The Expedition of Humphry Clinker — Page 1

Vocabulary

နောက်ဆက်တွဲ

nauk hset twè — Appendix or supplement attached to a document

ကျွန်တော်

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

ဘုရားသခင်

hpaya tha khin — God, the Lord (Christian usage)

အလိုတော်ရှိ

a lo daw shi — If it is God's will or wish

လျှင်

hlyìn — If, when (conditional particle)

နှစ်သစ်ကူး

hnit thit kù — New Year celebration or festival

ပွဲတော်

pwè daw — Festival, ceremony, or celebration event

ဝန်းကျင်

wùn kjin — Surroundings, environment, or vicinity

တွင်

twìn — In, at, within (locative particle)

မြို့တော်

myò daw — Capital city or royal city

ကြီး

kjí — Big, large, great, major

၌

hnaiʔ — In, at (formal locative particle)

သင့်

thìn — You (familiar); also 'appropriate, suitable'

ကို

ko — Object marker particle (accusative case)

တွေ့ဆုံ

twè hsòun — To meet, encounter, or gather together

ရသည့်

ya thìn — That one receives or obtains (relative clause)

အပျော်

a pyaw — Fun, enjoyment, pleasure, amusement

ရရှိ

ya shi — To obtain, acquire, or receive something

ရန်

yan — In order to, for the purpose of (purposive)

စီစဉ်

si sin — To arrange, plan, or organize something

ထားပြီး

htà bjí — Having already done or put in place

ထို

hto — That, those (demonstrative pronoun/adjective)

အချိန်

a chein — Time, moment, or period of time

ကွယ်လွန်

kwè lùn — To pass away, die (respectful expression)

သွားသော

thwà thaw — Who has gone; departed (past relative clause)

သာသနာပိုင်

thà tha na baìn — Bishop or head of a religious diocese

တစ်ဦး

tit ù — One person (classifier for people)

၏

ê — Possessive or genitive particle (formal)

လက်ရေးမူ

let yè mu — Handwritten manuscript or handwriting original

တရားဒေသနာ

taya de tha na — Religious sermon or doctrinal teaching

များ

myà — Plural marker; many, multiple things

အထုပ်

a htoʔ — Package, bundle, or parcel

တစ်ခု

tit khu — One thing (general object classifier)

နှင့်

hnin — And, with, together with (conjunction)

ပတ်သက်

paʔ thek — To be related to, concerned with, or about

၍

yway — Therefore, so, and then (connective particle)

ဆွေးနွေး

hswe nwè — To discuss, confer, or deliberate together

ဝမ်းမြောက်

wùn myauʔ — To rejoice, be glad or delighted

မည်

myi — Future tense marker (will, shall)

ဖြစ်သည်

hpyiʔ thì — Is, am, are; it is (to be verb)

ယင်းမှာ

yin hmà — That is, that refers to (demonstrative)

လူထု

lu htu — The public, general population, or masses

ယခု

ya khu — Now, currently, at this moment

လက်ရှိ

let shi — Current, present, existing at this time

ဝါသနာ

wà tha na — Hobby, passion, or strong personal interest

ကိုက်ညီ

kaiʔ nyi — To match, suit, or be compatible with

သော

thaw — Relative clause marker (that, which, who)

မှန်ကန်

hmàn kan — Correct, accurate, right, or proper

သည့်

thìn — Relative clause particle (present/past)

သင်ပုန်း

thin bòun — Blackboard or traditional writing slate

ဖြင့်

hpyin — With, by means of (instrumental particle)

ဖုတ်

hpoʔ — To bake, roast, or grill food

ထားသော

htà thaw — That has been placed or kept (past)

မုန့်

móun — Cake, bread, snack, or baked pastry

တစ်ချပ်

tit chaʔ — One slice or one flat piece

ကဲ့သို့

kè hto — Like, similar to, as if (comparative)

သိတတ်သူ

thi taʔ thu — One who is knowledgeable or an expert

အား

à — To, for (dative particle); also 'strength'

စကား

sa kà — Word, speech, language, or conversation

တစ်လုံး

tit lòun — One word or one round object

ဆိုလျှင်

hso hlyìn — If one says; speaking of, as for

လုံလောက်

lòun lauʔ — Enough, sufficient, adequate amount

သည်

thì — Present tense marker; topic/subject particle

စသည်

sa thì — Et cetera, and so on, and the like