Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone — Page 4

Vocabulary

ယခုတွင်

ya.khu.twìn — at this moment, right now, currently

အိုး

ʔó — oh! (exclamation of address or emotion)

ကျွန်ုပ်တို့၏

cə̀.noup.tó.i̤ — belonging to us, our (formal possessive)

နှိုင်းယှဉ်မမီသော

hnáin.shɛ̀ṇ.ma.mì.θɔ̀ — incomparable, beyond comparison, matchless

မင်းကြီး

míɴ.jí — great king, lord, your majesty

ကျွန်ုပ်တို့

cə̀.noup.tó — we, us (formal first person plural)

အားလုံး

ʔá.lóuɴ — all, everyone, everything without exception

သည်

θì — topic marker particle, is/are (present tense marker)

သင်၏

θìɴ.i̤ — your (formal possessive pronoun)

ကိုးကွယ်သူများ

kó.kwɛ̀.θù.mjá — worshippers, devotees, those who revere

ဖြစ်ပြီး

pjɪʔ.pjí — being, having become, and so being

တောင်းပန်သည်မှာ

táuɴ.bàɴ.θì.hmà — as for the request, regarding the apology or plea

ရှာဖွေ၍

ʃà.pwè.i̤ — having searched, seeking and finding

တစ်စုံတစ်ရာသော

tɪʔ.sóuɴ.tɪʔ.jà.θɔ̀ — some kind of, a certain thing or matter

အကူအညီကို

ʔa.kù.ʔa.ɲì.gò — help, assistance (as object of sentence)

ကောင်းကင်မှ

káuɴ.kìɴ.hma̰ — from heaven, from the sky above

အသံတစ်ခု

ʔa.θàɴ.tɪʔ.kʰù — one voice, a single sound or utterance

ဖြင့်

pjɪ̰ɴ — by means of, with, through (instrumental particle)

ဖြစ်စေ

pjɪʔ.sè — whether it be, let it be, cause to happen

တိတ်တဆိတ်

teɪʔ.ta̰.seɪʔ — quietly, silently, in a hushed manner

ပြောဆိုသော

pjɔ̀.θò.θɔ̀ — that which is spoken, said or uttered

သို့မဟုတ်

θó.ma̰.houʔ — or, otherwise, alternatively

လူ့ဉာဏ်

lú.ɲàɴ — human wisdom, human intellect or knowledge

သိရှိသော

θì.ʃì.θɔ̀ — that which is known, having understanding or knowledge

အတွေ့အကြုံ

ʔa.twḛ.ʔa.tɕòuɴ — experience, practical knowledge gained through life

ရင့်ကျက်သော

jɪ̰ɴ.tɕɛʔ.θɔ̀ — mature, seasoned, experienced and wise

အကြံပေးသူများ

ʔa.tɕàɴ.pé.θù.mjá — advisors, counselors, those who give advice

ကျွန်ုပ်

cə̀.noup — I, me (formal first person singular)

ထင်မြင်သည်မှာ

tʰɪɴ.mjɪɴ.θì.hmà — regarding my opinion, I think or believe that

အသင့်တော်ဆုံး

ʔa.θɪ̰ɴ.tɔ̀.θóuɴ — most suitable, most appropriate or fitting

တွေ့ရ

twḛ.ja̰ — to find, encounter, meet with something

လေ့ရှိသည်

lḛ.ʃì.θì — usually, tend to, habitually does something

အနာဂတ်

ʔa.nà.gaʔ — future, time yet to come

အတွက်

ʔa.twɛʔ — for, for the sake of, regarding

အဓိပ္ပာယ်

ʔa.deɪʔ.pɛ̀ — meaning, significance, interpretation

ပြည့်ဝသော

pjḛ.wà.θɔ̀ — full, complete, abundant, overflowing with

အကြံဉာဏ်များကို

ʔa.tɕàɴ.ɲàɴ.mjá.gò — ideas and wisdom (as object), counsel and advice

ပေးစွမ်းရန်

pé.swáɴ.jaɴ — to be able to give, to bestow capability

ချီးမြှောက်

tɕʰí.mjauʔ — to exalt, to praise highly, to elevate

တော်မူပါ

tɔ̀.mù.bà — please deign to, royal imperative of beseeching

လူတို့၏

lú.tó.i̤ — of people, belonging to mankind (possessive)

အကြီးအမှူး

ʔa.tɕí.ʔa.hmú — leader, chief, head person in authority

နိုင်ငံတော်ကို

nàiɴ.ŋàɴ.dɔ̀.gò — the nation, the state (as object of sentence)

ဂုဏ်ကျက်သရေကို

ɡòuɴ.tɕɛʔ.θa̰.jè.gò — honor and dignity, prestige and glory (as object)

ထိန်းသိမ်းပါ

tʰéiɴ.θéiɴ.bà — please preserve, maintain, keep safe and secure

ယခင်က

ya.kʰɪɴ.ga̰ — formerly, in the past, previously

ကြိုးစား

tɕó.sá — to strive, make effort, try hard

အားထုတ်မှု

ʔá.tʰouʔ.hmù — effort, exertion, act of striving hard

ကြောင့်

tɕáuɴ — because of, due to, owing to (causal particle)

နိုင်ငံ၏

nàiɴ.ŋàɴ.i̤ — of the nation, country's (possessive)

ကယ်တင်ရှင်

kɛ̀.tɪɴ.ʃɪɴ — savior, rescuer, one who delivers or saves

အဖြစ်

ʔa.pjɪʔ — as, in the role of, being regarded as

သင်သည်

θɪɴ.θì — you (formal), you are (topic marker included)

တရားမျှတ

ta̰.já.mjàta̰ — just, fair, righteous, equitable

စွာ

swà — adverbial suffix meaning in a manner, -ly

ချီးကျူး

tɕʰí.tɕú — to praise, to commend, to laud someone

ဂုဏ်ပြု

ɡòuɴ.pjù — to honor, to pay tribute, to show respect

ခြင်းခံရ

tɕʰɪɴ.kʰàɴ.ja̰ — to receive, to be subjected to (passive construction)

၏

i̤ — possessive particle, of, belonging to

ကျွန်ုပ်တို့သည်

cə̀.noup.tó.θì — we (formal, as topic of sentence)

နန်းစိုးမှုကို

náɴ.só.hmù.gò — reign, rule on the throne (as object)

ဤသို့

ʔì.θó — in this way, like this, thus

မမှတ်တမ်း

ma̰.hmɛʔ.táɴ — not recorded, without documentation or record

တင်ပါ

tɪɴ.bà — please present, submit or offer (polite imperative)

စေနှင့်

sè.nɪɴ — do not cause, negative imperative causative particle

သူသည်

θù.θì — he/she (as topic), that person is

ကျွန်ုပ်တို့ကို

cə̀.noup.tó.gò — us, to us (formal first person plural object)

ချီးမြှောက်ပြီး

tɕʰí.mjauʔ.pjí — having praised and exalted, after elevating

ချပစ်

tɕʰa̰.peɪʔ — to cast down, to throw away, to discard

လိုက်သည်

laɪʔ.θì — follows, goes along with, proceeds to do

ချီးမြှောက်ပါ

tɕʰí.mjauʔ.bà — please exalt, kindly praise and elevate (polite)

မြို့တော်ကို

mjó.dɔ̀.gò — the capital city (as object of sentence)

ကျောက်ဆောင်

tɕauʔ.θáuɴ — rock, cliff, a large stone or boulder

ပေါ်တွင်

pɔ̀.twìn — on, upon, on top of (locative particle)

တည်ဆောက်ပါ

tɪ̰.θauʔ.bà — please build, construct or establish upon

ကံကောင်းသော

kàɴ.káuɴ.θɔ̀ — fortunate, lucky, blessed with good fortune

ကြယ်တာရာ

tɕwɛ̀.tà.jà — stars, celestial stars in the sky

တက်ကြွ

tɛʔ.tɕwà — energetic, active, enthusiastic, dynamic

နေမှု

nè.hmù — state of living, manner of existing or being

ကျွန်ုပ်တို့အား

cə̀.noup.tó.ʔá — to us, for us (formal dative object)

ကံကောင်း

kàɴ.káuɴ — to be lucky, fortunate, to have good luck

စေခဲ့သည်

sè.kʰɛ̰.θì — caused to, made something happen (past causative)

အို

ʔò — O! Oh! (exclamation of address or emotion)

၎င်း

dó.ɡaɴ — it, he, she, that (third person formal pronoun)

ကျဆင်း

tɕa̰.θɪɴ — to fall, decline, descend, go downward

မသွားပါ

ma̰.θwá.bà — please do not go, do not depart (polite negative)

အုပ်ချုပ်

ʔouʔ.tɕouʔ — to govern, to rule, to administer authority

လိုပါက

lò.bà.ga̰ — if needed, should it be necessary, if required

ဤမြေပြင်ကို

ʔì.mjè.pjɪɴ.gò — this land, this ground or territory (as object)

ယခု

ya.kʰù — now, at present, currently

သင်

θɪɴ — you (formal second person singular pronoun)

နန်းစိုး

náɴ.só — to reign, to sit on the throne, to rule

သကဲ့သို့

θa̰.kɛ̰.θó — just as, in the same way as, like

ပိုမို

pó.mò — more, even more, to a greater degree

ကောင်းမွန်သည်မှာ

káuɴ.mùɴ.θì.hmà — as for what is good and excellent, regarding goodness

သေချာ

θè.tɕà — certain, sure, definite, without doubt

ပေသည်

pè.θì — indeed it is, emphatic sentence-final particle

လူသူ

lú.θù — people, human beings, persons in general

ကင်းမဲ့သော

kɪɴ.mɛ̰.θɔ̀ — devoid of, lacking, without people or inhabitants

နိုင်ငံ

nàiɴ.ŋàɴ — country, nation, state

ထက်

tʰɛʔ — than, more than (comparative particle)

လူ

lú — person, human being, people

နေထိုင်သော

nè.tʰàiɴ.θɔ̀ — that live, those who reside or dwell

နိုင်ငံကို

nàiɴ.ŋàɴ.gò — the country, the nation (as object)

အုပ်ချုပ်ခြင်းသည်

ʔouʔ.tɕouʔ.tɕʰɪɴ.θì — the act of governing, ruling (as topic)

ပိုသာ

pó.θà — better, superior, preferable, more advantageous

ရဲတိုက်များ

jɛ̀.tàiʔ.mjá — fortresses, castles, strongholds, military forts

သော်လည်းကောင်း

θɔ̀.lɛ̰.káuɴ — even though, whether…or, either…or (connector)

သင်္ဘောများ

θɪ̰ɴ.bɔ̀.mjá — ships, vessels, boats (plural)

အဘယ်

ʔa.bɛ̀ — what, why, which (interrogative, often rhetorical)

အသုံးမဝင်

ʔa.θóuɴ.ma̰.wɪɴ — useless, not useful, of no benefit

ချေ

tɕʰè — emphatic or rhetorical sentence-final particle

လူသားများ၌

lú.θá.mjá.hnɪʔ — among human beings, in mankind (locative)

လူသား

lú.θá — human being, humanity, mankind

ချိုတဲ့ပါက

tɕʰò.tɛ̰.bà.ga̰ — if they are weak or feeble, should they falter

စောင့်ကြပ်သူများ၌

sáuɴ.tɕɛʔ.θù.mjá.hnɪʔ — among those who watch over, among guardians

စောင့်ကြပ်

sáuɴ.tɕɛʔ — to watch over, supervise, oversee carefully

ရမည့်သူ

ja̰.mɪ̰.θù — the one who must receive or be given something

လည်း

lɛ̰ — also, too, as well (additive particle)

အယ်း

ʔɛ́ — hey, exclamation of mild surprise or address

ကျွန်ုပ်၏

cə̀.noup.i̤ — my, mine (formal first person possessive)

ဆင်းရဲသော

θɪɴ.jɛ̀.θɔ̀ — poor, impoverished, living in poverty

ကလေးများ

ka̰.lè.mjá — children, kids, young ones (plural)

သိ

θì — to know, to understand, to be aware of

အလွန်ပင်

ʔa.lwùɴ.pɪɴ — very, extremely, indeed very much so

သင်တို့ကို

θɪɴ.tó.gò — you all (plural, as object of sentence)

ဤနေရာသို့

ʔì.nè.jà.θó — to this place, toward here, hither

ဆောင်ကြဉ်း

θáuɴ.tɕɪɴ — to bring, to lead toward, to carry here

လာသော

là.θɔ̀ — that comes, coming, which arrived here

ရှာဖွေမှု

ʃà.pwè.hmù — search, act of seeking or looking for

နှင့်

nɪɴ — and, with, together with (conjunctive particle)

သင်တို့၏

θɪɴ.tó.i̤ — your (plural possessive), belonging to you all

လိုအပ်ချက်ကို

lò.ʔɛʔ.tɕɛʔ.gò — the need, requirement or necessity (as object)

သင်တို့

θɪɴ.tó — you all, you (plural second person)

ဖျားနာ

pʰjá.nà — to be sick, to fall ill, to be unwell

ကြ

tɕà — plural verb particle, do together (plural marker)

ကောင်းစွာ

káuɴ.swà — well, in a good manner, properly

သို့သော်

θó.θɔ̀ — however, but, nevertheless, yet

နာကြင်မှု

nà.tɕɪɴ.hmù — pain, suffering, aching, physical or emotional hurt

မည်မျှ

mɪ̰.mjà — how much, to what extent, how many

ကြီးမား

tɕí.má — great, enormous, large in scale or degree

ထို

tʰò — that, those (demonstrative adjective/pronoun)

ကျော်လွန်

tɕɔ̀.lwùɴ — to exceed, surpass, go beyond a limit

ဝမ်းနည်းမှု

wùɴ.nɛ̰.hmù — sadness, sorrow, grief, state of being sad

တစ်ဦး

tɪʔ.ʔú — one person, an individual (counter for people)

ချင်းစီကို

tɕʰɪɴ.sì.gò — each one, every individual (distributive, as object)

ချင်း

tɕʰɪɴ — each, mutual, one another (distributive particle)

သီးသန့်

θí.θɛ̰ɴ — separately, individually, exclusively, privately

ထိတွေ့

tʰɪʔ.twḛ — to touch, to make contact with, to reach

သူကို

θù.gò — him, her, that person (as object)

သာ

θà — only, merely, just (limiting particle)

ပြီး

pjí — after, having done, already finished (aspect marker)

အခြားသူ

ʔa.tɕʰá.θù — another person, someone else, others

မထိ

ma̰.tʰɪʔ — without touching, not reaching, not making contact

တစ်ပြိုင်နက်တည်း

tɪʔ.pjaɪɴ.nɛʔ.tɛ́ — simultaneously, at the same time, all at once