Little Women — Page 4

Vocabulary

ဂျိုသည်

jò dhì — To be stubborn or obstinate in behavior

ချက်ချင်း

chɛʔ chìn — Immediately; right away without delay

ထိုင်

htaing — To sit down

မတ်တပ်

maʔ taʔ — Standing upright; at attention

ကာ

ka — Particle indicating continuation or while doing

လက်

lɛʔ — Hand; arm

နှစ်

hnɪʔ / hnɪʔ — Year; also the number two

ဖက်

pʰɛʔ — To hold or embrace; side or direction

ကို

ko — Accusative particle marking the direct object

အိတ်ကပ်

eɪʔ kaʔ — Pocket of clothing

ထဲ

htɛ — Inside; within

ထည့်

htɛ̰ — To put into; to insert

ပြီး

pji — After completing; already done; then

သွားလေသံ

θwà lè θan — Tone of voice; melody of speech

ထုတ်

htoʊʔ — To take out; to produce or publish

မှုတ်

hmoʊʔ — To blow air from the mouth

လိုက်

laɪʔ — To follow; directional verb indicating following along

လေ

lè — Sentence-final particle adding mild emphasis or explanation

သည်

θì — Present-tense sentence particle; topic marker

ဘယ်လို

bɛ lo — How; in what way

ပင်

pɪn — Even; indeed; emphasis particle

ဆို

so — To say; quotative particle meaning 'called' or 'saying'

ငါ

ŋà — I; me (informal, blunt first-person pronoun)

ယောက်ျားလေး

yauʔ kyà lé — Boy; young male

တွေ

twè — Plural particle for nouns; also 'to find'

၏

ì — Formal possessive or copula particle

ဂိမ်း

gɛ́in — Game (especially video or board game)

များ

myà — Plural marker; many; a lot

အလုပ်

ʔa loʊʔ — Work; job; occupation

နှင့်

hnɪn — And; with; together with

အမူအကျင့်

ʔa mu ʔa kjɪn — Behavior; manners; habitual conduct

နှစ်သက်

hnɪʔ θɛʔ — To like; to be fond of something

သည့်

θɪ̰ — Relative clause marker linking modifier to noun

အခါ

ʔa kʰà — Time; occasion; when something happens

မိန်းကလေး

mɛ́in ga lé — Girl; young female

ဖြစ်

pjɪʔ — To be; to become; to occur

ခြင်း

chɪ́n — Nominalizer particle turning verbs into noun phrases

ပင်ပန်းနွမ်းနယ်

pɪn pán nwán nɛ — Exhausted; physically and mentally worn out

ဖွယ်

pʰwɛ — Worthy of; likely to; deserving a feeling

မ

ma — Negation prefix; not

ဟုတ်

hoʊʔ — Yes; correct; that's right

အပေါ်

ʔa pɔ — On top of; above; toward someone

ငါ့

ŋa̰ — My; mine (informal possessive first-person)

စိတ်ပျက်

seɪʔ pyɛʔ — Disappointed; discouraged; disheartened

မှု

hmu — Abstract nominalizer indicating an action or matter

ကျော်လွှား

kyɔ lʰwà — To overcome; to get past a difficulty

နိုင်

naɪn — Can; to be able to; to win

မည်

mì — Future tense marker; will; shall

ယခု

ya kʰu — Now; at this moment

မှာ

hmà — At; in; locative particle; also future marker

ယခင်

ya kʰɪn — Before; previously; in the past

ထက်

htɛʔ — Than; more than (comparative particle)

ပို

po — More; increasingly; even more so

ဆိုး

so — Bad; wicked; severe; worse

အဘကြီး

ʔa ba̰ ji — Old man; grandfather; elderly male

အတူ

ʔa tu — Together; jointly with someone

တိုက်ပွဲ

taɪʔ pwɛ — Battle; fight; conflict

ဝင်

wɪn — To enter; to go inside

ရန်

yan — In order to; for the purpose of; enemy

အလွန်

ʔa lwɛn — Very; extremely; exceedingly

တမ်းတ

tán da — To long for; to miss someone or something

နေ

nè — To stay; to live; progressive aspect particle

တော့

tɔ̰ — Sentence particle indicating a shift or conclusion

နောင်တ

naʊn da — Regret; remorse for past actions

မဲ့

mɛ̰ — Without; lacking; negative adjectival suffix

သော

θɔ — Relative clause marker (formal written form)

အိုမင်း

ʔo mɪ́n — Old; aged; elderly (describing people)

သူမ

θu ma — She; her (third-person feminine pronoun)

ကဲ့သို့

kɛ̰ θo — Like; similar to; as if

အိမ်

ʔeɪn — House; home

ချည်

chì — Only; just; to tie (also restrictive particle)

ထိုး

hto — To stab; to pierce; to inject

ရုံ

youn — Only; merely; just enough (limiting particle)

သာ

θà — Only; just; exclusive emphasis particle