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Burmese-Myanmar Grammar
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tx01noun.htm

by U Kyaw Tun (UKT) and staff of TIL (Tun Institute of Learning, http://www.tuninst.net ). Start: 2007 July
Based on:
Myanmar Thuddar {mran-ma thad~da}, Volume 1, Module 1, by Myanmar Language Commission (MLC), Ministry of Education, Government of the Union of Myanmar (in Burmese-Myanmar) . Date of publication: around 1986
• Digitized version of MLC Myanmar Thuddar by Daw Thet-thet Theint Han and staff of TIL, 2003 July.

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01. naam Noun
01.01. naam a.myo:myo: Kinds of Nouns
01. lé.kying.hkan: Exercise
UKT notes

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01. naam  <Noun>

thak-rhi. thak-mè. / drup-rhi. drup-mè. to. iÉ.  a.mæÑ hu-tha.mhya. ko  naam  <noun> hu. hkau thæÑ// -- MLC

MLC states that {naam} is applied to living, non-living, material, and/or immaterial things. From this we can derived at different kinds of {naam} or nouns. -- UKT

naam /[nan]/ - n. Gram. noun -- MEDict238

• noun ( noun) n. Abbr. n. Grammar 1. A word that is used to name a person, place, thing, quality, or action and can function as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or an appositive. [Middle English name, noun from Anglo-Norman from Latin nōmen nōmin-;See n Ò-men- in Indo-European Roots.] -- AHTD

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01.01. Kinds of {naam} or nouns

Let us look at three example sentences {wa-kya.}

1. maung-lha.  thæÑ  kyaung: tho.  ka: hpring. thwa: thæÑ //
2. hkwé:  thæÑ  kraung  ko  keik thæÑ //
3. mi. Ba. iÉ.  mít~ta thæÑ  kri:ma:  thæÑ//

wa-kya. 1. <sentence 1>:

maung-lha.  thæÑ  kyaung: tho.  ka: hpring. thwa: thæÑ //

I wa-kya. <sentence> nhÉik.

•  maung-lha  thæÑ  lu iÉ.  a.mæÑ hpris thæÑ //
•  kyaung:  thæÑ  a.hsauk a.oän iÉ. a.mæÑ  hpris thæÑ //
•  ka:  thæÑ  a.ya-wut~htu.  iÉ.  a.mæÑ  hpris thæÑ //

UKT: Even as a child I always find the use of the term {a.mæÑ} or "name" disturbing, because the term is used in two entirely different "senses" in the above statements. {a.mæÑ} or "name" in statement 1 is for a "given name", but in statements 2 and 3, it is used for "generic names".

 

wa-kya. 2. <sentence 2>:

hkwé:  thæÑ  kraung  ko  keik thæÑ //

I wa-kya. <sentence> nhÉik.

•  hkwé:  thæÑ  ti.ris~hsaan iÉ. a.mæÑ <generic name> hpris thæÑ //
•  kraung  thæÑ  ti.ris~hsaan iÉ. a.mæÑ <generic name> hpris thæÑ //

 

wa-kya. 3. <sentence 3>:

mi. Ba. iÉ.  mít~ta thæÑ  kri:ma:  thæÑ//

I wa-kya. <sentence> nhÉik.

mít~ta thæÑ  tha.Bau tis-hku. iÉ.  a.mæÑ <generic name> hpris thèÑ //

 

a.htak pa  wa-kya.  3-hku. nhÉik.  pa-wing-thau:  maung-lha. / kyaung; / ka: / hkwé: / kraung / mít~ta  to.thæÑ  a.mæÑ mya: hpris kra. thæÑ //

 wa-kya. 1. <sentence 1.> nhÉik. maung lha.  hu thau: a.mæÑ thæÑ  lu iÉ.  a.mæÑ  hpris-thæÑ // lu thæÑ  a.that  rhi.thæÑ // lu ko myak-si. hpring. mring-neing-pri:  lak-hpring.  sam:thap hti.twé. neing-thau-kraung.  drup-rhi.thæÑ hu. hso-ra.thæÑ // hto.kraung.  maung-lha.  hu-thau:  a.mæÑ-thæÑ thak-rhi.-drap-rhi. a.mæÑ  hpris thæÑ //

wa-kya. 2. <sentence 2.> nhÉik. kyaung: / ka:  hu-thau: a.mæÑ to. thæÑ  a.ra-wat~htu. iÉ. a.mæÑ-mya:  hpris-kra.thæÑ // hto a.ra-wat~htu. mya:thæÑ  thak-mè. mya: hpris kra.thæÑ // hto.a.pring  hto a.ra-wat~htu. to. ko.  myak-si. hpring mring-neing-pri:  lak-hpring.  sam:thap  hti.twé.neing thau. kraung.  drup-rhi. hu. hso-ra. thæÑ // hto.kraung. kyaung: / ka: hu thau: a.mæÑ  mya: thæÑ that-mè.drap  a.mæÑ mya: hpris kra. thæÑ //

wa-kya. 3. <sentence 3.> nhÉik. mít~ta hu thau: a.mæÑ thæÑ  myak-si.hpring. kræÑ. rwÉ. læÑ: ma.mring neing / lak hpring. sam:that hti.twé. rwÉ. læÑ:  ma.ra.neing thau:  tha.Bau: tis-hku. iÉ. a.mæÑ hpris thæÑ // hto.kraung.  drap-mè. a.mæÑ hpris thæÑ//

naam mya:
maung-lha. / kyaung:tha: / lu / hkwé: / kraung / sa:pwè: /
ku.la:hteing / sa-oap / kyaung: / ka: / mít~ta / that~ti. /
kyam:ma-hkring: / a.hkyis / a.moan:  sa.thæÑ

thak-rhi. drap-rhi. naam
maung-lha. / kyaung:tha: /
lu / hkwé: / kraung

that-mè. drap-rhi. naam
sa:pwè: / ku.la:hteing / sa-oap
kyaung: / ka:

drap-mè. naam
mít~ta / that~ti. /
kyan:ma-hkring: / a.hkyis / a.moan:

mhat ran // // thak-rhi.thak-mè. / drap-rhi.drap-mè. to. iÉ.  a.mæÑ hu-tha.mhya. ko naam hu. hkau-thæÑ //

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01. Exercise
lé.kying.hkan:

01. naam iÉ. a.Daip~pÈý ko ré:pa//

02. auk-pa wa-kya. a.thi:thi: nhÉik  pa.wing thau: naam-mya: ko myiñ:tha: pa//

1. maung-lha. thæÑ kyaung:tha: hpris thæÑ//

2. kyaung:tha:mya: thæÑ sa-thing-hkan: tho. thwa:kra. thæÑ//

3. a.loap-tha.ma: mya: thæÑ a.loap-hkwing tho. wing kra. thæÑ//

4. a.myo:/ Ba-tha/ sa-pé/ yiñ-kyé:mhu. to. ko hkyis-no: ra. mæÑ//

5. tha:tha.mi: to. a.pau twing  hta:rhi. thau:  mi.Ba. iÉ.  mít~ta ka:  kri:ma: lha. thæÑ//

03. auk-pa  kwak-lap a.thi:thi:  nhÉik  hsi-lyau-thau:  naam-tis-hku. ko hpæÑ. pa//

1.  ____ thæÑ ____ mha. ____ tho. thwa: thæÑ//

2.  ____ thæÑ ____ nhÉik ____ pyän wè: lyak  rhi. thæÑ//

3.  kyaung:tha:to. thæÑ ____ nhÉik  loap-a: pé: kra. thæÑ//

4.  ____ king:sing rwÉ. ____ tha-thau:  Ña.mya: twing ____ tis-hkwing loän:  tha-ya né tat thæÑ//

5.  ____ ra-thi nhÉik ____ htu-htè: thau: ____ mya: ko  ga.ru.ta.seik  wat-hsing hta: kra. thæÑ//

04. sa-thing-hkan: htè: nhÉik  rhi. thau:  a.ra-wat~htu  5-myo: iÉ.  a.mæÑ mya: ko  ré: pa//

05. thing  né-hteing ra rap-kwak nhÉik  rhi.thau:  this-ping  5-myo: iÉ.  a.mæÑ mya: ko  ré: pa//

06. kyaung: ka.sa: kwing: htè: nhÉik  rhi. thau:  a.ra-wat~htu.  5-myo: iÉ.  a.mæÑ mya: ko  ré: pa//

07. thing  thi. thau:  ti.ris~hsaan  5-myo: iÉ.  a.mæÑ mya: ko  ré: pa//

08. thing  rauk hpu: thau:  né-ra   5-hku. iÉ.  a.mæÑ mya: ko  ré: pa//

09. thing iÉ.  thu-ngèý-hkying:  5-yauk iÉ.  a.mæÑ mya: ko  ré: pa//

10. thak-rhi. drap-rhi. naam  5-hku. iÉ.  a.mæÑ mya: ko  ré: pa//

11. thak-mè. drap-rhi. naam  5-hku. iÉ.  a.mæÑ mya: ko  ré: pa//

12. drap-mè. naam  5-hku. iÉ.  a.mæÑ mya: ko  ré: pa//

13. auk-pa  naam mya: ko  (ka.)  thak-rhi. drap-rhi.  (hka.) thak-mè. drap-rhi.  (ga.) drap-mè.  hu rwÉ.  a.su. 3-su.  hkwè: pra. pa//
   lu / sa:pwè: / hkwé: / kraung / sa-oap /
   mít~ta / ku.la:hteing / kywè / nwa: / sé-ta.na /
   Bau:loän: / hkè:tän / kyauk-thing-poan: / pu.rwak-hsait / zwè: /
   kyaung: / a.hkyis / a.moan: / maung-Ba. / maung-lha. /
   kyan:ma-hkring: /

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