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Vocabulary

အိမ်

ain — House, home, dwelling place

ကို

ko — Accusative marker; also male name prefix

နီပါ

ni pa — Is near, is close to

၏

i — Possessive or copula particle (formal/literary)

အဘိုးတော်

a hpo daw — Royal or respected grandfather, elderly patriarch

က

ka — Subject marker particle in a sentence

သီးနှံ

thi hnan — Crops, agricultural produce, harvested plants

အထူး

a htu — Special, particularly, especially notable

ကောင်း

kaung — Good, fine, excellent quality

သော

thaw — Relative clause marker particle (formal)

နှစ်

hnit — Year; also the number two

တစ်

tit — One, a single unit or item

တွင်

twing — In, at, within (location particle)

တည်

ti — To establish, to be situated, stable

ဆောက်

hsauk — To build, construct a structure

ခဲ့

kheh — Past tense auxiliary particle indicating completion

သည်

thi — Present tense verb ending particle (formal)

ထို

hto — That, those (demonstrative pronoun, formal)

ဆန်

hsan — Rice (uncooked), raw rice grains

ဖြူ

phyu — White, pale in color

စျေး

zay — Price, market, bazaar

နှုန်း

hnone — Rate, price level, tariff

လူ

lu — Person, human being, people

ယောက်

yout — Classifier for male persons

အနေ

a ne — State, situation, manner of being

ဖြင့်

phying — With, by means of (instrumental particle)

ကျွန်း

kyun — Island; also teak tree

သစ်

thit — Wood, timber, tree material

ဝယ်

we — To buy, purchase something

နိုင်

nine — Can, able to, capable of doing

လောက်

lauk — About, approximately, enough amount

အောင်

aung — To succeed, win; until achieving result

မြင့်

myint — High, tall, elevated in height

မည်

mi — Future tense marker particle (formal)

သို့

thoe — To, toward, in the direction of

ပင်

ping — Indeed, even, emphasis particle

ဆို

hso — To say, to sing, called

စေ

say — To cause, let, make someone do

ဇာတ်

zat — Story, drama, theatrical play

လမ်း

lan — Road, path, street, way

ဖြစ်

phyit — To be, become, happen, occur

၎င်း

de thi — He/she/it/they (formal literary pronoun)

အကြိမ်

a kyim — Time, instance, occurrence (classifier)

ကြိမ်

kyim — Time, occasion, frequency count

ကြား

kya — Between, among, to hear

ရ

ya — To get, obtain, receive something

ကြောင့်

kyaung — Because of, due to, owing to

သည့်

thi — Relative clause particle modifying a noun

အပိုင်း

a pine — Part, section, portion of something

များ

mya — Plural marker; many, a lot

မှန်

hman — True, correct; also glass, mirror

ကန်

kan — Pond, lake; to kick

ပြီး

pyi — After completing, finished, done already

စွာ

zwa — Adverb-forming suffix meaning manner or way

ကြောင်း

kyaung — That (complementizer); reason; cat (informal)

ပြော

pyaw — To speak, talk, say something

မှု

hmu — Nominalizer suffix; action, matter, affair

ပို

po — More, to a greater degree

မို

mo — Sky, cloud; roof (informal/dialectal)

လှပ

hla pa — Beautiful, lovely, attractive in appearance

လာ

la — To come; directional particle toward speaker

ယခု

ya khu — Now, at present, currently

တော့

taw — Then, well, emphasis/topic shift particle

သေချာ

the cha — Certain, sure, definite, confirmed

မ

ma — Negation prefix or particle

သိ

thi — To know, to be aware of

ပေ

pe — Soft assertion or mild emphasis particle

သူမ

thu ma — She, her (female third person pronoun)

အရာ

a ya — Thing, matter, object, affair

မှာ

hma — At, in, on (location); to order

ကြမ်း

kyan — Rough, coarse, crude in texture

ပြား

pya — Flat; monetary unit (cent)

အမှောင်

a hmaung — Darkness, lack of light

ရောင်

yaung — Color, light, glow, hue

ပျားရည်

pya ye — Honey, sweet liquid from bees

ကဲ့

keh — Like, similar to (comparison particle)

သတ်

thut — To kill; punctuation mark; to define

မှတ်

hmat — To remember, note, mark down

နေရာ

ne ya — Place, location, spot, position

ကျီကျား

kyi kya — Leopard, spotted wild cat

မြည်

myi — To make a sound, to ring, buzz

ထို့

hto — Therefore, that (emphatic demonstrative particle)

ပြင်

pying — Outside; to fix, repair, prepare

ထိမ်း

htain — To control, manage, tame, preserve

မြား

mya — Arrow; plural emphatic particle

နောက်

nauk — After, behind, next, later

ပထမ

pa hta ma — First, primary, foremost in order

လ

la — Moon, month

ည

nya — Night, nighttime

ဘက်

bet — Side, direction, toward

သူ့

thu — His, her, their (possessive pronoun)

မျှ

hmya — Only, as much as, equally

နိုး

no — To wake up, to arouse

ဘဲ

be — Without doing; duck (animal)

ထဲ

hteh — Inside, within, into

သွား

thwa — To go; tooth

ရန်

yan — In order to; enemy, danger

တိုင်း

tine — Every, each time; region, country

သင်

thin — You (formal); to learn, study

ယူ

yu — To take, carry, fetch something

သား

tha — Son; animal flesh; softening particle

ထား

hta — To place, put, keep, leave

လည်း

le — Also, too, as well (additive)

ဆုံး

hsone — End, finish, to lose, most

ကလေး

ka lay — Child, baby, young person

အမြဲ

a myeh — Always, constantly, all the time

ပြု

pyu — To do, perform, make, act

ကြ

kya — Plural verb marker; to fear

အရှေ့

a shay — Front, east, ahead, forward direction

တံခါး

tan ga — Door, gate, entrance

နှင့်

hnin — And, with, together with

အတူ

a tu — Together, along with someone

မူလ

mu la — Original, primary, initial, fundamental

ပါ

pa — Polite particle; also, to include

သံ

than — Sound, voice; iron, metal

လုပ်

lut — To do, work, perform an action

အနက်

a net — Black color; deep meaning, definition

ဆေး

hsay — Medicine, drug; paint, dye

သုတ်

thut — To wipe, apply, smear a surface

ကာ

ka — While doing; to block, shield

တံကျိတ်

tan kyait — Padlock, lock for a door

ထောင့်

htaung — Corner, angle of a space

ခု

khu — Now; general object classifier

ကိုင်

kine — To hold, grasp, handle something

မောက်

mauk — Hat, cap worn on head

မှ

hma — From, since, only then

သာ

tha — Only, just; pleasant, comfortable

ဖွင့်

phwing — To open, unlock, turn on

၍

yway — And so, therefore (literary connective)

ဟုတ်

hote — Yes, correct, right, true

လျှင်

hlying — If, when (conditional particle)

ပိတ်

pait — To close, shut, block off

မိ

mi — To catch, accidentally do; mother

နေ

ne — To live, stay, reside; sun

ကြာ

kya — To take time, be long duration

အမျှ

a hmya — As much as, equally, proportionally

ဤ

i — This (formal literary demonstrative pronoun)

မျိုး

myo — Kind, type, sort, species

နိုင်ငံ

nine ngan — Country, nation, state

တွင်း

twing — Inside, interior, within a space

သိပ္ပံ

theit pan — Science, scientific study and knowledge

မိသားစု

mi tha su — Family, household members together

အပြင်

a pying — Outside, exterior, outward direction

ပိုင်

pine — To own, possess; suffix of ownership

ဆိုင်

hsine — Shop, store; to concern, relate to

သေး

thay — Still, yet; small, tiny

ငယ်

ngeh — Young, small, junior in age

ကျွမ်း

kywan — Skilled, experienced, expert at something

ကျင်

kyin — Practiced, skilled; to practice

ဖြည်း

phyi — Slow, slowly, gradually in pace

စု

su — To collect, gather, save up

ဆောင်း

hsaung — Winter, cold season; to wear

နည်း

ni — Method, way; few, little amount

ဧည့်

e — Guest, visitor, welcomed person

ရုန်း

yone — To struggle, thrash, fight free

စာ

sa — Letter, writing, book, lesson

ပို့

po — To send, dispatch, transport something

သမား

tha ma — Practitioner, person of a profession

ခါ

kha — Time, occasion, instance of action

သော်

thaw — Though, although (literary concessive)

မူ

mu — However, as for (contrastive particle)

ကြည့်

kyi — To look, watch, observe something

လက်

let — Hand, arm; signature

ချက်

chet — Immediately; to cook; point, stroke

ဆွဲ

hsweh — To pull, drag, attract something

လိုက်

lite — To follow; directional complement

ရုံ

yone — Hall, theater; merely, just enough

ထုတ်

htut — To take out, produce, publish

တို

to — Short in length or height

တောင်း

taung — To ask for, request, beg

သတ္တု

thut tu — Metal, mineral ore material

တံပိုး

tan po — Trumpet, bugle musical instrument

နိမ့်

nain — Low, short in height, humble

ကျ

kya — To fall, drop, descend; to suit

ညည်း

nyi — To groan, moan, complain

ကာလ

ka la — Period, era, time duration

စ

su — To begin, start; beginning point

တင်

tin — To put on, present, upload, raise

ပြန်

pyan — To return, go back; again

ရောက်

yauk — To arrive, reach a destination

ဖော်

phaw — To reveal, show, describe, uncover

ပြ

pya — To show, demonstrate, display

ခေါ်

khaw — To call, name, invite someone

ရှု

shu — To look at, view, observe scenery

နေ့

nay — Day, daytime

လည်

le — To turn, revolve; also, neck

ချိန်

chine — Time, moment; to aim, weigh

စိတ်

sait — Mind, heart, feeling, emotion

၌

hnit — At, in (formal locative particle)

လှန်

hlan — To flip over, turn upside down

ထောင်

htaung — Thousand; prison; to erect upright

တွေး

tweh — To think, ponder, reflect on

သူ

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

ကျောင်း

kyaung — School, monastery, educational institution

ဘတ်စ်

bat si — Bus, public transport vehicle

ကား

ka — Car, vehicle; emphatic particle

စောင့်

hsaung — To wait, guard, watch over

ဖြတ်

phyut — To cut through, pass through, cross

ရပ်

yut — To stop, halt, stand still

ကိုယ်

ko — Body; self, oneself (reflexive pronoun)

တတ်

tut — Can, able to; habitually does

ပေါ်

paw — On top of, above, surface

ရှိ

shi — To exist, have, be present

ခြေ

chay — Foot, leg, base of something

လှမ်း

hlan — To step forward, reach across distance

သဘော

tha baw — Opinion, meaning, nature, character

သက်

thet — Life, age, lifespan; to press

ဖွယ်

phweh — Worthy of, likely to, deserving

အတိ

a ti — Extreme, utmost, fully, completely

အကျ

a kya — Exactly, precisely, falling into place

အစဉ်

a sun — Always, continuously, in sequence

အလျောက်

a lyauk — Accordingly, in accordance with, automatically

ထွက်

htwet — To exit, go out, come out