယ်စု

hsɛ su — Decade; a period of ten years

ပုပ်

pouʔ — Rotten, decayed, spoiled (of organic matter)

နောက်ထပ်

nauʔ htaʔ — Another, additional, one more (of something)

မျိုး

myó — Type, kind, sort; also race or species

ကောင်း

káun — Good, nice, well, of high quality

ကျွန်း

kjùn — Island; a landmass surrounded by water

သား

thá — Son; also flesh or meat in other contexts

ဖြင့်

pjɪn — With, by means of, using (instrumental particle)

မိုး

mó — Rain; also sky or roof in certain contexts

ရေ

yè — Water; essential liquid for life

ဖြတ်

pjaʔ — To cut through, pass through, cross over

ဘဲ

bɛ — Without doing; negative manner particle

အောက်

auʔ — Below, under, beneath, lower part

သွား

thwá — To go, move away toward a destination

ရေး

yé — To write; also affairs/matters in compound words

အတွက်

a. twɛʔ — For, for the sake of, regarding something

နိမ့်

nain — Low, short in height, not tall

တိုင်

táin — Until, as far as; also pillar or pole

ပေါ်

pɔ — On top of, above, upon (locative particle)

ထောင်

htàun — Thousand; also to set upright or establish

ထား

htá — To place, put, keep; resultative verb particle

အမိုး

a. mó — Roof; the covering on top of a building

အုတ်ကြွပ်

ouʔ kjuʔ — Tile, ceramic roofing tile used on buildings

ဖြစ်

pjiʔ — To be, become, happen, occur

ဘဝ

ba wa — Life, existence, one's state of being

တစ်

tɪʔ — One; the number 1 (also indefinite article)

ကြိမ်

kjein — Time, instance, occasion (counter for occurrences)

ကြမ်းတမ်း

kjàn tàn — Rough, harsh, severe, tough in nature

လှ

hlà — Beautiful, pretty, attractive, lovely

မုန်တိုင်း

moun táin — Storm, cyclone, severe weather with strong winds

ခု

khu. — Now; also a counter for objects

အပြီး

a. pí — After finishing, upon completion of something

လဲ

lɛ — Also, too; question particle; to fall down

လှယ်

hlɛ — To exchange, swap, replace with something else

ရ

ya. — To get, obtain, receive; can, able to

တဲ

tɛ — Hut, shack, simple shelter; informal dwelling

နား

ná — Ear; also to rest or stop (in other usage)

ရှေ့

shé — Front, ahead, forward direction

တလျှောက်

ta. hlauʔ — Along, throughout, all along the way

ဆက်သွယ်

hsɛʔ thwɛ — To contact, communicate, get in touch with

နံနက်

nan naʔ — Morning, the early part of the day

အလင်း

a. lɪn — Light, brightness, illumination

ရောင်

yaung — Color; light rays; glow or shine

အရင်ဆုံး

a. yɪn zóun — First of all, earliest, before everything else

ရောက်

yauʔ — To arrive, reach, get to a destination

အရှေ့

a. shé — East; also the front or ahead direction

ဘက်

bɛʔ — Side, direction, toward (e.g. that side)

ပါ

pá — Polite particle; also to include or accompany

ပတ်

paʔ — To go around, encircle; also week in some contexts

ရစ်

yɪʔ — To wind around, wrap, coil or twine

သရက်

tha. yɛʔ — Mango; a sweet tropical fruit tree

ပင်

pɪn — Tree, plant; also emphatic particle 'even, indeed'

အိုမင်း

o mɪn — Old, aged, elderly (of a person)

၎င်း

da. gɪn — He/she/it/they (formal literary pronoun)

တို့

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

စည်

sì — Drum; also to be prosperous or bustling

လက်

lɛʔ — Hand, arm; also used in compound expressions

ဖက်

phɛʔ — Side; to embrace or hold; leaf (in some usage)

ကွင်း

kwɪn — Field, open area, ring, enclosure

မှီ

hmi — To lean on, depend on, rely upon something

အောင်

àun — To succeed, win; particle meaning 'so that'

ကျယ်

kjɛ — Wide, broad, spacious, expansive

ဝန်း

wùn — Surrounding area, vicinity, circumference

ဂိတ်

gaiʔ — Gate, terminal, entry point (e.g. bus gate)

မတ်

maʔ — March (the month); also upright or steep

လ

la. — Moon; month; a lunar cycle

က

ga. — Subject marker particle; from (in some usage)

ဆွဲ

hswe — To pull, drag, draw toward oneself

ချ

cha. — To lower, put down, bring down something

အထိ

a. htì — Until, up to, as far as (limit particle)

အဖြူ

a. pjù — White color; something white in appearance

အဝါ

a. wa — Yellow color; something yellow in appearance

ပွင့်

pwɪn — To bloom, open (of a flower); to be open

ဖူး

phú — Flower bud; to have experienced (in some usage)

နှင်း

hnɪn — Snow, frost, dew; also a female name

ဆီ

hsì — Oil; also toward, in the direction of

ကိုယ်တိုင်

ko táin — Oneself, personally, by one's own effort

ရိုးရှင်း

yó shɪn — Simple, plain, straightforward, uncomplicated

အစိမ်း

a. seɪn — Green color; also raw or unripe

သုတ်

thouʔ — To apply, spread, wipe on a surface

ဖွင့်

phwɪn — To open, turn on, launch something

သတ်မှတ်

thaʔ hmaʔ — To define, determine, designate, set officially

ပုံစံ

poun san — Form, shape, style, pattern, design

ဖိ

phi. — To press, push down, apply pressure

အနည်း

a. nɛ — Few, little, small amount of something

ငယ်

njɛ — Young, small, little (in age or size)

မော့

mɔ — To tilt up, raise (head upward)

ပေး

pé — To give, provide, offer to someone

လော့

lɔ — Imperative particle urging action; come on, do it

ချိတ်

chaiʔ — To hook, hang, attach, link together

ရွယ်

ywɛ — Age, stage of life; intended or aimed at

မှာ

hma — At, in, on (locative); also to order food

လေ့လာ

lɛ la — To study, learn, investigate, explore a subject

ကြောင့်

kjàun — Because of, due to, as a result of

မည်

mɛ — Future tense marker (literary); will, shall

ကဲ့သို့

kɛ tho. — Like, as, similar to (comparison particle)

မှတ်

hmaʔ — To note, remember, record, mark down

မိ

mi. — To catch, get (unintentionally); mother (informal)

တော့

tɔ — Emphatic/topic shift particle; 'then, well, now'

အသက်

a. thɛʔ — Age; life, breath, lifespan of a person

ငါး

njá — Fish; also the number five

ကြည့်

kjì — To look, watch, observe something visually

ပြီ

pí — Already, done, completed (sentence-final particle)

ကူး

kú — To cross over, transfer, copy, move across

တတ်

taʔ — To know how to, can (habitual ability)

ခြင်း

chɪn — Nominalizer particle turning verb into noun form

ဟုတ်

houʔ — Yes, correct, that's right, true

ထို

htò — That, those (demonstrative pronoun, literary)

လှုပ်ရှား

hlouʔ shá — To move, be active, stir, have movement

မှု

hmu. — Nominalizing suffix for abstract actions or affairs

ကိုယ်

ko — Body; self, oneself (reflexive pronoun)

ကျိုးကြောင်း

kjó kjàun — Reason, logic, cause and effect, rationale

သဘောသဘာဝ

tha bɔ tha ba wɔ — Nature, natural character, innate quality of something

အတွင်း

a. twɪn — Within, inside, during (a period or space)

ဝှေ့

hwé — To dodge, evade, move aside quickly

ကာ

ká — Connective particle linking consecutive actions; while

ကြွပ်

kjuʔ — Crispy, brittle, crunchy in texture

မျဉ်း

mjɪn — Line, stripe, ruled line on a surface

လည်း

lɛ — Also, too, as well (additive particle)

အသံ

a. thàn — Sound, voice, noise, audio

ထွက်

thwɛʔ — To exit, go out, come out, emerge

လာ

lá — To come, approach; directional verb particle

စုံ

soun — Complete, full set, paired; all together

ယောက်

yauʔ — Counter for people (male); person (informal)

ဆို

hsò — To say, called, known as; also to sing

လို

lo — To need, want, require; like, as

တွင်း

twɪn — Inside, hole, pit, cavity, interior space

ချက်

chɛʔ — Immediately; also to cook or a cooking style

လူ

lu — Person, human being, people

စား

sá — To eat, consume food or something

ဂရု

ga. yu — Care, attention, caution, mindfulness

ပြု

pju — To do, make, perform an action

ထိုက်

htaiʔ — To deserve, be worthy of, merit something

ခေါ်

khɔ — To call, invite, summon, name someone

မြန်

mjàn — Fast, quick, swift, rapid

ဆန်

hsàn — Rice (uncooked); also to go against, oppose