Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone — Page 2

Vocabulary

သည်

thì — Topic/subject marker particle in Burmese grammar

မိမိ

mi mi — Oneself; reflexive pronoun meaning 'self'

မသိ

ma thi — To not know; to be unaware of something

ဘဲ

bɛ — Without; particle indicating absence of an action

ကျူးလွန်

kyù lwùn — To commit or perpetrate a crime or offense

မိသော

mi thaw — Caught; having been captured or discovered

အပြစ်မှု

a pyì hmù — Sin, crime, or wrongdoing; a moral offense

ကို

go — Object marker particle; also indicates direction toward

ကြေညာ

kyè nya — To announce or declare something publicly

ပြီး

pyí — After; already done; completion marker particle

ရာဇဝတ်ကောင်

ya za wuht kaung — Criminal; a person who commits crimes

ရှာဖွေ

sha fwè — To search or investigate; to look for something

ဖော်ထုတ်

pfaw htoat — To uncover, expose, or reveal hidden information

ရန်

yan — In order to; for the purpose of doing something

တာဝန်

ta wùn — Duty, responsibility, or obligation one must fulfill

ယူ

yù — To take; to receive or obtain something

တဆင့်

ta hsín — Through; via; by means of a step or medium

ချင်း

chín — Each; among; mutual action between parties

စီ

sì — Each; respectively; distributive particle in Burmese

သူ

thù — He, she; third-person singular pronoun

ပင်

pin — Even; indeed; emphatic particle adding stress

ထို

htó — That; demonstrative adjective pointing to something

လူ

lù — Person; human being; people in general

ဖြစ်

pfyít — To be; to become; to happen or occur

ကြောင်း

kyàun — That; complementizer introducing reported speech or reason

သူ့

thù — His, her; third-person possessive or object form

ထံ

htun — To; toward; at the location of a person

သို့

thó — To; toward; directional particle indicating destination

ထင်ရှား

htin shà — Famous, evident, or clearly apparent; well-known

လာ

la — To come; to arrive at a place or point

နိဂုံးချုပ်

ni góun chout — Conclusion; final summary or ending of something

မြင်ကွင်း

myín gwín — Scene; a view or visible landscape or setting

တွင်

twín — In; at; within a place or context

ကိုယ်တိုင်

kò daín — Oneself; personally; by one's own action

အသက်

a thet — Life; age; one's lifespan or years lived

ဆုံး

hsóun — To end; to die; to reach a final point

စေ

sè — To cause; to make someone do something

နှင့်

hnín — And; with; together with another person or thing

မျက်စိ

myét si — Eye; the organ of vision

ကန်း

kán — Blind; unable to see; lacking vision

သွား

thwà — To go; to leave toward a destination

ကာ

ka — While; as; gerundive continuative particle in Burmese

သေခြင်း

thè chín — Death; the act or state of dying

သို့မဟုတ်

thó ma hout — Or; otherwise; alternatively between two options

နှင်ထုတ်

hnín htoat — To exile or banish someone from a place

ခြင်း

chín — Nominalizer suffix turning verbs into noun forms

တောင်းဆု

taun hsu — To pray; to ask for a blessing or wish

တောင်း

taun — To request, ask for, or beg something

နေ

nè — To live; to stay; to remain at a place

ဖော်ပြ

pfaw pyà — To describe or present; to express or show

ဇာတ်ကောင်

zat kaung — Character; a person in a story or play

များ

myà — Many; plural marker; more than one thing

၏

é — Possessive or genitive particle; belonging to someone

ယဇ်ပုရောဟိတ်

yat pu yaw hit — Priest; a religious officiant performing sacred rites

သက်ကြီး

thet kyí — Elderly; of advanced age; old in years

ရွယ်အို

ywɛ̀ o — Old age; elderly stage of a person's life

သီချင်း

thi chín — Song; a piece of music with lyrics

အဖွဲ့

a pfwɛ̀ — Group; a team or ensemble of people

သံတမန်

thun da man — Messenger; a person who delivers official messages

သိုးထိန်း

tho dín — Shepherd; a person who tends sheep

ဒုတိယ

du ti ya — Second; the ordinal number following first

မြို့

myó — Town or city; an urban settlement area

နန်းတော်

nán daw — Palace; the royal residence of a king

ရှေ့

shé — Front; ahead; in front of something or someone

ဘုရင်

pfa yín — King; a male monarch or ruler of a kingdom

တံခါး

tan ga — Door; gate; an entrance to a building

ရှိ

shì — To exist; to be present at a location

ယဇ်ပလ္လင်

yat pa lin — Altar; a sacred table used for religious offerings

တဝိုက်

ta wáik — Around; surrounding; in the vicinity of something

အသက်အရွယ်

a thet a ywɛ̀ — Age; a person's years of life or generation

မျိုးစုံ

myó soun — Various kinds; diverse; of many different types

သော

thaw — Relative clause marker; that which; who or which

တောင်းပန်

taun pan — To apologize; to beg forgiveness from someone

ထိုင်

htáin — To sit; to be seated in a position

ကြ

kyà — Plural verb marker indicating group or collective action

သူတို့

thù dó — They; them; third-person plural pronoun

ထိပ်

htèit — Top; peak; the highest point of something

ဝင်

wín — To enter; to go inside a place or group

ငါ့

nga — My; possessive form of the first-person pronoun

သားသမီး

tha tha mi — Children; sons and daughters of a parent

တို့

dó — Plural marker for pronouns; we, they, you all

ဟောင်းနွမ်း

haun nwùn — Old and worn out; shabby; dilapidated in appearance

မှ

hmà — From; since; ablative particle indicating origin or source

နောက်ဆုံး

nout hsóun — Final; last; at the very end of something

မွေးဖွား

mwé pfwà — To be born; to give birth to a child

သင်တို့

thin dó — You all; second-person plural pronoun in Burmese

လက်

lɛt — Hand; arm; the body part used for grasping

သိုးမွေး

tho mwé — Wool; the fleece of a sheep

ချည်

chì — Thread; string; to bind or tie together

ဖြင့်

pfyin — With; by means of; using something as a tool

ကြိုး

kyó — Rope; cord; a thick twisted length of fiber

စည်း

sí — To bind; a rule or regulation; a boundary

ထား

htà — To place; to put; to keep something somewhere

သံလွင်

thun lwín — Olive; the olive tree or its fruit

ကိုင်း

káin — Branch; a limb of a tree or plant

ကိုင်

káin — To hold; to grasp or carry something in hand

ကဲ့သို့

kɛ thó — Like; as; in the same manner as something

ဘာ

ba — What; interrogative pronoun asking about a thing

ကြောင့်

kyàun — Because of; due to; owing to a reason

ဤ

ì — This; formal demonstrative pronoun for nearby referent

နေရာ

nè ya — Place; location; a specific spot or area

သနည်း

tha nɛ — Question particle used in formal or literary Burmese

တိုင်း

táin — Every; each; all; whenever; throughout an extent

မြင့်တက်

myín tɛt — To rise; to ascend; to increase in level

နံ့သာဆီ

nan tha si — Perfume; scented oil used in religious rituals

အနံ့

a nan — Smell; fragrance or odor of something

မည်သည့်

mì dhin — Whatever; whichever; any kind of thing

အဓိပ္ပာယ်

a di pa yɛ — Meaning; significance; the interpretation of something

ဆောင်

hsaun — To carry; to bear; to perform or fulfill

ငိုကြွေး

ngo kywe — To weep; to cry and lament sorrowfully

သံ

thun — Sound; voice; tone; a metal like iron

ဆုတောင်း

hsu taun — To pray; to offer a prayer or supplication

ငါ

nga — I; me; first-person singular informal pronoun

သိ

thi — To know; to understand or be aware of

သင့်

thin — You; your; second-person singular pronoun in Burmese

အရာ

a ya — Thing; matter; an object or subject of concern

တပါး

ta bà — Another; other; a different person or thing

သင်ယူ

thin yù — To learn; to study and acquire knowledge or skills

မ

ma — Negation prefix; not; used to negate verbs

သင့်တော်

thin daw — Appropriate; suitable; fitting for a situation

ပေ

pè — Emphatic or assertive sentence-final particle in Burmese

ထို့ကြောင့်

htó kyàun — Therefore; for that reason; consequently

ခဲ့

khɛ — Past tense marker indicating a completed action

ကမ္ဘာကျော်

kama kyaw — World-famous; renowned throughout the whole world

ဟေ့

hè — Hey; interjection used to call someone's attention

သူတော်ကောင်း

thù daw kaung — Good person; a virtuous or righteous individual

သင်

thin — You; second-person singular pronoun in Burmese

ရှိခိုး

shì kó — To worship; to bow down and pay reverence

ထိုက်

htáik — To deserve; to be worthy of something received

ဆံပင်

hsun pin — Hair; the strands of hair on one's head

ကိုယ်စားလှယ်

kò sà lwɛ — Representative; a delegate acting on behalf of others

အဖြစ်

a pfyít — As; in the capacity of; in the role of

စိတ်ထား

seit htà — Attitude; mindset; one's mental disposition or intention

ရည်ရွယ်ချက်

yi ywɛ chɛt — Purpose; intention; the goal behind an action

ရှင်းပြ

shín pyà — To explain; to clarify or make something understood

ပါ

pa — Polite particle; also means to include or join

ရွှေ့ပြောင်း

shwè pyàun — To move; to relocate or transfer to another place

မှာ

hma — At; in; locative particle or instruction marker

ဆိုးကျိုး

hsó kyó — Bad consequence; negative outcome or harmful result

ကြောက်ရွံ့

kyout ywùn — To fear; to be frightened or horrified by something

လော

law — Question particle used for yes/no questions informally

ကျေးဇူး

kyé zú — Kindness; favor; gratitude expressed for help received

တစ်ခု

ta khù — One thing; a single item or unit

တောင်းဆို

taun hsó — To demand; to request formally or urgently

အတွက်

a twɛt — For; for the sake of; on behalf of something

အားထုတ်

à htoat — To make effort; to exert oneself toward a goal

မှု

hmù — Nominalizer suffix; case or matter or affair

သံသယ

thun tha ya — Doubt; suspicion; uncertainty about something or someone

နိုင်

náin — To be able; can; capable of doing something

ကြမ်းတမ်း

kyàn dàn — Harsh; rough; cruel or violent in nature

ဆန္ဒမာန

hsan da ma na — Arrogance; pride; excessive self-importance or haughtiness

ဟု

hu — Quotative particle marking direct or indirect speech

ဆို

hsó — To say; to speak; to state or mention

မည်

mì — Future tense marker; will; indicates upcoming action

ပယ်ချ

pɛ chà — To reject; to dismiss or discard something outright

လျှင်

hlyin — If; when; conditional particle introducing a condition