SYNTAX
sraekac\"-able/-ly" follows a verb..
Verb+ sraekdc\;
| Verb | sraekac\; |
| -ly/ -able |
| verb+ ly/ able |
dIen> epja\sraekac\;ty\" Today is enjoyable.
dIe~kac\ Kjs\sraekac\;ty\" This cat is lovely/ adorable.
dfmHmhut\ "or" connects two sentences or two nouns.
Sentence+ dfmHmhut\ + Sentence
| sentence | dfmHmhut\ | sentence |
| or |
| sentence or sentence |
ekjac\;qQa;mla;" dfmHmhut\ eZ;qQa;mla;" Are you going to the school or are you going to the market .
qU rn\kun\mHa enmy\" dfmHmhut\ mN[el;mHa enmy\" He will live in Yangon or Mandalay .
A`pc\ "beside" follows a noun.
Noun+ A`pc\
| noun. | A`pc\ |
| beside/other than |
| beside +noun |
dIsaAup\A`pc\ t`Ka;saAup\RHiqla;" Do you have another book beside this.
dIekjac\;qa; A`pc\ t`Ka;ekjac\;qa; mlapfBU;" Beside this student, no other student comes.
A vreb is reduplicated after the question tag Ba.
Ba + Verb2
| Ba | verb verb |
| what |
| whatever someone verbs |
Kc\bja; Balup\lup\ kYn\eta\ $kik\pfty\" I like whatever you do.
Basa;sa; Aer;m~kI;pfBU;" Whatever you eat does not matter.
Sometimes a vreb is reduplicatedd after a noun that follows the question tag Ba.
Ba + Noun+ Verb2
| Ba | noun | verb verb |
| what | noun |
| whatever noun someone verbs |
BasaAup\Pt\Pt\ qU epja\pfty\" He enjoys whatever book he reads.
qU Baka;wy\wy\ AtUtUpfpE" Whatever car he buys, it won't make any difference .
Notes: When a repeated verb follows a question tag like Ba By\ By\mHa By\qU By\eta., it will function as "whatever, wherever, whoever, whenevr. Notice that the post-positions mHa k kui follows a noun.
| Question Tag | Noun (if necessary) | Verb2 | Translation |
| Ba | lup\lup\ | Whatever (you) do | |
| Ba | ska; | e`pae`pa | Whatever language (you) speak |
| By\ | qQa;qQa; | WWherever (you) go | |
| By\mHa | enen | Wherever (you) live | |
| By\ | #mi>mHa | enen | In any city (you) live in |
| By\ | #mi> k | lala | WWWWhatever city (you) come from |
| By\ | #mi> kui | qQa;qQa; | Whatever city (you) go |
| By\qU | qiqi | Whoever knows | |
| By\qUnE> | etQ>etQ> | Whoever (you) met with |
| By\elak\ | em;em; | How often (you) ask |
| By\eta. | ~kv\.~kv\. | Whenever (you) look |
| By\ | AKjin\ | sa;sa; | Whenever (you) eat |