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Welcome to this exciting lesson on '''Burmese Grammar''', where we will dive into the fascinating world of expressing '''Manner''' and '''Frequency''' in the Burmese language. This lesson is part of our comprehensive "Complete 0 to A1 Burmese Course." As complete beginners, you will find this lesson accessible yet enriching, allowing you to expand your communication skills in Burmese.
 
Understanding how to express manner and frequency is essential in any language, and Burmese is no exception. By mastering these concepts, you will be able to convey not only how actions are performed but also how often they occur. This skill will significantly enhance your conversational abilities, allowing you to engage more meaningfully with native speakers.
 
In this lesson, we will cover the following:


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Introduction:
=== Importance of Adverbs in Burmese ===
Welcome to the lesson on expressing manner and frequency in Burmese! In this lesson, we will explore how to use adverbs to describe how something is done, as well as how often it is done. This topic is important in the context of the Burmese language because adverbs play a crucial role in providing additional information and adding depth to sentences. By mastering the usage of adverbs, you will be able to express yourself more precisely and effectively in Burmese.
 
Adverbs play a crucial role in enriching our language. They help us add depth and clarity to our sentences. In Burmese, adverbs can describe how an action is performed (manner) and how often it occurs (frequency).  
 
* '''Manner''' adverbs answer the question “How?”
 
* '''Frequency''' adverbs answer the question “How often?”
 
Knowing how to use these adverbs will enable you to express yourself more clearly and accurately in various contexts, from daily activities to interests and hobbies.
 
=== Structure of the Lesson ===
 
1. '''Expressing Manner'''
 
* Definition and examples


Structure of the Lesson:
* Common manner adverbs in Burmese
1. Introduction
2. Understanding Adverbs in Burmese
3. Expressing Manner with Adverbs
4. Expressing Frequency with Adverbs
5. Cultural Insights
6. Exercises and Practice Scenarios
7. Conclusion


== Understanding Adverbs in Burmese ==
2. '''Expressing Frequency'''
Before we delve into the specifics of expressing manner and frequency, let's first understand the role of adverbs in the Burmese language. Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, providing additional information about how, when, where, or to what extent an action is performed. In Burmese, adverbs are generally formed by adding the suffix "-န်" ("-n") to adjectives or nouns.


For example:
* Definition and examples
- လူ (lu) means "person" or "people"
- လူများ (lu mya) means "people" (plural form)
- လူများန် (lu mya n) means "people" (plural form) + "adverb suffix"


In this lesson, we will focus on two types of adverbs: adverbs of manner and adverbs of frequency.
* Common frequency adverbs in Burmese


=== Adverbs of Manner ===
3. '''Practice Exercises'''
Adverbs of manner describe how an action is performed or the way something is done. In Burmese, adverbs of manner are formed by adding the suffix "-န့်" ("-n") to adjectives. Let's take a look at some examples:
 
* Exercises to apply what you have learned
 
* Detailed solutions and explanations
 
== Expressing Manner ==
 
=== What Are Manner Adverbs? ===
 
Manner adverbs describe how an action is performed. In Burmese, these adverbs typically come after the verb in a sentence. Understanding how to use these adverbs will allow you to describe actions vividly.
 
=== Common Manner Adverbs in Burmese ===
 
Here are some common manner adverbs along with their meanings:


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Burmese !! Pronunciation !! English Translation
 
! Burmese !! Pronunciation !! English
 
|-
|-
| မြင့်မား (myin ma:) || [mjɪ̀ɴ mà] || carefully
 
| အထူး !! ah-tuu !! carefully
 
|-
|-
| ချော့မား (chau ma:) || [tɕʰɔ́ mà] || quickly
 
| လွယ်လွယ် !! lwe-lwe !! easily
 
|-
|-
| အရော့မား (a: au ma:) || [əjàʊ mà] || slowly
 
| မြန်မြန် !! myan-myan !! quickly
 
|-
 
| နှစ်သက်စွာ !! hnit-thak-swa !! happily
 
|-
|-
| အပြာ့မား (a: pya ma:) || [ə tɕa̰ mà] || beautifully
 
| သေသေချာ !! thei-thei-khya !! surely
 
|}
|}


As you can see from the examples, the adverb suffix "-န့်" ("-n") is added to the adjectives to form adverbs of manner. These adverbs provide more information about the manner in which an action is performed.
=== Examples of Manner Adverbs in Sentences ===


=== Adverbs of Frequency ===
To illustrate how these adverbs are used, let’s look at some example sentences:
Adverbs of frequency describe how often an action is performed. In Burmese, adverbs of frequency are formed by adding the suffix "-န်း" ("-n") to numbers. Let's take a look at some examples:


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Burmese !! Pronunciation !! English Translation
 
! Burmese !! Pronunciation !! English
 
|-
|-
| တစ်ရား (tɛ̀ ya:) || [tə jà] || once
 
| သူက အထူးလုပ်သည်။ !! thu ka ah-tuu loat-thi !! He works carefully.
 
|-
 
| သူမသည် လွယ်လွယ်လှုပ်ရှားသည်။ !! thu-ma thii lwe-lwe hloat-sha-thi !! She moves easily.
 
|-
|-
| နှစ်ရား (n̥i: ya:) || [n̥ì jà] || twice
 
| သူက မြန်မြန်သွားသည်။ !! thu ka myan-myan thwa-thi !! He goes quickly.
 
|-
|-
| သန်းရား (θa̰n ya:) || [θàɴ jà] || always
 
| သူမသည် နှစ်သက်စွာပြောသည်။ !! thu-ma thii hnit-thak-swa pyaw-thi !! She speaks happily.
 
|-
|-
| အမြဲရား (a. mjɛ̀ ya:) || [ə mjà jà] || rarely
 
| သူတို့ သေသေချာလုပ်သည်။ !! thu-do hnit thei-thei-khya loat-thi !! They do it surely.
 
|}
|}


In the examples above, the adverb suffix "-န်း" ("-n") is added to numbers to form adverbs of frequency. These adverbs provide information about how often an action occurs.
== Expressing Frequency ==
 
=== What Are Frequency Adverbs? ===
 
Frequency adverbs describe how often an action occurs. In Burmese, these adverbs also typically appear before the verb in a sentence. Using frequency adverbs helps convey the regularity or inconsistency of actions.
 
=== Common Frequency Adverbs in Burmese ===
 
Here are some common frequency adverbs along with their meanings:
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! Burmese !! Pronunciation !! English
 
|-
 
| အမြဲ !! a-myé !! always
 
|-
 
| မကြာခဏ !! ma-kya-kha-na !! often
 
|-
 
| အခါအားအခါ !! a-kha-aa-a-kha !! sometimes
 
|-
 
| ရှစ်လို့ !! shi-lote !! rarely
 
|-


Now that we have a good understanding of adverbs in Burmese, let's move on to expressing manner and frequency using these adverbs.
| အထဲမှာ !! a-thé-ma !! never


== Expressing Manner with Adverbs ==
|}
In Burmese, adverbs of manner are used to describe how an action is performed or the way something is done. They are typically placed after the verb or adjective they modify. Let's look at some examples:


1. အမြင့်မားနေပါသောအခါတွင် အကျိုးအမြင့်အစားများကို ထိုးချွေးနေသည်။
=== Examples of Frequency Adverbs in Sentences ===
  (a.mya: ma: nè ba. tʃʰa. tau: ʔa̰ tɕʰa. maukʰa. mjɛ̀ ʔa.sá ba. kʰjwɛ̀n)
  English Translation: She sings beautifully.
 
2. ကျွန်တော်က ချော့မားနေပါသည်။
  (tɕʰaʊ tau: tʃʰɔ́ mau: nè ba. tʃʰa.)
  English Translation: He runs quickly.


In these examples, the adverbs of manner "အမြင့်မား" ("a.mya: ma:") and "ချော့မား" ("chau ma:") modify the verbs "နေပါ" ("nè ba") and "က" ("tau"), respectively, to provide information about how the actions are performed.
Let’s see how these frequency adverbs are used in sentences:


== Expressing Frequency with Adverbs ==
{| class="wikitable"
In Burmese, adverbs of frequency are used to describe how often an action is performed. They are typically placed before the verb or adjective they modify. Let's look at some examples:


1. အရော့မား ကျော်နေပါသည်။
! Burmese !! Pronunciation !! English
  (a au ma: tɕɔ̀ nè ba.)
  English Translation: He walks slowly.
 
2. သန်းရား များနေပါသည်။
  (θa̰n ya: mjɛ̀ nè ba.)
  English Translation: They always eat.


In these examples, the adverbs of frequency "အရော့မား" ("a au ma:") and "သန်းရား" ("θa̰n ya:") modify the verbs "ကျော်" ("tʃau") and "များ" ("mya:"), respectively, to provide information about how often the actions are performed.
|-


== Cultural Insights ==
| သူက အမြဲလေ့ကျင့်သည်။ !! thu ka a-myé le-kyint-thi !! He always exercises.
Understanding the usage of adverbs in Burmese can provide insights into the cultural context of the language. In Burmese culture, there is a strong emphasis on politeness and respect. Adverbs of manner, such as "မြင့်မား" ("myin ma:") meaning "carefully," reflect the value placed on performing actions with precision and attention to detail. Burmese people often take their time and pay close attention to ensure that things are done properly.


Similarly, adverbs of frequency, such as "သန်းရား" ("θa̰n ya:") meaning "always," reflect the importance of consistency and reliability. Burmese people take pride in being dependable and committed to their obligations. By using adverbs of frequency, they emphasize the regularity and constancy of their actions.
|-


== Exercises and Practice Scenarios ==
| သူမသည် မကြာခဏစာဖတ်သည်။ !! thu-ma thii ma-kya-kha-na sa-phat-thi !! She often reads.
Now that you have learned how to express manner and frequency in Burmese using adverbs, let's practice applying this knowledge with some exercises:


Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate adverb of manner or frequency:
|-


1. အရော့မား မြင့်နေပါသည်။ (He speaks _____________.)
| သူတို့ အခါအားအခါရုံးသွားသည်။ !! thu-do a-kha-aa-a-kha rone thwa-thi !! They sometimes go to the office.
2. ချော့မား လူများ ရောင်းနေပါသည်။ (They eat _____________.)
3. အမြင့်မား မွှေးမားနေပါသည်။ (She writes _____________.)
4. ထိုးချွေး အမြင့်အစားများ ရောင်းနေပါသည်။ (He paints _____________.)


Exercise 2: Translate the following sentences into Burmese:
|-


1. She always helps her friends.
| သူက ရှစ်လို့ရုပ်ရှင်ကြည့်သည်။ !! thu ka shi-lote yoke-shin kyit-thi !! He rarely watches movies.
2. They walk slowly in the park.
3. He sings beautifully in the choir.
4. We rarely eat spicy food.


Solutions:
|-


Exercise 1:
| သူမသည် အထဲမှာမလုပ်ဘူး။ !! thu-ma thii a-thé-ma ma-loat-bu !! She never works.
1. အရော့မား (a au ma:) - slowly
2. ချော့မား (chau ma:) - quickly
3. အမြင့်မား (a.mya: ma:) - carefully
4. ထိုးချွေး (tau: chau ma:) - happily


Exercise 2:
|}
1. သူတို့သည် အမျိုးသားတို့ကို သင်ကြားပါသည်။ (thu.tau: thɪ̀ɴ tʰa. tɪ́ tau: ka.ra: pʰa.)
2. သူတို့သည် ပါရောဂါရှောက်တွင် အမြင့်အစားမားနေပါသည်။ (thu.tau: thɪ̀ɴ pa̰ jau. ga̰.rɔʊʔ tʰwɪ̀ɴ ə mjà ma: nè ba.)
3. သူသည် သီချင်းခေါ်ပါမှားနေပါသည်။ (thu.θa̰n thʌ̀ sɪ̀ɴ kʰa̰ʊʔ kʰaʊ pʰa. m̥a̰.)
4. ကျွန်များသည် ရာသီကျော်စစ်သောအစားများ များရောင်းနေပါသည်။ (tɕʰaʊ mja: thʌ̀ jaw. jà tʃaʊ tau: ʔa̰ sʌʔ tʰa. m̥a̰ ma: nè ba.)


== Conclusion ==
== Practice Exercises ==
Congratulations! You have successfully learned how to express manner and frequency in Burmese using adverbs. Adverbs of manner and frequency play an important role in providing additional details and nuances to your sentences. By incorporating these adverbs into your speech and writing, you will be able to express yourself more precisely and effectively in Burmese. Keep practicing and exploring the diverse usage of adverbs in different contexts to further enhance your language skills!


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Now that we’ve covered the basics of expressing manner and frequency, it’s time to put your knowledge to the test! Below are some exercises for you to practice what you have learned.
 
=== Exercise 1: Fill in the Blanks ===
 
Fill in the blanks with the correct manner adverb from the box below:
 
* '''ah-tuu''' (carefully)
 
* '''lwe-lwe''' (easily)
 
* '''myan-myan''' (quickly)
 
1. သူက __________ လုပ်သည်။ (He works _________.)
 
2. သူမသည် __________ လှုပ်ရှားသည်။ (She moves ________.)
 
3. သူက __________ သွားသည်။ (He goes ________.)
 
=== Exercise 2: Frequency Matching ===
 
Match the frequency adverbs with their English meanings:
 
* 1. အမြဲ
 
* 2. မကြာခဏ
 
* 3. အခါအားအခါ
 
* 4. ရှစ်လို့
 
* 5. အထဲမှာ
 
A. never 
 
B. always 
 
C. often 
 
D. sometimes 
 
E. rarely 
 
=== Exercise 3: Sentence Construction ===
 
Construct sentences using the following prompts. Include both a manner and a frequency adverb:
 
1. He (exercise) (often) (carefully).
 
2. She (read) (sometimes) (quickly).
 
3. They (play) (rarely) (happily).
 
=== Exercise 4: Translation Practice ===
 
Translate the following sentences into Burmese:
 
1. She always cooks delicious food.
 
2. He sometimes dances joyfully.
 
3. They never play outside.
 
=== Exercise 5: True or False ===
 
Determine whether the following statements are true or false based on what you learned.
 
1. Manner adverbs describe how often an action is performed. (True/False)
 
2. Frequency adverbs come after the verb in a sentence. (True/False)
 
3. "မြန်မြန်" means "quickly." (True/False)
 
=== Solutions and Explanations ===
 
=== Exercise 1: Fill in the Blanks ===
 
1. သူက '''ah-tuu''' လုပ်သည်။ (He works '''carefully'''.)
 
2. သူမသည် '''lwe-lwe''' လှုပ်ရှားသည်။ (She moves '''easily'''.)
 
3. သူက '''myan-myan''' သွားသည်။ (He goes '''quickly'''.)
 
=== Exercise 2: Frequency Matching ===
 
1 - B (အမြဲ - always) 
 
2 - C (မကြာခဏ - often) 
 
3 - D (အခါအားအခါ - sometimes) 
 
4 - E (ရှစ်လို့ - rarely) 
 
5 - A (အထဲမှာ - never) 
 
=== Exercise 3: Sentence Construction ===
 
1. He often exercises carefully.
 
* သူက မကြာခဏ အထူးလုပ်သည်။
 
2. She sometimes reads quickly.
 
* သူမသည် အခါအားအခါ မြန်မြန်စာဖတ်သည်။
 
3. They rarely play happily.
 
* သူတို့ ရှစ်လို့ နှစ်သက်စွာကစားသည်။
 
=== Exercise 4: Translation Practice ===
 
1. သူမသည် အမြဲ အရသာရှိသော အစားအစာများချက်သည်။
 
2. သူက အခါအားအခါ ပျော်ရွှင်စွာ အက dances ။
 
3. သူတို့သည် အထဲမှာ အပြင်ကစားမည်မဟုတ်။
 
=== Exercise 5: True or False ===
 
1. False - Manner adverbs describe how an action is performed.
 
2. False - Frequency adverbs come before the verb in a sentence.
 
3. True - "မြန်မြန်" means "quickly."
 
Congratulations! You have successfully navigated through the intricacies of expressing manner and frequency in Burmese. By practicing these concepts, you are now better equipped to communicate effectively in various situations.
 
Remember, the more you practice, the more confident you will become in using these adverbs. Keep up the great work, and see you in the next lesson!
 
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Burmese → Grammar → 0 to A1 Course → Expressing Manner and Frequency

Welcome to this exciting lesson on Burmese Grammar, where we will dive into the fascinating world of expressing Manner and Frequency in the Burmese language. This lesson is part of our comprehensive "Complete 0 to A1 Burmese Course." As complete beginners, you will find this lesson accessible yet enriching, allowing you to expand your communication skills in Burmese.

Understanding how to express manner and frequency is essential in any language, and Burmese is no exception. By mastering these concepts, you will be able to convey not only how actions are performed but also how often they occur. This skill will significantly enhance your conversational abilities, allowing you to engage more meaningfully with native speakers.

In this lesson, we will cover the following:

Importance of Adverbs in Burmese[edit | edit source]

Adverbs play a crucial role in enriching our language. They help us add depth and clarity to our sentences. In Burmese, adverbs can describe how an action is performed (manner) and how often it occurs (frequency).

  • Manner adverbs answer the question “How?”
  • Frequency adverbs answer the question “How often?”

Knowing how to use these adverbs will enable you to express yourself more clearly and accurately in various contexts, from daily activities to interests and hobbies.

Structure of the Lesson[edit | edit source]

1. Expressing Manner

  • Definition and examples
  • Common manner adverbs in Burmese

2. Expressing Frequency

  • Definition and examples
  • Common frequency adverbs in Burmese

3. Practice Exercises

  • Exercises to apply what you have learned
  • Detailed solutions and explanations

Expressing Manner[edit | edit source]

What Are Manner Adverbs?[edit | edit source]

Manner adverbs describe how an action is performed. In Burmese, these adverbs typically come after the verb in a sentence. Understanding how to use these adverbs will allow you to describe actions vividly.

Common Manner Adverbs in Burmese[edit | edit source]

Here are some common manner adverbs along with their meanings:

Burmese Pronunciation English
အထူး !! ah-tuu !! carefully
လွယ်လွယ် !! lwe-lwe !! easily
မြန်မြန် !! myan-myan !! quickly
နှစ်သက်စွာ !! hnit-thak-swa !! happily
သေသေချာ !! thei-thei-khya !! surely

Examples of Manner Adverbs in Sentences[edit | edit source]

To illustrate how these adverbs are used, let’s look at some example sentences:

Burmese Pronunciation English
သူက အထူးလုပ်သည်။ !! thu ka ah-tuu loat-thi !! He works carefully.
သူမသည် လွယ်လွယ်လှုပ်ရှားသည်။ !! thu-ma thii lwe-lwe hloat-sha-thi !! She moves easily.
သူက မြန်မြန်သွားသည်။ !! thu ka myan-myan thwa-thi !! He goes quickly.
သူမသည် နှစ်သက်စွာပြောသည်။ !! thu-ma thii hnit-thak-swa pyaw-thi !! She speaks happily.
သူတို့ သေသေချာလုပ်သည်။ !! thu-do hnit thei-thei-khya loat-thi !! They do it surely.

Expressing Frequency[edit | edit source]

What Are Frequency Adverbs?[edit | edit source]

Frequency adverbs describe how often an action occurs. In Burmese, these adverbs also typically appear before the verb in a sentence. Using frequency adverbs helps convey the regularity or inconsistency of actions.

Common Frequency Adverbs in Burmese[edit | edit source]

Here are some common frequency adverbs along with their meanings:

Burmese Pronunciation English
အမြဲ !! a-myé !! always
မကြာခဏ !! ma-kya-kha-na !! often
အခါအားအခါ !! a-kha-aa-a-kha !! sometimes
ရှစ်လို့ !! shi-lote !! rarely
အထဲမှာ !! a-thé-ma !! never

Examples of Frequency Adverbs in Sentences[edit | edit source]

Let’s see how these frequency adverbs are used in sentences:

Burmese Pronunciation English
သူက အမြဲလေ့ကျင့်သည်။ !! thu ka a-myé le-kyint-thi !! He always exercises.
သူမသည် မကြာခဏစာဖတ်သည်။ !! thu-ma thii ma-kya-kha-na sa-phat-thi !! She often reads.
သူတို့ အခါအားအခါရုံးသွားသည်။ !! thu-do a-kha-aa-a-kha rone thwa-thi !! They sometimes go to the office.
သူက ရှစ်လို့ရုပ်ရှင်ကြည့်သည်။ !! thu ka shi-lote yoke-shin kyit-thi !! He rarely watches movies.
သူမသည် အထဲမှာမလုပ်ဘူး။ !! thu-ma thii a-thé-ma ma-loat-bu !! She never works.

Practice Exercises[edit | edit source]

Now that we’ve covered the basics of expressing manner and frequency, it’s time to put your knowledge to the test! Below are some exercises for you to practice what you have learned.

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

Fill in the blanks with the correct manner adverb from the box below:

  • ah-tuu (carefully)
  • lwe-lwe (easily)
  • myan-myan (quickly)

1. သူက __________ လုပ်သည်။ (He works _________.)

2. သူမသည် __________ လှုပ်ရှားသည်။ (She moves ________.)

3. သူက __________ သွားသည်။ (He goes ________.)

Exercise 2: Frequency Matching[edit | edit source]

Match the frequency adverbs with their English meanings:

  • 1. အမြဲ
  • 2. မကြာခဏ
  • 3. အခါအားအခါ
  • 4. ရှစ်လို့
  • 5. အထဲမှာ

A. never

B. always

C. often

D. sometimes

E. rarely

Exercise 3: Sentence Construction[edit | edit source]

Construct sentences using the following prompts. Include both a manner and a frequency adverb:

1. He (exercise) (often) (carefully).

2. She (read) (sometimes) (quickly).

3. They (play) (rarely) (happily).

Exercise 4: Translation Practice[edit | edit source]

Translate the following sentences into Burmese:

1. She always cooks delicious food.

2. He sometimes dances joyfully.

3. They never play outside.

Exercise 5: True or False[edit | edit source]

Determine whether the following statements are true or false based on what you learned.

1. Manner adverbs describe how often an action is performed. (True/False)

2. Frequency adverbs come after the verb in a sentence. (True/False)

3. "မြန်မြန်" means "quickly." (True/False)

Solutions and Explanations[edit | edit source]

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

1. သူက ah-tuu လုပ်သည်။ (He works carefully.)

2. သူမသည် lwe-lwe လှုပ်ရှားသည်။ (She moves easily.)

3. သူက myan-myan သွားသည်။ (He goes quickly.)

Exercise 2: Frequency Matching[edit | edit source]

1 - B (အမြဲ - always)

2 - C (မကြာခဏ - often)

3 - D (အခါအားအခါ - sometimes)

4 - E (ရှစ်လို့ - rarely)

5 - A (အထဲမှာ - never)

Exercise 3: Sentence Construction[edit | edit source]

1. He often exercises carefully.

  • သူက မကြာခဏ အထူးလုပ်သည်။

2. She sometimes reads quickly.

  • သူမသည် အခါအားအခါ မြန်မြန်စာဖတ်သည်။

3. They rarely play happily.

  • သူတို့ ရှစ်လို့ နှစ်သက်စွာကစားသည်။

Exercise 4: Translation Practice[edit | edit source]

1. သူမသည် အမြဲ အရသာရှိသော အစားအစာများချက်သည်။

2. သူက အခါအားအခါ ပျော်ရွှင်စွာ အက dances ။

3. သူတို့သည် အထဲမှာ အပြင်ကစားမည်မဟုတ်။

Exercise 5: True or False[edit | edit source]

1. False - Manner adverbs describe how an action is performed.

2. False - Frequency adverbs come before the verb in a sentence.

3. True - "မြန်မြန်" means "quickly."

Congratulations! You have successfully navigated through the intricacies of expressing manner and frequency in Burmese. By practicing these concepts, you are now better equipped to communicate effectively in various situations.

Remember, the more you practice, the more confident you will become in using these adverbs. Keep up the great work, and see you in the next lesson!

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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