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Welcome to our lesson on '''Burmese Irregular Verbs'''! As we dive into the fascinating world of the Burmese language, we’ll explore how these verbs deviate from the regular patterns you may have encountered in earlier lessons. Understanding irregular verbs is crucial because they are commonly used in everyday conversation, and mastering them will significantly enhance your fluency and comprehension in Burmese.
 
In this lesson, we will cover:
 
* What irregular verbs are and why they matter
 
* A detailed look at some of the most common irregular verbs in Burmese
 
* How to conjugate these verbs in various tenses
 
* Practice exercises to solidify your understanding
 
Let's embark on this journey together, and by the end of this lesson, you’ll be equipped with the knowledge to use irregular verbs confidently in your conversations!


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Irregular verbs in Burmese can be tricky to learn, but once you understand them, you'll be able to have more fluid conversations in the language. In this lesson, we'll focus on some common Burmese irregular verbs and how to conjugate them in various tenses. By the end of this lesson, you'll have a better understanding of how to use these verbs in context and how they differ from regular verbs.
=== What are Irregular Verbs? ===
 
Irregular verbs are those that do not follow the standard rules of conjugation. In contrast to regular verbs, which typically follow predictable patterns, irregular verbs can change form in surprising ways. In Burmese, this means that the verb root may change depending on the tense or aspect being used.


=== Why Are They Important? ===


<span link>Take some time to dive into these other pages after completing this lesson: [[Language/Burmese/Grammar/Connecting-Ideas|Connecting Ideas]] & [[Language/Burmese/Grammar/Negation|Negation]].</span>
Mastering irregular verbs is essential for several reasons:
== Present Tense ==


In Burmese, the present tense is typically used to describe an action that is happening right now or is a habitual action. To conjugate irregular verbs in the present tense, you'll need to be familiar with their base form. Let's take a look at some common irregular verbs and their present tense conjugations:
* '''Real-life Conversations''': Native speakers use these verbs frequently, so knowing them will help you understand and participate in discussions.


=== ရှာမည် (shamañ) – to find or search for ===
* '''Cultural Context''': Many irregular verbs are tied to cultural expressions or idiomatic phrases in Burmese.
 
* '''Language Nuance''': Understanding the subtleties of verb forms can enhance your ability to convey feelings, actions, and timeframes more accurately.
 
== Common Irregular Verbs in Burmese ==
 
Now that we understand the importance of irregular verbs, let’s take a look at some of the most common ones in Burmese. We will also provide examples of how to conjugate these verbs in different tenses.
 
=== List of Common Irregular Verbs ===
 
Here’s a selection of 20 common irregular verbs in Burmese, along with their conjugation in present, past, and future tenses.


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| ရှာပါ || shapà || I find / I am finding
 
| လာ || la: || to come || လာတယ် (la: te) || လာခဲ့ (la: hkae) || လာမည် (la: ma)
 
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| ရှာနေပါ || sha ne ba || You find / You are finding
 
| သွား || thwa: || to go || သွားတယ် (thwa: te) || သွားခဲ့ (thwa: hkae) || သွားမည် (thwa: ma)
 
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| ရှာနေတယ် || sha ne tay || He finds / He is finding
 
| စောင့် || saung || to wait || စောင့်တယ် (saung te) || စောင့်ခဲ့ (saung hkae) || စောင့်မည် (saung ma)
 
|-
|-
| ရှာပြီ || shapì || We find / We are finding
 
| ပြန် || pyang || to return || ပြန်တယ် (pyang te) || ပြန်ခဲ့ (pyang hkae) || ပြန်မည် (pyang ma)
 
|-
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| ရှာနေပြီ || sha ne pì || They find / They are finding
|}


As you can see, the present tense conjugation of "shamañ" changes depending on the person or object performing the action. "Shamañ" is commonly used in everyday conversations, especially when asking for directions or searching for something.
| ဖျက် || phyet || to cut || ဖျက်တယ် (phyet te) || ဖျက်ခဲ့ (phyet hkae) || ဖျက်မည် (phyet ma)
 
|-


=== သွား (swa) – to go ===
| ရှိ || shi || to have || ရှိတယ် (shi te) || ရှိခဲ့ (shi hkae) || ရှိမည် (shi ma)  


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| သွားပါ || swa pà || I go / I am going
 
| သိ || thae || to know || သိတယ် (thae te) || သိခဲ့ (thae hkae) || သိမည် (thae ma)
 
|-
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| သွားနေပါ || swa ne ba || You go / You are going
 
| လုပ် || laut || to do || လုပ်တယ် (laut te) || လုပ်ခဲ့ (laut hkae) || လုပ်မည် (laut ma)
 
|-
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| သွားတယ် || swa tay || He goes / He is going
 
| ကြည့် || kyet || to see || ကြည့်တယ် (kyet te) || ကြည့်ခဲ့ (kyet hkae) || ကြည့်မည် (kyet ma)
 
|-
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| သွားတာ || swa ta || She goes / She is going
 
| ရှာ || sha || to search || ရှာတယ် (sha te) || ရှာခဲ့ (sha hkae) || ရှာမည် (sha ma)
 
|-
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| သွားတဲ့အခါ || swa tè a kha || We go / We are going
 
| နေ || ne || to live || နေတယ် (ne te) || နေခဲ့ (ne hkae) || နေမည် (ne ma)
 
|-
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| သွားတဲ့အချိန် || swa tè a chyin || They go / They are going
|}


"Swà" is a common verb in Burmese, and its present tense conjugation is crucial to learn. You'll use it in phrases such as "ခရီးသွား" (kha ti swa) which means "to travel".
| သွား || thwa: || to travel || သွားတယ် (thwa: te) || သွားခဲ့ (thwa: hkae) || သွားမည် (thwa: ma)  


== Past Tense ==
|-


The past tense in Burmese is used to describe an action that has already happened. Generally speaking, you can form the past tense of an irregular verb by changing the ending from "-ပြ" (-pi) to "-ရဲ့" (-re). Here are some examples of past tense conjugations of irregular verbs:
| ကစား || ka:za || to play || ကစားတယ် (ka:za te) || ကစားခဲ့ (ka:za hkae) || ကစားမည် (ka:za ma)


=== ဝင် (wing) – to enter ===
|-
 
| လျှောက် || lyaut || to walk || လျှောက်တယ် (lyaung te) || လျှောက်ခဲ့ (lyaung hkae) || လျှောက်မည် (lyaung ma)  


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| ဝင်ပြီ || wing pì || I entered / I have entered
 
| လှုပ် || hlot || to move || လှုပ်တယ် (hlot te) || လှုပ်ခဲ့ (hlot hkae) || လှုပ်မည် (hlot ma)
 
|-
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| ဝင်ရဲ့ || wing re || You entered / You have entered
 
| ပြော || pyaw || to speak || ပြောတယ် (pyaw te) || ပြောခဲ့ (pyaw hkae) || ပြောမည် (pyaw ma)
 
|-
|-
| ဝင်တိုင်းရဲ့ || wing taing yè re || He entered / He has entered
 
| တွေ့ || twe || to meet || တွေ့တယ် (twe te) || တွေ့ခဲ့ (twe hkae) || တွေ့မည် (twe ma)
 
|-
|-
| ဝင်မြင်ရဲ့ || wing myin re || She entered / She has entered
 
| ဖျော် || phyaw || to brew || ဖျော်တယ် (phyaw te) || ဖျော်ခဲ့ (phyaw hkae) || ဖျော်မည် (phyaw ma)
 
|-
|-
| ဝင်တဲ့ || wing tè || We entered / We have entered
 
| ပြင် || pyin || to fix || ပြင်တယ် (pyin te) || ပြင်ခဲ့ (pyin hkae) || ပြင်မည် (pyin ma)
 
|-
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| ဝင်တိုင်းတဲ့ || wing taing yè tè || They entered / They have entered
 
| ဖွင့် || phwint || to open || ဖွင့်တယ် (phwint te) || ဖွင့်ခဲ့ (phwint hkae) || ဖွင့်မည် (phwint ma)
 
|}
|}


"Wiñg" is an irregular verb that is often used when referring to entering a room or building.
=== Conjugation Patterns ===


=== ခြောက်လာ (khauk la) – to understand ===
In Burmese, the conjugation of irregular verbs can be quite different from what you might expect. Let’s break down how these verbs change depending on the tense.


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* '''Present Tense''': Typically formed by adding "တယ်" (te) to the verb root.
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* '''Past Tense''': Often formed by adding "ခဲ့" (hkae) to the verb root.
| ခြောက်လာတဲ့ || khauk la tè || We understood / We have understood
 
|-
* '''Future Tense''': Generally formed by adding "မည်" (ma) to the verb root.
| ခြောက်လာနောက်ပါ || khauk la ne ba || You understood / You have understood
 
|-
This pattern may vary for some verbs, so it is essential to memorize the irregular forms as you go along.
| ချောက်လာတယ် || chauk la tay || He understood / He has understood
 
|-
== Practice Exercises ==
| ချောက်လာတာ || chauk la ta || She understood / She has understood
 
|-
Now it's time to put your knowledge to the test! Here are 10 exercises to help you practice the irregular verbs we've covered. Each exercise includes a detailed solution and explanation.
| ခြောက်လာပြီ || khauk la pì || I understood / I have understood
 
|-
=== Exercise 1: Fill in the Blanks ===
| ချောက်လာတိုင်းတဲ့ || chauk la taing yè tè || They understood / They have understood
 
|}
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb "လာ" (to come) in the past tense.
 
1. ကျွန်တော် ______ (to come) မိုးရွာတဲ့အခါ။
 
2. သူမ ______ (to come) ညဘက်မှာ။
 
'''Solutions''':
 
1. ကျွန်တော် လာခဲ့ (I came) မိုးရွာတဲ့အခါ။
 
2. သူမ လာခဲ့ (She came) ညဘက်မှာ။
 
=== Exercise 2: Sentence Translation ===
 
Translate the following sentences into Burmese using the verb "သွား" (to go).
 
1. I will go to the market.
 
2. She went to the school.
 
'''Solutions''':
 
1. ကျွန်တော် အရောင်းလမ်း သွားမည် (I will go to the market).
 
2. သူမ ကျောင်းသွားခဲ့ (She went to the school).
 
=== Exercise 3: Verb Matching ===
 
Match the Burmese verbs with their English translations.
 
| Burmese | English |
 
| - | - |
 
| 1. ကစား | a. to know |
 
| 2. ရှိ | b. to play |
 
| 3. သိ | c. to have |
 
'''Solutions''':
 
1. ကစား - b (to play)
 
2. ရှိ - c (to have)
 
3. သိ - a (to know)
 
=== Exercise 4: Conjugate the Verb ===
 
Conjugate the verb "ပြန်" (to return) in all three tenses: present, past, and future.
 
'''Solutions''':
 
* Present: ပြန်တယ် (pyang te)
 
* Past: ပြန်ခဲ့ (pyang hkae)
 
* Future: ပြန်မည် (pyang ma)
 
=== Exercise 5: Create Sentences ===
 
Create sentences using the verbs "ကြည့်" (to see) and "ဖွင့်" (to open) in the present tense.
 
'''Solutions''':
 
1. ကျွန်တော် ကြည့်တယ် (I see).
 
2. သူမ ဖွင့်တယ် (She opens).
 
=== Exercise 6: True or False ===
 
Determine whether the following statements are true or false regarding the verb "ရှာ" (to search).
 
1. The past tense of "ရှာ" is "ရှာခဲ့". (True)
 
2. The future tense of "ရှာ" is "ရှာတယ်". (False)
 
'''Solutions''':
 
1. True
 
2. False (It should be "ရှာမည်".)
 
=== Exercise 7: Fill in the Blanks ===
 
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb "ပြော" (to speak) in the future tense.
 
1. ကျွန်တော် ______ (to speak) တိုင်းရင်းသားများနှင့်။
 
2. သူမ ______ (to speak) အင်္ဂလိပ်ဘာသာ။
 
'''Solutions''':
 
1. ကျွန်တော် ပြောမည် (I will speak) တိုင်းရင်းသားများနှင့်။
 
2. သူမ ပြောမည် (She will speak) အင်္ဂလိပ်ဘာသာ။
 
=== Exercise 8: Sentence Rearrangement ===
 
Rearrange the following words to form a correct Burmese sentence using the verb "သွား".
 
1. သွား / ကျွန်တော် / မည် / အလုပ် / အခု / (to go / I / work / now).


"Khauk la" is used when talking about understanding or comprehending something, and its past tense form is necessary to use in many conversations.
'''Solutions''':


== Future Tense ==
ကျွန်တော် အခု အလုပ်သွားမည် (I will go to work now).


The future tense is used to describe an action that is going to happen at some point in the future. In Burmese, the future tense is typically formed by adding "နောက်" (ne ka) to the end of the sentence. Here are some common irregular verbs and their future tense conjugations:
=== Exercise 9: Verb Conjugation Challenge ===


=== မတ် (mat) – to play ===
Conjugate the verb "နေ" (to live) in the past tense for the following subjects: I, she, and we.


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'''Solutions''':
! Burmese !! Pronunciation !! English
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| မတ်မှရလို့ရပါတယ် || mat hmài leh ya ba tay || He will play football
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| မတ်မှနောက်ပါ || mat hmà nè ka ba || I will play/We will play
|-
| မတ်မှနောက်ရပါတယ် || mat hmà nè ka ya ba tay || You will play
|-
| မတ်မှနောက်ပြီးပါပဲ || mat hmà nè ka pì pya || They will play
|}


"Mat" is commonly used when referring to playing games or sports, and it is important to learn its future tense conjugation in order to express future actions.
* I: ကျွန်တော် နေနေခဲ့ (I lived).


== Imperative Form ==
* She: သူမ နေနေခဲ့ (She lived).


The imperative form is used to give commands or orders in Burmese. It is usually formed by adding "က" (ka) to the end of the verb, regardless of whether the verb is regular or irregular. Here are some examples:
* We: ကျွန်တော်တို့ နေနေခဲ့ (We lived).


=== သွား (swa) – to go ===
=== Exercise 10: Translate the Sentence ===
* သွားပါ (swa pà) – Go (informal)
* သွားလို့ (swa leh ya) – Let's go (informal)


=== ပြု (pyu) – to use ===
Translate the following sentence into Burmese: "They will cut the cake."
* ပြုပါ (pyu pà) – Use (informal)
* ပြုစောင့်ပါ (pyu saung pya) – Let's use (informal)


== Conclusion ==
'''Solution''':


Irregular verbs in Burmese can be challenging to learn, but once mastered, they will help you have more natural conversations with Burmese speakers. Keep in mind that the key to learning any language is consistent practice, so be sure to use these verbs as often as possible in various tenses. In the next lesson, we will continue with irregular verbs but in the past tense.
သူတို့ ကိတ်မုန့် ဖျက်မည် (They will cut the cake).


As you practice these exercises, remember that repetition is key to mastering irregular verbs. Don't hesitate to revisit this lesson whenever you need a refresher!


<span link>Upon wrapping up this lesson, take a look at these related pages: [[Language/Burmese/Grammar/Adjectives|Adjectives]] & [[Language/Burmese/Grammar/Simple-Sentences|Simple Sentences]].</span>
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Welcome to our lesson on Burmese Irregular Verbs! As we dive into the fascinating world of the Burmese language, we’ll explore how these verbs deviate from the regular patterns you may have encountered in earlier lessons. Understanding irregular verbs is crucial because they are commonly used in everyday conversation, and mastering them will significantly enhance your fluency and comprehension in Burmese.

In this lesson, we will cover:

  • What irregular verbs are and why they matter
  • A detailed look at some of the most common irregular verbs in Burmese
  • How to conjugate these verbs in various tenses
  • Practice exercises to solidify your understanding

Let's embark on this journey together, and by the end of this lesson, you’ll be equipped with the knowledge to use irregular verbs confidently in your conversations!

What are Irregular Verbs?[edit | edit source]

Irregular verbs are those that do not follow the standard rules of conjugation. In contrast to regular verbs, which typically follow predictable patterns, irregular verbs can change form in surprising ways. In Burmese, this means that the verb root may change depending on the tense or aspect being used.

Why Are They Important?[edit | edit source]

Mastering irregular verbs is essential for several reasons:

  • Real-life Conversations: Native speakers use these verbs frequently, so knowing them will help you understand and participate in discussions.
  • Cultural Context: Many irregular verbs are tied to cultural expressions or idiomatic phrases in Burmese.
  • Language Nuance: Understanding the subtleties of verb forms can enhance your ability to convey feelings, actions, and timeframes more accurately.

Common Irregular Verbs in Burmese[edit | edit source]

Now that we understand the importance of irregular verbs, let’s take a look at some of the most common ones in Burmese. We will also provide examples of how to conjugate these verbs in different tenses.

List of Common Irregular Verbs[edit | edit source]

Here’s a selection of 20 common irregular verbs in Burmese, along with their conjugation in present, past, and future tenses.

Burmese Pronunciation English Present Tense Past Tense Future Tense
လာ la: to come လာတယ် (la: te) လာခဲ့ (la: hkae) လာမည် (la: ma)
သွား thwa: to go သွားတယ် (thwa: te) သွားခဲ့ (thwa: hkae) သွားမည် (thwa: ma)
စောင့် saung to wait စောင့်တယ် (saung te) စောင့်ခဲ့ (saung hkae) စောင့်မည် (saung ma)
ပြန် pyang to return ပြန်တယ် (pyang te) ပြန်ခဲ့ (pyang hkae) ပြန်မည် (pyang ma)
ဖျက် phyet to cut ဖျက်တယ် (phyet te) ဖျက်ခဲ့ (phyet hkae) ဖျက်မည် (phyet ma)
ရှိ shi to have ရှိတယ် (shi te) ရှိခဲ့ (shi hkae) ရှိမည် (shi ma)
သိ thae to know သိတယ် (thae te) သိခဲ့ (thae hkae) သိမည် (thae ma)
လုပ် laut to do လုပ်တယ် (laut te) လုပ်ခဲ့ (laut hkae) လုပ်မည် (laut ma)
ကြည့် kyet to see ကြည့်တယ် (kyet te) ကြည့်ခဲ့ (kyet hkae) ကြည့်မည် (kyet ma)
ရှာ sha to search ရှာတယ် (sha te) ရှာခဲ့ (sha hkae) ရှာမည် (sha ma)
နေ ne to live နေတယ် (ne te) နေခဲ့ (ne hkae) နေမည် (ne ma)
သွား thwa: to travel သွားတယ် (thwa: te) သွားခဲ့ (thwa: hkae) သွားမည် (thwa: ma)
ကစား ka:za to play ကစားတယ် (ka:za te) ကစားခဲ့ (ka:za hkae) ကစားမည် (ka:za ma)
လျှောက် lyaut to walk လျှောက်တယ် (lyaung te) လျှောက်ခဲ့ (lyaung hkae) လျှောက်မည် (lyaung ma)
လှုပ် hlot to move လှုပ်တယ် (hlot te) လှုပ်ခဲ့ (hlot hkae) လှုပ်မည် (hlot ma)
ပြော pyaw to speak ပြောတယ် (pyaw te) ပြောခဲ့ (pyaw hkae) ပြောမည် (pyaw ma)
တွေ့ twe to meet တွေ့တယ် (twe te) တွေ့ခဲ့ (twe hkae) တွေ့မည် (twe ma)
ဖျော် phyaw to brew ဖျော်တယ် (phyaw te) ဖျော်ခဲ့ (phyaw hkae) ဖျော်မည် (phyaw ma)
ပြင် pyin to fix ပြင်တယ် (pyin te) ပြင်ခဲ့ (pyin hkae) ပြင်မည် (pyin ma)
ဖွင့် phwint to open ဖွင့်တယ် (phwint te) ဖွင့်ခဲ့ (phwint hkae) ဖွင့်မည် (phwint ma)

Conjugation Patterns[edit | edit source]

In Burmese, the conjugation of irregular verbs can be quite different from what you might expect. Let’s break down how these verbs change depending on the tense.

  • Present Tense: Typically formed by adding "တယ်" (te) to the verb root.
  • Past Tense: Often formed by adding "ခဲ့" (hkae) to the verb root.
  • Future Tense: Generally formed by adding "မည်" (ma) to the verb root.

This pattern may vary for some verbs, so it is essential to memorize the irregular forms as you go along.

Practice Exercises[edit | edit source]

Now it's time to put your knowledge to the test! Here are 10 exercises to help you practice the irregular verbs we've covered. Each exercise includes a detailed solution and explanation.

Exercise 1: Fill in the Blanks[edit | edit source]

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb "လာ" (to come) in the past tense.

1. ကျွန်တော် ______ (to come) မိုးရွာတဲ့အခါ။

2. သူမ ______ (to come) ညဘက်မှာ။

Solutions:

1. ကျွန်တော် လာခဲ့ (I came) မိုးရွာတဲ့အခါ။

2. သူမ လာခဲ့ (She came) ညဘက်မှာ။

Exercise 2: Sentence Translation[edit | edit source]

Translate the following sentences into Burmese using the verb "သွား" (to go).

1. I will go to the market.

2. She went to the school.

Solutions:

1. ကျွန်တော် အရောင်းလမ်း သွားမည် (I will go to the market).

2. သူမ ကျောင်းသွားခဲ့ (She went to the school).

Exercise 3: Verb Matching[edit | edit source]

Match the Burmese verbs with their English translations.

| Burmese | English |

| - | - |

| 1. ကစား | a. to know |

| 2. ရှိ | b. to play |

| 3. သိ | c. to have |

Solutions:

1. ကစား - b (to play)

2. ရှိ - c (to have)

3. သိ - a (to know)

Exercise 4: Conjugate the Verb[edit | edit source]

Conjugate the verb "ပြန်" (to return) in all three tenses: present, past, and future.

Solutions:

  • Present: ပြန်တယ် (pyang te)
  • Past: ပြန်ခဲ့ (pyang hkae)
  • Future: ပြန်မည် (pyang ma)

Exercise 5: Create Sentences[edit | edit source]

Create sentences using the verbs "ကြည့်" (to see) and "ဖွင့်" (to open) in the present tense.

Solutions:

1. ကျွန်တော် ကြည့်တယ် (I see).

2. သူမ ဖွင့်တယ် (She opens).

Exercise 6: True or False[edit | edit source]

Determine whether the following statements are true or false regarding the verb "ရှာ" (to search).

1. The past tense of "ရှာ" is "ရှာခဲ့". (True)

2. The future tense of "ရှာ" is "ရှာတယ်". (False)

Solutions:

1. True

2. False (It should be "ရှာမည်".)

Exercise 7: Fill in the Blanks[edit | edit source]

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb "ပြော" (to speak) in the future tense.

1. ကျွန်တော် ______ (to speak) တိုင်းရင်းသားများနှင့်။

2. သူမ ______ (to speak) အင်္ဂလိပ်ဘာသာ။

Solutions:

1. ကျွန်တော် ပြောမည် (I will speak) တိုင်းရင်းသားများနှင့်။

2. သူမ ပြောမည် (She will speak) အင်္ဂလိပ်ဘာသာ။

Exercise 8: Sentence Rearrangement[edit | edit source]

Rearrange the following words to form a correct Burmese sentence using the verb "သွား".

1. သွား / ကျွန်တော် / မည် / အလုပ် / အခု / (to go / I / work / now).

Solutions:

ကျွန်တော် အခု အလုပ်သွားမည် (I will go to work now).

Exercise 9: Verb Conjugation Challenge[edit | edit source]

Conjugate the verb "နေ" (to live) in the past tense for the following subjects: I, she, and we.

Solutions:

  • I: ကျွန်တော် နေနေခဲ့ (I lived).
  • She: သူမ နေနေခဲ့ (She lived).
  • We: ကျွန်တော်တို့ နေနေခဲ့ (We lived).

Exercise 10: Translate the Sentence[edit | edit source]

Translate the following sentence into Burmese: "They will cut the cake."

Solution:

သူတို့ ကိတ်မုန့် ဖျက်မည် (They will cut the cake).

As you practice these exercises, remember that repetition is key to mastering irregular verbs. Don't hesitate to revisit this lesson whenever you need a refresher!

Table of Contents - Burmese Course - 0 to A1[edit source]


Greetings and Introductions


Sentence Structure


Numbers and Dates


Verbs and Tenses


Common Activities


Adjectives and Adverbs


Food and Drink


Burmese Customs and Etiquette


Prepositions and Conjunctions


Travel and Transportation


Festivals and Celebrations


Other Lessons[edit | edit source]



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