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