The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 1

Vocabulary

ဒေါက်တာ

daw-ta — Doctor; title for medical or academic professional

နှင့်

hnin — And; with; conjunction connecting words or phrases

မစ္စတာ

mis-sa-ta — Mister; formal title for adult male

တို့၏

toh-ei — Our; their; possessive plural pronoun marker

ထူးဆန်း

htu-zán — Strange; unusual; remarkable or extraordinary

သော

thaw — Relative clause marker; that; which

အမှု

a-hmu — Case; matter; legal affair or issue

ရေး

yay — To write; compose; create written content

သည်

thì — Sentence topic marker; present tense particle

အကြောင်းအရာ

a-kyaung-a-ya — Subject; topic; content of discussion

များ

myá — Many; plural marker; more than one

တံခါး

tan-ga — Door; gate; entrance to a room

ဝတ်

wut — To wear; put on clothing or garment

ပုံ

poun — Image; picture; shape or form

ဝတ္ထု

wut-thu — Novel; fiction; literary prose work

ကို

go — Object marker; direct object particle

ရှာဖွေ

sha-phwè — To search; investigate; look for something

ခြင်း

chin — Nominalizer suffix; turns verb into noun form

စိတ်

seit — Mind; heart; emotion; mental state

အေး

ay — Cool; calm; cold temperature or manner

လက်

let — Hand; arm; handwriting

ဖြစ်

phyit — To be; to happen; to become

နေ

nay — To stay; live; sun; continuous aspect marker

လူသတ်

lu-that — Murder; killing of a person; homicide

မှု

hmu — Case; affair; matter; legal or official issue

စာ

sa — Letter; writing; book; text document

တစ်

tit — One; a; single unit or item

စောင်

saung — Classifier for letters, blankets; one copy

ပတ်သက်

pat-thit — Related to; concerning; having connection with

ဖြစ်ရပ်

phyit-yat — Incident; event; occurrence; happening

ပြတင်းပေါက်

pya-tin-pout — Window; opening in a wall for light

တွင်

twin — In; at; inside; locative particle

ဖြစ်ပွား

phyit-bwa — To occur; take place; happen as event

နောက်ဆုံး

nout-zoun — Last; final; ultimate; at the end

ည

nya — Night; evening time after sunset

ကြီး

ji — Big; large; great; senior

၏

ei — Possessive marker; of; belonging to

မှတ်တမ်း

hmut-tan — Record; account; documentation of events

အပြည့်အစုံ

a-pyin-a-son — Complete; full; comprehensive account or set

ဖော်ပြ

pfaw-pya — To describe; explain; state; reveal

ချက်

chet — Point; immediately; instantly; cooking

ရှေ့နေ

shay-nay — Lawyer; attorney; legal counsel

ကြမ်းတမ်း

kyan-dan — Rough; harsh; crude; violent in manner

မျက်နှာ

myet-hna — Face; facial appearance; countenance

သွင်ပြင်

thwin-pyin — Features; appearance; characteristics of face

ရှိ

shi — To exist; to have; to be present

၍

yway — Therefore; and so; connective particle

ဘယ်တော့

be-daw — When; at what time; ever

မှ

hma — From; since; only; ablative particle

အပြုံး

a-byoun — Smile; grin; facial expression of happiness

တောက်ပ

tout-pa — Bright; shining; radiant; glowing

လာ

la — To come; directional verb toward speaker

ဖူး

phu — Ever; experiential aspect marker; once

မရှိ

ma-shi — Does not exist; there is none; absent

သူ

thu — He; she; that person; third person pronoun

စကား

sa-ga — Words; speech; language; conversation

ပြောဆို

pyaw-so — To speak; say; converse; tell someone

ရာ

ya — Nominalizer; place; hundred; approximate quantity

ဆိတ်ဆိတ်

sheit-sheit — Silently; quietly; without making noise

ငြိမ်

nyein — Still; quiet; peaceful; motionless

ရှားပါး

sha-ba — Rare; scarce; uncommon; hard to find

ပြီး

pyi — After; done; completed; and then

ရှက်ကြောက်

shet-kyout — Shy; timid; bashful; easily embarrassed

တတ်

tat — To know how; tend to; habitual aspect marker

စိတ်ခံစားချက်

seit-kan-sa-chet — Feeling; emotion; sentiment; subjective experience

ကိစ္စ

kait-sa — Matter; issue; affair; business concern

နောက်

nout — Behind; after; back; following

ဆုတ်

hsout — To retreat; withdraw; pull back

ပိန်ချောင်း

pein-chaung — Thin and bony; lean; skinny person

ရှည်လျား

shi-lya — Long; tall; lengthy in dimension

ကာ

ga — Continuous aspect marker; while doing; covering

ဖုန်

phon — Dust; fine particles; dirt in air

ထူ

htu — Thick; dense; heavy in texture

ငွေ့ငွေ့

ngway-ngway — Faintly; dimly; slightly visible or felt

မှိုင်းမှိုင်း

hmein-hmein — Hazy; cloudy; gloomy; obscured visibility

သော်လည်း

thaw-leh — However; although; nevertheless; even though

တစ်နည်းနည်း

tit-ni-ni — Somehow; in some way; by some means

ဖြင့်

hpyin — With; by means of; using; instrumental particle

ချစ်ခင်

chit-kin — To love; be fond of; affectionate toward

ဖွယ်ကောင်း

phway-kaung — Worthy of; deserving; likeable quality

ဆွေမျိုး

hsway-myó — Relatives; family members; kinship relations

သူငယ်ချင်း

thu-ngay-jin — Friend; close companion; peer

စုဝေး

su-way — To gather; assemble; meet together

နေရာ

nay-ya — Place; location; position; spot

စပျစ်ရည်

sa-byit-yay — Wine; grape juice; alcoholic grape drink

အရသာ

a-ya-tha — Taste; flavor; enjoyable sensation

ညီညွတ်

nyi-nwut — United; harmonious; in agreement; consistent

အခါ

a-kha — Time; occasion; when; moment

မျက်လုံး

myet-lon — Eye; eyeball; organ of vision

လူ့

lu — Human; person's; of mankind; possessive

သဘော

tha-baw — Nature; opinion; idea; meaning; consent

သဘာဝ

tha-ba-wa — Nature; natural; innate quality of things

တစ်ခုခု

tit-khu-khu — Something; anything; some unspecified thing

ထင်ရှား

htin-sha — Obvious; clear; prominent; well-known

စွာ

hswa — Adverbial suffix; in a manner of

ထို

hto — That; those; demonstrative pronoun

အရာ

a-ya — Thing; object; matter; item

ထဲ

htay — Inside; within; into; locative particle

သို့

thó — To; toward; directional particle

ရောက်

yout — To arrive; reach; get to a place

မ

ma — Negation prefix; not; negative marker

ညစာ

nya-za — Dinner; evening meal; supper

စား

sa — To eat; consume food

ပေါ်

paw — On; above; surface; to appear; emerge

တိတ်ဆိတ်

teit-sheit — Silent; quiet; hushed; devoid of sound

သင်္ကေတ

thin-ke-ta — Symbol; sign; mark representing something else

သာမက

tha-ma-kat — Not only; besides; in addition to

ဘဝ

ba-wa — Life; existence; livelihood; state of being

ပြုမူ

pyu-mu — To behave; conduct oneself; act in manner

ဆောင်ရွက်

hsaung-ywet — To carry out; perform; execute a task

သည့်

thí — Relative clause marker; which; that does

၌

hnit — At; in; locative particle for place

ပိုမို

po-mo — More; increasingly; to a greater degree

ကြိမ်ဖန်

kyein-pfan — Frequency; number of times; occasions

မြင့်မား

myin-ma — High; tall; elevated; lofty in degree

ဖော်ညွှန်း

pfaw-hnun — To indicate; refer to; describe; denote

မိမိ

mi-mi — Oneself; self; reflexive pronoun

ကိုယ်

ko — Body; self; personal pronoun; oneself

တင်းကျပ်

tin-jat — Strict; tight; rigid; severe in manner

ဆက်ဆံ

hset-hsan — To relate; deal with; treat; interact with

တန်ဖိုး

tan-bo — Value; worth; importance; price

ဝိုင်

wine — Wine; alcoholic beverage from grapes

နှစ်သက်

hnit-thet — To like; enjoy; be pleased with

နှိမ်နှင်း

hnein-hnin — To belittle; look down on; despise

ရန်

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

တစ်ယောက်

tit-yout — One person; someone; a single individual

တည်း

tè — Alone; only; exclusively; restrictive particle

ချိန်

chein — Time; moment; to weigh; measure duration

ဂျင်

jin — Gin; alcoholic spirit; also ginger

သောက်

thout — To drink; consume liquid beverage

ကဇာတ်

ka-zat — Play; theater performance; drama show

ကြည့်ရှု

kyi-shu — To watch; observe; view carefully

ရ

ya — To get; obtain; can; resultative particle

နှစ်ပေါင်း

hnit-paung — Many years; total number of years

နှစ်ဆယ်

hnit-hsay — Twenty; two decades; number twenty

ကြာ

kya — Long time; duration; to last; ago

မည်သည့်

ma-thí — Which; whichever; any particular one

ဇာတ်ရုံ

zat-yon — Theater; playhouse; performance venue

မျှ

hmya — Only; as much as; equally; just

ဖြတ်ကျော်

phyat-kyaw — To pass through; cross over; overcome

ခဲ့

khe — Past tense marker; went and did; ago

ပေ

pay — Emphatic particle; indeed; foot measurement

သို့သော်

thó-thaw — However; but; nevertheless; on the other hand

သူတပါး

thu-ta-ba — Others; other people; someone else

အပေါ်

a-paw — On; above; toward; regarding; upon

လက်ခံ

let-khan — To accept; receive; acknowledge; welcome

အသိမှတ်ပြု

a-thi-hmut-pyu — To recognize; acknowledge; give recognition to

ထားသော

hta-thaw — That has been kept; placed; stored

ရက်ရော

yet-yaw — Generous; kind-hearted; liberal; giving

တစ်ခါ

tit-kha — Once; one time; at one point

တစ်ရံ

tit-yan — Sometimes; occasionally; at times

မှားယွင်း

hma-ywin — Wrong; incorrect; mistaken; erroneous

အပြုအမူ

a-pyu-a-mu — Behavior; conduct; actions; manner of acting

ပါဝင်

pa-win — To participate; be included; involve; take part

စိတ်ဓာတ်

seit-dat — Spirit; morale; mental attitude; disposition

ပြင်းအား

pyin-a — Intensity; strength; force; degree of power

မနာလို

ma-na-lo — Jealous; envious; resentful of others

သကဲ့သို့

tha-kè-thó — As if; like; just as; similar to

အံ့သြ

an-thaw — To be amazed; astonished; wonder; surprise

ကြည့်

kyi — To look; see; watch; observe

အကြပ်အတည်း

a-kyat-a-tin — Crisis; difficulty; tight situation; trouble

မဆို

ma-hso — Whatever; whichever; regardless of; any

စစ်ဆေး

sit-hsay — To examine; investigate; inspect; check

ဆုံးမ

hson-ma — To advise; counsel; admonish; guide morally

မည့်

mé — Future tense marker; will; going to

အစား

a-za — Instead of; in place of; replacement

ကူညီ

ku-nyi — To help; assist; aid; support someone

ဘက်

bet — Side; direction; faction; toward

ယိမ်းငဲ့

yein-ngay — To lean; tilt; incline toward something

ယဇ်ပလ္လင်

yat-pa-lin — Altar; sacrificial platform in religious context

မဲ့

mey — Without; lacking; devoid of; -less suffix

သင်ခန်းစာ

thin-kan-za — Lesson; moral teaching; learning point

ငါ

nga — I; me; first person singular informal pronoun

မိ

mi — To catch; to catch oneself doing; resultative

ဟု

hu — Quotative particle; said that; called

နည်း

ni — Method; way; little; few; technique

ပြော

pyaw — To say; speak; tell; communicate verbally

ငါ့

nga — My; mine; first person singular possessive

ညီအစ်ကို

nyi-a-ko — Brothers; male siblings; brotherhood

သူ့

thu — His; her; that person's; possessive third person

ဟန်

han — Appearance; manner; style; pretense

မာရ်နတ်

ma-nat — Devil; Satan; evil tempter in religious context

ဆီ

hsi — Oil; toward; in the direction of

သွား

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

စေ

say — To cause; let; make someone do something