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Vocabulary

သူသည်

thu. thì — He/she is; subject marker for third person

ထို

htò — That; demonstrative pronoun indicating distance

စည်းမျဉ်း

sí mjin — Rule, regulation, or guideline to follow

တစ်ခု

tɪʔ kʰù — One thing; a single item or unit

ချင်းစီ

tɕʰin sì — Each one; individually, one by one

ကို

ko — Object marker particle; to, toward

တိတိကျကျ

teɪʔ teɪʔ tɕa̰ tɕa̰ — Precisely, exactly, with great accuracy

တစ်ကြိမ်

tɪʔ tɕeɪn — Once; one time, a single occurrence

စီ

sì — Each; distributive particle meaning per item

စမ်းသပ်

sán θaʔ — To test, try, or experiment with something

ခဲ့

kʰɛ̰ — Past tense marker; indicates completed action

ပြီး

pjí — After, already done; completion marker

သူမ

θù ma̰ — She, her; third person feminine pronoun

၏

ɛ̀ — Possessive or genitive particle; of, belonging to

အကြည့်

ʔa̰ tɕʰɛ̰ — A look, gaze, or viewing of something

ခံ

kʰàn — To receive, endure, or bear something

ရ

ja̰ — To get, obtain; ability marker particle

သည်

θì — Present tense marker; topic or subject particle

အော်ဟစ်

ʔɔ́ hɪʔ — To shout, yell, or cry out loudly

ခြင်း

tɕʰin — Nominalizer suffix; turns verbs into nouns

မဟုတ်

ma̰ houʔ — Is not; negation of identity or existence

ရိုးရိုး

jó jó — Simple, plain, ordinary, without complexity

သာ

θà — Only, just; restrictive emphasis particle

နီပါ

nì pà — Near, close by; nearby in proximity

ဆယ်ခုနှစ်

sʰɛ̀ kʰù hnɪʔ — Decade; a period of ten years

နှစ်

hnɪʔ — Year; also the number two

တာ

tà — Nominalizer; colloquial sentence-final particle

သုံး

θóun — Three; also to use or utilize something

သည့်

θɪ̰ — Attributive particle linking clauses to nouns

ပင်

pɪ̀n — Even, indeed; emphatic confirmation particle

၎င်း

dèɪ̀n — That aforementioned; formal reference pronoun

နားလည်

ná lɛ̀ — To understand, comprehend something said or taught

သဘောပေါက်

θa̰ bò pauʔ — To grasp meaning, understand the concept clearly

နောက်မှ

nauʔ m̥a̰ — Afterward, later, after a certain time

သူ

θù — He, him; third person pronoun (general)

ကဲ့သို့

kɛ̰ θò — Like, similar to; comparison particle

များ

mjá — Plural marker; many, a lot of

သေချာ

θè tɕà — Certain, sure, definite; to be confirmed

စွာ

swà — Adverbial suffix meaning with or in a manner

လိုက်နာ

laiʔ nà — To follow, comply with, or obey rules

မာလေ

mà lè — Hard, firm; also a mild emphasis particle

ဤ

ʔì — This; formal demonstrative pronoun (near)

အရာ

ʔa̰ jà — Thing, matter, object; general noun classifier

သတိပြု

θa̰ tḭ pjù — To be careful, pay attention, take notice

မိ

mḭ — Resultative particle; to catch or notice unintentionally

မည်သူ့

mjì θù — Whoever, anyone; interrogative pronoun for person

မျှ

m̥ja̰ — As much as, equally; comparison or limit particle

မပြော

ma̰ pjɔ́ — To not say; negated form of speak

သော်လည်း

θɔ́ lɛ́ — However, although, even though; concessive conjunction

ကြိုတင်

tɕò tɪ̀n — In advance, beforehand, prior preparation

မှန်းဆ

m̥àn za̰ — To estimate, guess, or make an assumption

၍

jwɛ̀ — Therefore, so; formal connective particle

မရ

ma̰ ja̰ — Cannot get; inability or prohibition marker

နိုင်

naiɴ — Can, able to; indicates capability or possibility

မှာ

m̥à — At, in, on; locative and instructional particle

အသံ

ʔa̰ θàn — Sound, voice, noise made by someone or something

အပေါ်

ʔa̰ pɔ́ — On top of, above; regarding, concerning something

မည်မျှ

mjì m̥ja̰ — How much, how many; interrogative quantity expression

မှီခို

m̥ì kʰò — To depend on, rely upon, lean on someone

လာ

là — To come; directional verb toward speaker

မည်

mjì — Future tense marker; will, shall do something

ဆို

sʰò — To say, quote; reported speech marker

ဖြစ်

pjɪʔ — To be, become, happen; existential verb

ထွက်

tʰwɛʔ — To exit, go out, come out of

သွား

θwá — To go; directional verb away from speaker

ပြန်

pjàn — To return; also to do something again

မရောက်

ma̰ jauʔ — Has not arrived, did not reach destination

မီ

mì — Before, in time; to reach or be in time

နှောင်းလယ်

hnáuɴ lɛ̀ — Mid-afternoon; the middle part of afternoon

ကာလ

kà la̰ — Period, era, time span, season of time

အချိန်

ʔa̰ tɕʰeɪn — Time, moment, duration of a period

တွင်

twɪ̀n — In, at, within; locative particle for place or time

အိမ်

ʔeɪn — House, home; residential dwelling place

တိတ်ဆိတ်

teɪʔ seɪʔ — Quiet, silent, peaceful, free from noise

နေ

nè — To live, stay, reside; progressive aspect marker

လေ့

lɛ̰ — Habit marker; to be accustomed to doing

ရှိ

ʃḭ — To exist, have, there is or are

အမြဲတမ်း

ʔa̰ mjɛ̀ tán — Always, constantly, all the time without exception

မဝေဒနာ

ma̰ wè da̰ nà — Without suffering or pain; free from affliction

နှစ်ပေါင်း

hnɪʔ páuɴ — Total of years; combined number of years

များစွာ

mjá swà — Many, numerous, a great deal of something

မိမိ

mḭ mḭ — Oneself, self; reflexive pronoun

ကိုယ်

ko̰ — Body; oneself, self-referential pronoun

အတွင်းပိုင်း

ʔa̰ twɪ́n páiɴ — Interior, inner part, inside portion of something

သက်တောင့်သက်သာ

θɛʔ tauɴ θɛʔ θà — Comfortable, at ease, relaxed in one's situation

နေထိုင်

nè tʰaiɴ — To live, reside, dwell in a place

အမျိုးသမီး

ʔa̰ mjó θa̰ mì — Woman, female person; feminine gender term

တစ်ဦး

tɪʔ ʔú — One person; a single individual (formal)

မီးဖိုချောင်

mí pʰò tɕʰauɴ — Kitchen; room where cooking takes place

မှု

m̥ù — Nominalizer for actions; matter, affair, case

စကားပြောဆိုမှု

za̰ gá pjɔ́ sʰò m̥ù — Conversation, act of speaking and communicating

အများစု

ʔa̰ mjá zù — Majority, most of something or a group

ထက်

tʰɛʔ — Than; comparative particle for comparisons

ကောင်း

káuɴ — Good, fine, nice; positive quality adjective

ဟု

hù — Quotative particle; said, reported speech marker

သဘော

θa̰ bò — Meaning, intention, disposition, or understanding

သို့သော်

θò θɔ́ — However, but, nevertheless; formal adversative conjunction

သင်ယူ

θɪ̀n jù — To learn, study, acquire knowledge or skills

တစ်ယောက်

tɪʔ jauʔ — One person; a single individual (informal)

တည်း

tɛ́ — Alone, only; also past tense final particle

နှင့်

hnɪ̰ — And, with; conjunction and comitative particle

မပြောဆို

ma̰ pjɔ́ sʰò — To not speak or say anything at all

ဘဲ

bɛ́ — Without doing; negative adverbial connective particle

အတူ

ʔa̰ tù — Together, along with, in company of someone

ကြား

tɕá — Between, among; to hear something said

ကွာခြား

kwà tɕʰá — To differ, be different, distinction between things

ဟူ

hù — Called, known as; formal quotative reference particle

ခေါ

kʰɔ́ — To call, name, summon someone or something

အဖော်

ʔa̰ pʰɔ́ — Companion, partner, friend, associate person

ဖြင့်

pjɪ̰ — With, by means of; instrumental particle

အလျင်

ʔa̰ ljɪ̀n — Speed, pace; quickly, fast adverbial expression

မစ

ma̰ sa̰ — Have not started; before beginning something

လုပ်ဆောင်

louʔ sʰauɴ — To carry out, perform, execute an action

အားကိုး

ʔá kʰó — To rely on, trust in, depend upon someone

နေ့လယ်

nɛ̰ lɛ̀ — Noon, midday, lunchtime period of day

ဖြတ်ကျော်

pjɪʔ tɕɔ́ — To pass through, cross over, traverse something

အိပ်ငိုက်

ʔeɪʔ ŋaiʔ — To feel drowsy, sleepy, nodding off

လမ်း

lán — Road, path, way, route or method

မှ

m̥a̰ — From, since; ablative or source particle

သော

θɔ́ — Relative clause marker; that which, who does

အခါ

ʔa̰ kʰà — When, occasion, time that something occurs

ခေါင်း

kʰáuɴ — Head; also leader or title of something

မြှောက်

m̥jauʔ — To raise up, lift, promote, elevate something

ကြည့်

tɕʰɛ̰ — To look at, watch, observe something visually

သေးငယ်

θé ŋɛ̀ — Small, tiny, little in size or amount

တည်ကြည်

tɛ̀ tɕì — Calm, composed, steadfast, mentally stable

ထက်မြက်

tʰɛʔ mjɛʔ — Sharp, clever, intelligent, keen-minded person

ခွက်

kʰwɛʔ — Cup, bowl, small container for drinking

သောက်

θauʔ — To drink a liquid beverage or fluid

အခန်း

ʔa̰ kʰán — Room, chapter, compartment within a space

ထဲ

tʰɛ́ — Inside, within; locative particle for interior

အပင်

ʔa̰ pɪ̀n — Plant, tree, vegetation growing in ground

တောင်းဆို

táuɴ sʰò — To demand, request, ask for something formally

လေ

lè — Sentence-final particle adding emphasis or softening

အရည်အသွေး

ʔa̰ jɛ̀ ʔa̰ θwé — Quality, standard, level of excellence of something

ပြောင်းလဲ

pjáuɴ lɛ́ — To change, transform, alter, shift from before

ပေး

pé — To give, provide, offer something to someone

ရည်ရွယ်ချက်

jɛ̀ jwɛ̀ tɕʰɛʔ — Purpose, intention, aim, goal of an action

မရှိ

ma̰ ʃḭ — Does not exist, there is none, absent

စကားပြောဆို

za̰ gá pjɔ́ sʰò — To converse, have a conversation with someone

စတင်

sa̰ tɪ̀n — To begin, start, commence an activity

အဆက်မပြတ်

ʔa̰ sʰɛʔ ma̰ pjaʔ — Continuously, without interruption, unceasing flow

တိရစ္ဆာန်

ta̰ jɪʔ sʰàn — Animal, beast, creature of the animal kingdom

တစ်ကောင်

tɪʔ káuɴ — One animal; single animal classifier unit

နူးညံ့

nú njàn — Gentle, soft, tender in manner or touch

သိမ်မွေ့

θeɪn mwɛ̰ — Subtle, refined, delicate, fine in texture

လိုအပ်

lò ʔaʔ — To need, require, be necessary for something

ကလေး

ka̰ lé — Child, young kid, baby, infant person

မှတ်ယူ

m̥aʔ jù — To note down, memorize, remember something important

ကာ

kà — While doing; temporary or ongoing action particle

လူ

lù — Person, human being, people in general

အချို့

ʔa̰ tɕʰó — Some, a few, certain ones among a group

က

ka̰ — Subject or agent marker particle in sentences

ပြောဆို

pjɔ́ sʰò — To speak, say, tell, communicate verbally

ကြည်ညို

tɕì ɲò — To admire, feel reverence or deep respect

ချစ်ခင်

tɕʰɪʔ kʰɪ̀n — To love, care for, be fond of someone

ပြ

pjà — To show, demonstrate, display something to someone

ချုံ့

tɕʰóun — To shrink, compress, reduce in size or scope

ကြည်မြင်

tɕì mjɪ̀n — To perceive, envision, see with understanding

နည်းလမ်း

nɛ́ lán — Method, approach, way of doing something

နည်း

nɛ́ — Method, way; also few, little in quantity