The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Page 8

Vocabulary

၏

e — Possessive or copula particle in formal Burmese

သေဆုံး

thay hsone — To die; to pass away; death occurs

ရာ

ya — Suffix indicating place, score, or numeral hundred

နေရာ

nay ya — Place, location, or position somewhere

ဖြစ်

hpyit — To be, become, or happen

သည့်

thay — Relative clause marker modifying a preceding noun

အတွက်

a twet — For the sake of; for a purpose

နှင့်

hnin — And; with; together with something else

မှန်

hman — Correct, true, right; also means mirror

စက်ရုံ

set yone — Factory; industrial plant where goods are made

များ

mya — Plural marker; many; more than one thing

စက္ကူ

set ku — Paper; sheet used for writing or printing

များစွာ

mya zwa — Many; a great number of things or people

ရှိ

shi — To have; to exist; to be present

သူ့

thu — His; her; possessive form of third person pronoun

နာမည်

na meh — Name; the name of a person or thing

ကျော်

kyaw — Famous, renowned; also means to cross over

သည်

thì — Present tense marker; sentence-final declarative particle

ဟာ

ha — Colloquial topic marker; informal equivalent of သည်

ကျွန်တော့်

kyun daw — My; possessive form of first person male pronoun

သား

tha — Son; male offspring of a parent

လေး

lay — Four; also a softening diminutive particle

ဒါ

da — This; that; colloquial demonstrative pronoun

ကို

ko — Accusative particle marking the direct object

မင်း

min — You; informal second person pronoun; also king

ဘာ

bha — What; interrogative pronoun asking about things

ထင်

htin — To think, believe, or seem; to suppose

သ

tha — Verbal suffix indicating habitual or ongoing action

လဲ

lè — Question particle; also means to fall down

သူ

thu — He, she, or they; third person pronoun

မျက်လုံး

myet lone — Eyeball; the eye as a physical organ

တောက်ပ

tawt pa — Bright, shining, glowing with light

လာ

la — To come; directional verb toward the speaker

ပြီး

pyi — After completing; finished; then after that

စီးကရက်

si ga yet — Cigarette; a tobacco smoking product

မှ

hma — From; ablative particle indicating source or origin

အောင်မြင်

aung myin — To succeed, achieve success, or be victorious

မှု

hmu — Nominalizer suffix turning verbs into abstract nouns

ကိုယ်စားပြု

ko sa pyu — To represent; to act on behalf of someone

အပြာ

a pya — Blue color; the color blue

ရောင်

yawng — Color; hue; shade of a particular color

မီးခိုး

mi kho — Smoke; gray smoke from fire

ကြီးမားစွာ

kyi ma zwa — Greatly, enormously, on a large scale

တက်

tet — To rise, climb, go up, or attend

တွင်

twìn — In, at, within; locative particle for places

ထုတ်လုပ်

htwet lyut — To produce, manufacture, or make goods

ဟု

hu — Quotative particle meaning 'said that' or 'called'

ကျွန်တော်

kyun daw — I, me; first person male pronoun (formal)

ပြော

pyaw — To say, speak, or tell someone something

အတိအကျ

a ti a kya — Exactly, precisely, with complete accuracy

ပင်

pin — Even, indeed; emphatic particle; also means tree

စာ

sa — Letter, writing, text, or book; to read

ရေး

yay — To write; to draw; also means water informally

သော

thaw — Relative clause particle modifying nouns (formal)

မှာ

hma — At, in, on; locative particle (colloquial)

ဂျာမန်

ja man — German; relating to Germany or its people

လူမျိုး

lu myo — Ethnicity, nationality, race; a group of people

တစ်ယောက်

ta yaut — One person; a single individual

ဤ

i — This; formal demonstrative pronoun in written Burmese

ဝါကျ

wa kya — Sentence; a grammatical unit of language

ထူးခြား

htu cha — Unusual, distinctive, remarkable, or extraordinary

ဖွဲ့စည်း

hpway si — To form, organize, or establish a group

ပုံ

pone — Picture, image, shape, or form

သတိပြု

thadi pyu — To notice, pay attention, or be careful

မိ

mi — To catch, hit, or achieve accidentally; mother

လား

la — Question particle expecting yes or no answer

သင့်

thìn — You (respectful); your; also means appropriate/should

အကြောင်း

a kyaung — Reason, cause, or subject matter about something

သတင်း

tha din — News, information, message, or report

ကျွန်ုပ်တို့

kyun noe doh — We, us; formal first person plural pronoun

နှုတ်ပါး

hnote pa — Mouth; relating to oral or verbal expression

ပေါင်းစုံ

paung zone — Complete, comprehensive, all-inclusive, or combined

ရရှိ

ya shi — To obtain, acquire, or receive something

ခဲ့

khè — Past tense marker indicating completed action

ပြင်သစ်

pyin thit — France; French; relating to the French nation

ဖြစ်စေ

hpyit say — Whether; causing to become; either way

ရုရှား

yu sha — Russia; Russian; relating to Russia

ထိုသို့

hto tho — In that way; like that; thus; accordingly

နိုင်

nain — To be able to; can; to win or overcome

မည်

meh — Future tense particle indicating something will happen

မဟုတ်

ma hote — Not; is not; negation of identity or existence

ပေ

pay — Emphatic or softening sentence-final particle

သာ

tha — Only, just, merely; also comparative particle

သူတို့

thu doh — They, them; third person plural pronoun

ကြိယာ

kyi ya — Verb; a word class in Burmese grammar

မ

ma — Negation prefix; not; female name prefix

လေးမစား

lay ma sa — To disrespect, look down on, or belittle someone

ဆက်ဆံ

set hsan — To deal with, relate to, or interact with

တတ်

tat — To be skilled at; can habitually; to know how

ကြ

kya — Plural or collective verb marker; to do together

သို့

tho — To, toward; directional particle indicating destination

ပေါ်

paw — On, upon, above; surface locative particle

မျက်နှာ

myet hna — Face; the front of a person's head

ပြ

pya — To show, demonstrate, or display something

ထက်

htet — Than; comparative particle indicating greater degree

မျက်နှာဖုံး

myet hna phone — Face cover, mask worn over the face

တပ်ဆောင်

tat hsaung — To attach, install, or equip something onto something

ရန်

yan — In order to; for the purpose of doing

နှစ်သက်

hnit thet — To like, enjoy, or be fond of something

က

ka — Subject or agent marker particle in a sentence

လိုချင်

lo chin — To want, desire, or wish for something

ဆို

hso — To say, called; quotative verb or conditional particle

ရှာဖွေ

sha hpway — To search for, seek out, or investigate

ဖော်ထုတ်

hpaw htwet — To reveal, uncover, or bring to light

ကျန်

kyan — Remaining, left over; the rest of something

တော့

daw — Sentence particle indicating change or contrast

မှား

hma — Wrong, incorrect, mistaken; to make an error

နေ

nay — To live, stay, reside; continuous aspect marker

လျှင်

hlyin — If, when; conditional particle in a sentence

ကျွန်တော်တို့

kyun daw doh — We, us; first person male plural pronoun

သံသယ

than tha ya — Doubt, suspicion, or uncertainty about something

အားလုံး

a lone — All, everyone, everything; the entirety

ဖြေရှင်း

hpyay shin — To resolve, solve, or clarify a problem

ရောက်

yout — To arrive at, reach, or get to a place

ပြီ

pyi — Already; completion particle indicating finished action

စဉ်

sin — During, while; in sequence; in order

မြင်းခွာ

myin khwa — Horseshoe; the curved shoe worn by horses

သံ

than — Sound, noise; also means iron or steel

ကြား

kya — To hear; between; in the middle of things

ကျယ်

kyè — Wide, broad, spacious, or loud in sound

ဘီး

bi — Wheel; a circular rotating component of vehicles

လမ်းနား

lam na — Near the road; roadside location

ကြိတ်ဆွဲ

kyet hsway — To pull hard, drag forcefully, or yank

ဆက်

set — To continue, connect, or carry on doing

လျက်

hlet — While doing; simultaneous action particle (formal)

တံခါး

tan kha — Door; an entrance to a room or building

ခေါင်းလောင်း

khaung laung — Bell; a ringing instrument that makes sound

ဆွဲ

hsway — To pull, drag, or attract something toward oneself

ပြတ်သားစွာ

pyut tha zwa — Clearly, decisively, or in a definite manner

လိုက်

lite — To follow, accompany; directional verb away from speaker

ရ

ya — To get, obtain; can; successfully accomplish something

မှုတ်သံ

hmote than — Sound of blowing; a blowing or whistling sound

ထုတ်

htwet — To take out, produce, or extract something

အသံ

a than — Sound, voice, or noise produced by something

ကြည့်

kyi — To look at, watch, or observe something

နှစ်

hnit — Year; also means two; to like ( နှစ်သက်)

စီး

si — To ride a vehicle; classifier for vehicles

ဟုတ်

hote — Yes, correct, right; affirmative response particle

ပြတင်းပေါက်

pya tin pauk — Window; an opening in a wall for light

ပြင်

pyin — To fix, repair, or prepare; outside area

ချည်း

chi — Only, just, merely, exclusively; emphatic restriction

ရင်း

yin — While doing; source; close friend; capital (money)

ချောမွတ်

chaw mwet — Smooth, slippery, or sleek in texture

ကုလားထိုင်

kala htine — Chair; a seat with a back to sit on

ကား

ka — Car, vehicle; also an emphatic sentence particle

တစ်စီး

ta si — One vehicle; a single car or transport unit

လှပ

hla pa — Beautiful, pretty, or attractive in appearance

မြင်း

myin — Horse; the animal used for riding and transport

တစ်ရာ

ta ya — One hundred; the number 100

ငါးဆယ်

nga hsay — Fifty; the number 50

တန်

tan — To be worth, deserve; suitable; a unit of weight

အခြား

a kha — Other, another, different, or alternative thing

မျှ

hmya — As much as; equal to; only; just that amount

သော်လည်း

thaw leh — However, although, even though; concessive conjunction

အမှု

a hmu — Case, matter, affair, or legal case

ငွေကြေး

ngway kyay — Money, currency, or financial funds

သွား

thwa — To go; to leave; directional verb away from speaker

မယ်

meh — Future tense particle; also means mother (colloquial)

ပါ

pa — Polite particle; also means to include or come along

တယ်

deh — Colloquial sentence-final declarative particle

အလျဉ်း

a lyin — At all, whatsoever; used in negative sentences

ဆရာဝန်

hsaya wun — Doctor, physician; a medical professional

ပဲ

beh — Just, only; emphatic or restrictive particle

လမ်း

lam — Road, path, street, or way to go

ပျောက်

pyout — To disappear, be lost, or go missing

စိတ်ဝင်စားဖွယ်

sate win sa hpway — Interesting, fascinating, or worth paying attention to

ကောင်း

kaung — Good, nice, well; expressing approval or quality

ကတိ

ka ti — Promise, vow, or pledge to do something

လက်လွှတ်

let hlwet — To let go, release, or give up something

ဆုံးရှုံး

hsone shine — To lose, suffer a loss, or be defeated

ဝမ်းနည်းစရာ

wun ni za ya — Sad, regrettable, or unfortunate; causing sadness