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Vocabulary

သည်

thì — Grammatical marker indicating subject or present tense

စိတ်

seik — Mind, heart, feeling, or mental state

တည်ငြိမ်

teh nyein — Calm, stable, composed, or tranquil

မှု

hmu — Nominalization suffix; turning verbs into nouns

ကို

go — Object marker particle in Burmese grammar

တန်ဖိုး

tan phoe — Value, worth, or importance of something

ထား

hta — To place, keep, or put something somewhere

သော

thaw — Relative clause marker; meaning 'which' or 'that'

အိမ်

ein — House, home, or dwelling place

တစ်

tit — One; the number one or indefinite article

တွင်

dwin — In, at, within; locative particle

ကြီး

ji — Big, large, great, or senior

ပြင်း

pyín — Strong, intense, or severe

လာ

la — To come; directional verb toward speaker

ခဲ့

kheh — Past tense marker; indicates completed action

သူ

thu — He, she, or third-person pronoun

ဖြစ်

phyit — To be, become, or occur

၍

yway — Conjunction meaning 'therefore' or 'and so'

ဤ

i — This; formal demonstrative pronoun

အရာ

a ya — Thing, object, or matter

လေးစား

lé zà — To respect, esteem, or regard highly

နားလည်

na leh — To understand, comprehend, or grasp meaning

သူမ

thu ma — She; feminine third-person pronoun

နံနက်

nan neh — Morning; early part of the day

အချိန်

a chein — Time, moment, or period

များ

mya — Many, plural marker, or more

နှင့်

hnin — And, with, or together with

စကား

za ga — Words, speech, language, or conversation

မပြော

ma pyaw — Did not speak or did not say

ထို

hto — That; demonstrative pronoun indicating distance

နေ့

neh — Day, daytime, or a specific day

၏

ei — Possessive particle; 's or 'of'

မတူညီ

ma tu nyi — Different, unlike, or not the same

တစ်ခု

tit khu — One thing; one unit or item

သူတို့

thu doh — They, them; third-person plural pronoun

နေရာ

ne ya — Place, location, spot, or position

ဖြည့်

phyeh — To fill, complete, or supplement

ဆည်း

sí — To accumulate, gather, or collect

ရန်

yan — In order to; purpose marker or enemy

မလို

ma lo — Not needed, unnecessary, or unwanted

အပ်

a' — To submit, deposit, or entrust to someone

ဘဲ

beh — Without doing; negative adverbial particle

ဂရု

ga ru — Care, attention, or mindfulness

တစိုက်

ta soik — Steadily, continuously, or attentively

နှစ်

hnit — Year; or the number two

ဦး

oo — Head; honorific prefix or classifier for people

တို့

doh — Plural marker for pronouns or nouns

မျှဝေ

hmya weh — To share or divide with others

နိုင်

nain — Can, able to, or capable of doing

သည့်

thìh — Relative clause marker modifying a noun

နည်း

né — Method, way, technique, or manner

တူ

tu — Same, alike, similar, or equal

ထောင့်

htaun — Corner, angle, or point of view

တည်း

té — Alone, only, or restrictive particle

မီးဖို

mi pho — Kitchen stove or cooking fire

ချောင်

chaun — Stream, channel, or narrow passage

ရှိ

shi — To have, exist, or be present

နေ

ne — To live, stay, reside, or sun

ကြ

ja — Plural action marker for collective doing

ရုံ

youn — Hall, theater, or just enough; barely

သာ

tha — Only, just, or emphatic particle

နိပါ

ni pa — Nirvana; cessation of suffering in Buddhism

ကလေး

ka lé — Child, baby, or young person

အခန်း

a khan — Room, chamber, or section of a building

ထဲ

hteh — Inside, within, or into a space

ဝင်

win — To enter, go in, or join

အတိုင်း

a tine — According to, as per, or following

ဆာ

sa — To be hungry or to hunger for something

လောင်

laun — To burn, be on fire, or blaze

ကာ

ka — While doing; simultaneous action connector

ဆူ

su — To be noisy or boil vigorously

ညံ

nyan — Loud, noisy, or resonating with sound

စွာ

zwa — Adverbial suffix meaning 'in a manner'

ဆင်း

sin — To descend, go down, or come down

ကျောင်း

kyoun — School, monastery, or educational institution

ခုနစ်

khú nit — Seven; the number seven

နာရီ

na yi — Hour or clock/watch

ခွဲ

khweh — Half; to divide or split something

စတင်

sa tin — To begin, start, or commence

ပြီး

pyi — After finishing; completion marker

လမ်း

lan — Road, path, street, or way

လျှောက်

hshauk — To walk, stroll, or apply formally

မိနစ်

mi nit — Minute; unit of time

ဆယ်

she — Ten; the number ten

ကြာ

ja — To take time, last, or duration

ကြောင့်

jaun — Because of, due to, or owing to

ဖြည်း

phyé — Slowly, gradually, or gently

လုပ်

louk — To do, make, or perform an action

မည့်

meh — Future tense relative clause marker

လေး

lé — Four; or endearing/softening particle

ချန်

chan — To leave behind, omit, or set aside

သက်

thek — Life, age, or effect on something

ဆီ

si — Oil; or toward, in the direction of

သို့

thoh — To, toward, or in the direction of

မျက်စိ

myèk si — Eye or eyes

ဖက်

phek — Side, direction, or to embrace/wrap

လျင်

lyin — Fast, quickly, or swift

မြန်

myan — Quick, fast, or speedy

စား

sa — To eat or consume food

သောက်

thauk — To drink or consume liquid

ခေါ

khaw — To call, summon, or invite

အစာ

a za — Food, meal, or nourishment

ချ

cha — To place down, lower, or put down

ပေး

pé — To give or provide to someone

နောက်

nauk — Back, behind, after, or later

ခွက်

khwek — Cup, bowl, or small container

မှ

hma — From, since, or ablative case marker

ကျွေး

kywe — To feed or offer food to someone

ဟို

ho — That over there; distal demonstrative

ဟာ

ha — Colloquial topic marker or 'that thing'

ဒီ

di — This; informal proximal demonstrative pronoun

မရှိ

ma shi — Not present, absent, or nonexistent

မိမိ

mi mi — Oneself, self, or reflexive pronoun

နှုန်း

hnoun — Rate, ratio, pace, or standard

နဲ့

neh — And, with; informal conjunctive particle

ထို့

htoh — That; referring to previously mentioned thing

မနည်း

ma né — Not a little; quite a lot

ရက်

yeh — Day (of the month), date, or cruel

သတ္တ

thatta — Week (Pali origin); seven-day period

ပတ်

pat — Week or to go around, encircle

အနည်း

a né — A small amount, few, or little

ငယ်

ngeh — Young, small, or junior in age

အတွင်း

a dwin — Within, inside, or during a period

မှာ

hma — At, in; locative or command marker

ပင်

pin — Even, indeed; emphatic particle or tree

အား

a — Indirect object marker; to, for someone

ကိုး

go — Nine; or emphatic sentence-final particle

ခင်း

khin — To spread out or lay flat; expanse

ပိုင်း

pine — Part, section, or half of something

တစ်စ

tit sa — A little bit, a small piece

ဆို

so — To say, quote, or called/named

တံခါး

tan ga — Door, gate, or entrance

ခြင်း

chin — Nominalization suffix for verbs and adjectives

အိတ်

eik — Bag, sack, or pocket

ကောက်

kauk — To pick up, collect, or gather

ယူ

yu — To take, carry, or obtain something

မည်

meh — Future tense marker; will or shall

လျှင်

hlyin — If, when; conditional particle

ဥယျာဉ်

u yain — Garden, park, or orchard

ဖြတ်

phyat — To pass through, cut, or cross

ရှေ့

sheh — Front, ahead, or before

အထိ

a hti — Until, up to, or as far as

လိုက်

laik — To follow, go along, or accompany

ပါ

pa — Polite particle or 'also, too'

လက်

let — Hand, arm, or handle of something

သုံး

thoun — Three; or to use, utilize something

ဖြင့်

phyin — With, by means of; instrumental particle

ဖွင့်

phwin — To open, switch on, or start up

ထွက်

htwek — To go out, exit, or emerge

သွား

thwa — To go away from the speaker

သူ့

thu — His, her; possessive form of 'he/she'

ကြည့်

ji — To look at, watch, or observe

အမြဲ

a myeh — Always, constantly, or all the time

တမ်း

dan — Intensifier for longing or always; persistently

ထိုင်

htain — To sit or be seated

ပြီ

pyi — Already done; completion particle

ခုန်

khun — To jump, leap, or bounce

မနေ

ma ne — Cannot stay still; restless action

မှီ

hmi — To lean on, depend on, or reach

တွေ့

tweh — To meet, find, or encounter someone

မယ်

meh — Informal future tense marker; will do

မဟုတ်

ma hout — Not, is not, or incorrect

ကောင်း

kaun — Good, nice, well, or beneficial

ဟု

hu — Quotative marker meaning 'saying that'

အနှစ်

a hnit — Essence, years, or core of something

မျိုး

myo — Type, kind, sort, or species

ခု

khu — Now; or classifier for objects

ပြော

pyaw — To say, speak, or tell someone

တစ်ခါ

tit kha — Once, one time, or sometimes

တစ်ရံ

tit yan — Sometimes, occasionally, or once in a while

ဘာ

ba — What; interrogative pronoun

ချိန်

chein — Time, moment, or to weigh something

လောက်

lauk — About, approximately, or enough

နား

na — Ear; or to rest, take a break

ပထမ

pa hta ma — First, primary, or initial

ဆုံး

hsoun — End, finish, or most (superlative marker)

ပွား

pwa — To multiply, increase, or spread

သတိ

tha ti — Mindfulness, awareness, or caution

ပြု

pyu — To do, make, or act; formal verb

မိ

mi — To catch, manage to do, or reflexive marker

ကော်ဖီ

kaw phi — Coffee; a popular hot beverage

ကိုင်

kain — To hold, carry, or handle something

လ

la — Month or the moon

ဆောင်

hsaun — To carry, bear, or convey something

ရှု

shu — To look at, view, or breathe in

ခန့်

khan — About, approximately, or to appoint

မှန်း

hman — To estimate, guess, or aim for

ခြေ

che — Foot, leg, or base of something

မျက်နှာ

myèk hna — Face, expression, or front surface

မူ

mu — Policy, principle; or topic-contrast marker

တာဝန်

ta won — Responsibility, duty, or obligation

မြောက်

myauk — North; or to succeed, accomplish

အောင်

aun — In order to succeed; purpose or success marker

ရွက်

ywek — Leaf; or to carry out, implement

ကြောင်း

jaun — Reported speech marker; 'that' in indirect speech

ကျေ

kyeh — To be satisfied, repaid, or settled

နပ်

nat — Fitting, appropriate, or satisfying

ဟန်

han — Style, manner, appearance, or posture

လှည့်

hleh — To turn, rotate, or spin around

ပြန်

pyan — To return, go back, or again

စတုတ္ထ

sa toot tha — Fourth; ordinal number four (formal/Pali)

အမည်

a myi — Name, title, or designation of someone

မျှ

hmya — Only, as much as, or equally

မပေး

ma pé — Did not give or to not give

စုံ

soon — Complete, full set, or both together

ရာ

ya — Hundred; or relative clause nominalizer

ခံ

khan — To receive, endure, or bear something