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Vocabulary

မိန်းကလေးငယ်များ

mein-ka-lay-ngeh-mya — Young girls, plural form of young girl

ရေးသည်

yay-dtheh — To write, to compose in written form

အကြောင်းအရာများ

a-kyaung-a-ya-mya — Topics, subjects, or matters discussed

အပိုင်း

a-paing — Part, section, or portion of something

၁

tit — The number one in Burmese numerals

အခန်း

a-khan — Chapter or room within a building

တစ်

tit — One, the number one in Burmese

ဘုရားဖူး

paya-hpu — Pilgrimage, visiting a sacred religious site

ခရီးသွား

kha-yi-thwa — To travel, go on a journey or trip

ကစားခြင်း

ka-za-jing — Playing, the act of engaging in play

နှစ်

hnit — Two, or year depending on context

ပျော်ရွှင်သော

pyaw-shwin-dthaw — Happy, joyful, or cheerful in disposition

ခရစ်စမတ်

kha-yit-sa-mat — Christmas, the Christian holiday celebration

သုံး

thone — Three, the number three in Burmese

လူငယ်

lu-ngeh — Young person, youth, young individual

လေး

lay — Four, or heavy depending on context

ဝန်ထုပ်ဝန်ပိုးများ

wan-htoke-wan-po-mya — Burdens, loads, or heavy responsibilities carried

ငါး

nga — Five, or fish depending on context

အိမ်နီးချင်း

ain-ni-jin — Neighbor, person living nearby one's home

စိတ်ဖြင့်

seit-phyin — With heart or mind, wholeheartedly, sincerely

နေခြင်း

nay-jing — Living, residing, or staying somewhere

ခြောက်

chout — Six, the number six in Burmese

ဘက်

bet — Side, direction, or toward something

သည်

dtheh — Grammatical marker indicating subject or verb

လှပသော

hla-ba-dthaw — Beautiful, attractive, or aesthetically pleasing

နန်းတော်ကို

nan-daw-go — To the palace, royal residence object marker

တွေ့ရှိသည်

tweh-shi-dtheh — To find, discover, or encounter something

ခုနစ်

khu-nit — Seven, the number seven in Burmese

၏

ei — Possessive particle, belonging to someone

အရှက်ကွဲခြင်း

a-shek-kweh-jing — Embarrassment, shame, or humiliation felt publicly

ချိုင့်ဝှမ်း

chaing-hwan — Valley, low area between hills or mountains

ရှစ်

shit — Eight, the number eight in Burmese

နှင့်

hnin — And, with, together with conjunction

တွေ့သည်

tweh-dtheh — To meet, encounter, or come across someone

ကိုး

ko — Nine, the number nine in Burmese

မာနပွဲ

ma-na-bweh — Vanity fair, an event of pride or arrogance

သို့

thoe — To, toward, in the direction of

သွားသည်

thwa-dtheh — To go, to travel to a place

ဆယ်

hsè — Ten, the number ten in Burmese