Treasure Island — Page 4

Vocabulary

ימ်းသားတစ်ဦး

yam-tha wa tit-oo — A single sailor or seaman person

သည်

thì — Grammatical particle marking subject or verb

အက်ဒမိရယ်

at-da-mi-yal — Admiral; high-ranking naval officer

တွင်

twìn — In, at, within; locative particle

တည်းခို

tè-kho — To lodge, stay overnight at a place

သောအခါ

thaw-a-kha — When; at the time that something happens

ကမ်းရိုးတန်း

kan-yoe-tan — Coastline; the shore along the sea

လမ်းမှ

lan-hma — From the road or path

သို့

thò — To, toward; directional particle

သွားကြ

thwa-ja — To go (plural or collective action)

သောသူ

thaw-thu — The person who; relative clause marker

အချို့က

a-cho-ga — Some (people); a few among a group

တစ်ခါတစ်ရံ

tit-kha-tit-yan — Sometimes; occasionally, not always

ထိုသို့

hto-thò — In that way; thus, like that

ပြုကြ

pyu-ja — To do or act (collectively or plural)

သူ

thu — He, she; third person pronoun

ဧည့်ခန်း

è-gan — Parlor or sitting room for guests

ထဲ

htè — Inside, within; locative particle

မဝင်မီ

ma-win-mi — Before entering; prior to going inside

ကုလားကာ

ka-la-ga — Curtain; cloth hanging over a door or window

ဖုံးထားသော

phoun-hta-thaw — Covered, concealed with something over it

တံခါး

da-ga — Door; an entrance to a room or building

အဖွင့်မှ

a-phwin-hma — Through the opening or gap

ထိုသူ့ကို

hto-thu-go — That person (object); referring to him/her

ကြည့်ရှု

kji-shu — To look at, observe, watch carefully

လေ့ရှိ

le-shi — To be accustomed to; habitually do

ပြီး

pi — After; completion particle or then

ထိုကဲ့သို့

hto-kè-thò — Like that; in that manner or way

ရှိနေ

shi-ne — To be present, to exist at a place

သည့်အခါ

thìʼ-a-kha — When; at the time that (relative clause)

တိုင်း

tain — Every time; each instance, whenever

ကြွက်

kjwèt — Mouse or rat; small rodent animal

ကဲ့သို့

kè-thò — Like, similar to; in the manner of

တိတ်ဆိတ်

tèt-sèt — Silent, quiet, still; absence of noise

နေမည်ကို

ne-mì-go — That (someone) will remain or stay

သေချာ

the-ja — Certain, sure; to make certain of something

အနည်းဆုံး

a-ni-zone — At least; the minimum amount or number

ကျွန်တော့်

kjà-naw — My; first person possessive (male speaker)

အတွက်တော့

a-twèt-taw — As for me; regarding, for my part

ထိုကိစ္စ

hto-kit-sa — That matter or affair; that particular issue

လျှို့ဝှက်ချက်

hljo-hwèt-chet — Secret; something hidden or kept confidential

မဟုတ်ပေ

ma-hout-pe — It is not; certainly not the case

အဘယ်ကြောင့်

a-bè-jaun — Why; for what reason or cause

ဆိုသော်

so-thaw — If one says; because, the reason being

ကျွန်တော်

kjà-naw — I, me; first person pronoun (male speaker)

တစ်နည်း

tit-ni — In another way; alternatively stated

အားဖြင့်

a-phyin — By means of; in terms of, through

သူ၏

thu-i — His, her; third person possessive pronoun

အလန့်တကြား

a-lan-da-ja — In great alarm; suddenly frightened or startled

များတွင်

mya-dwìn — Among; within a group of things or people

ပါဝင်

pa-win — To participate, be included, take part

ဖြစ်သော

phyit-thaw — Being; which is, that happens to be

ကြောင့်ပင်

jaun-pin — Precisely because; exactly for that reason

တစ်ရက်

tit-yet — One day; a single day period

သောနေ့

thaw-ne — The day when; a particular day mentioned

ကျွန်တော့်ကို

kjà-naw-go — Me (object); first person object (male)

တစ်ဖက်

tit-phet — One side; one aspect or direction

ခေါ်ဆောင်

khaw-saun — To lead, escort, bring someone along

ကာ

ka — While doing; continuative verbal particle

ခြေတစ်ခြောက်

chè-tit-chout — On foot; walking distance from somewhere

ရှိသော

shi-thaw — Which exists; that is present or there

ימ်းသား

yam-tha-wa — Sailor; a person who works at sea

ကို

go — Object marker; grammatical accusative particle

မျက်ဝန်း

myet-wan — Eyes; the eyeballs or gaze of a person

ပွင့်ပွင့်

pwìn-pwìn — Wide open; openly, in a frank manner

ဖြင့်

phyin — With, by means of; instrumental particle

စောင့်ကြည့်

saun-kji — To watch and wait; to keep watch over

ရန်

yan — In order to; purpose particle or for

နှင့်

hnìn — And, with; conjunction or comitative particle

ပေါ်လာ

paw-la — To appear, emerge, come into sight

သည့်

thìʼ — Relative clause marker; the one that is

အချိန်

a-chein — Time; a particular moment or period

ချက်ချင်း

chet-jin — Immediately, at once, right away

အသိပေး

a-thi-pe — To inform, notify, give notice to someone

မည်

mì — Will; future tense particle in Burmese

ဆိုလျှင်

so-hlyin — If; conditional particle meaning if stated

တစ်လ

tit-la — One month; a period of one month

တစ်ကြိမ်

tit-kjein — Once; one time, a single occasion

ပထမဆုံး

pa-hta-ma-zone — First of all; the very first in order

နေ့တွင်

ne-dwìn — On the day; during a particular day

ငွေ

nwe — Money; currency or silver

လေးပင်ဆင်

le-bin-sin — Four pennies; a small amount of money

ပေးမည်

pe-mì — Will give; future tense of to give

ဟု

hu — Quotative particle; saying that, as follows

ကတိပေး

ka-di-pe — To promise; to give one's word

ခဲ့သည်

khè-thì — Did; past tense completion particle

၏

i — Possessive particle; of, belonging to

ပထမနေ့

pa-hta-ma-ne — The first day; day one of a period

ရောက်လာ

yout-la — To arrive, come, reach a destination

လခ

la-kha — Monthly salary or wages; monthly pay

တောင်းသော

taun-thaw — Asking for; requesting, demanding something

အခါ

a-kha — Time, occasion; when something occurs

အများအားဖြင့်

a-mya-a-phyin — Generally, mostly; for the most part

နှာခေါင်းမှ

hna-ghaun-hma — Through the nose; from the nasal passage

လေဖြတ်

le-phyat — A snort; to blow air through the nose

ရင်း

yin — While doing; simultaneous action particle

ကြည့်ချုပ်

kji-chout — To glance briefly; look quickly at someone

မျှသာ

hmya-tha — Only, merely; just that amount or degree

ပြုတတ်

pyu-tat — Tends to do; habitually acts in a way

သော်လည်း

thaw-lè — However, although; concessive conjunction

တစ်ပတ်

tit-pat — One week; a period of seven days

မကုန်မီ

ma-goun-mi — Before finishing or expiring; before the end

၎င်း

da-gin — That aforementioned thing or person; it

ပြောင်းလဲ

pyaun-le — To change, transform; alter or switch

စဉ်းစား

sin-za — To think, consider, reflect upon something

ထံ

htan — To, toward a person; near someone

ပြားကို

pya-go — The coin (object); flat coin or piece

ယူဆောင်

yu-saun — To take and bring; to carry something along

လာကာ

la-ga — Coming and then; after coming, upon arrival

မှာကြားချက်

hma-ja-chet — Instructions, orders; directive given to someone

ထပ်မံ

htat-man — Again, additionally, once more, further

ပြောကြား

pyaw-ja — To say, tell, communicate to someone

ထိုပုဂ္ဂိုလ်

hto-poot-gol — That person; that individual being referred to

အိပ်မက်

eit-met — Dream; visions experienced while sleeping

များကို

mya-go — Them (plural object); multiple things or people

မည်သို့

mì-thò — How; in what manner or way

အပြင်

a-pyin — Outside; exterior, beyond the boundary

မထွက်နိုင်

ma-thwet-nain — Cannot go out; unable to leave or exit

အောင်

aun — So that; in order to achieve or succeed

ဖြစ်စေ

phyit-se — To cause to be; to make happen

သည်ကို

thì-go — That (object marker); nominalizing particle object

ဆိုသိပ်

so-theit — Needless to say; it goes without saying

ပြောဖို့

pyaw-pho — To say, to tell; need to speak

မလို

ma-lo — Not needed; unnecessary, no need for

ပေ

pe — Emphatic particle; indeed, you see (softener)

မုန်တိုင်း

moun-tain — Storm; a violent weather event with wind

ကြမ်းသော

kjan-thaw — Rough, harsh, severe; used of weather or sea

ညများ

nya-mya — Nights; multiple evening periods

လေ

le — Wind; air or a sentence-final particle

အိမ်

ein — House, home; a dwelling or residence

လေးထောင့်

le-htaun — Four-cornered; square or four-sided shape

လေးမျက်နှာ

le-myet-hna — Four-faced; four sides or directions

တုန်ခါ

toun-kha — To shake, tremble, vibrate; quake

စေပြီး

se-pi — Causing and then; making it happen

လှိုင်းသံ

hlain-than — Sound of waves; the noise of sea waves

များ

mya — Plural marker; many, multiple things

တစ်လျှောက်

tit-hlout — Along, throughout; all the way along

ကျောက်ဆောင်

kjout-saun — Rocky reef or crag; large rock formation

များပေါ်

mya-paw — Upon or over many things; on top of

မြည်ဟည်း

myi-hyin — To roar, resound; loud reverberating sound

နေသော

ne-thaw — Which is staying or existing; residing

သူ့ကို

thu-go — Him or her (object); third person object

မျိုးစုံ

myo-zone — Various kinds; diverse, all sorts of

သောပုံ

thaw-poun — In such a manner; the appearance of doing

သဏ္ဍာန်

thun-dan — Form, shape, appearance; likeness of something

တစ်ထောင်

tit-htaun — One thousand; the number 1000

နတ်ဆိုး

nat-so — Evil spirit or demon; malevolent supernatural being

ကဲ့သို့သော

kè-thò-thaw — Such as; like, resembling, similar to

မျက်နှာထား

myet-hna-hta — Facial expression; demeanor shown on the face

မြင်တွေ့

myin-twe — To see, catch sight of, encounter visually

ရလေ့ရှိ

ya-le-shi — Tends to get; habitually receives or obtains