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Sentences Construction ( မ်ား တည္ေဆာက္ျခင္း)

Subject Verb Place Manner Time Reason Purpose

) မ မ
Subject Verb Object Manner Place Time Reason Purpose

) မ
Subject (Sub) - )
Sentence - ထမ မ ။
U Ba, Daw Mya, A girl,A book, A dog, …….ect.
 မ မ / ) မမ ။
Mg Mg(Sub) gave Ma Ma a beautiful flower.
Verb (V) -
၊ ၊ ။ မ မ ‘ ’ ။ verb (Tense) ။
go, eat, buy,bring……etc.
 မမ ။
U Mya has a car.(helping verb ထ )။
Verb မ (Transitive and Intransitive verb) ထ ။ (Irregular & Regular verbs), (Helping
verbs) မ ။
Object (Obj) - မ မ ( ) ။
Subject Verb Object Manner Place Time Reason Purpose

We should take physical regularly

exercises
Transitive Verbs (Obj) ။
Object မ မ ထ ။ indirect object ( ) direct object ( မ) ထ ။
. P(preposition)မ ၊. P(preposition)ထ ” (to for -ထ )
 To - မမ .. မ ။
 For - ၊ မ ။
 My father buys and gives me a car.( မ me- I.O - bj ။ a car -
မ Obj ။ I.O မ
repo ition to for မ ။)
 My father buys and gives a car for me.( မ မ a car မ me
မ preposition (to/for ) ။
 U Ba writes and sends his son a letter.
 U Ba writes and sends a letter to his son.(to/for )

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Indirect Object & Direct Object -

Sub Verb I.O D.O
Mg Mg gave him a book.

Sub Verb D.O to/for I.O

Mg Mg gave him a book to him.
If you passed the last exam, I will buy a new car to you next year.
Conj + sub +verb + object ,sub+ verb + d.o + prep + i.o +time
If you passed the last exam, I will buy you a new car next year.(to မ )
Plave -
At,on,over,by,of,under,before,to,…..etc.
မ ၊
Subject Verb Object Place Manner Time R P

Mg Mg went to school by bus yesterday.

He has got all distinctions in matriculation

examination.

I will visit famous pagodas in upper-Myanmar after my

examination.
 မ မ မ ။
ထ မ ။
 Students in the class are playing football now.
Students are in the class. မ ထ )
Students in the class ( ထမ မ )
 I donated some money to the pagodas.
Manner- မ (how)
။(adv) မ ။ by,on ။
Subject Verb Place Manner Time Reason Purpose

Mya Mya will go to the market on foot tomorrow.

 မမ မ မမ ။
Mya Mya will go to the market on foot tomorrow.
Frequency adverbs မ ။
often almost usually
never hardly just
always nearly already
sometimes seldom frequently
general ever

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 မ မ မမ မ မ ။
Mg Mg and Mya Mya usually go to school on foot.
 alway get up at 5 o’clock every morning.
Time- (when)
sentence မ ( မ ။
Sub Verb Place Manner Time R P

I will visit to my native town by train during summer holidays.

I went to a supermarket by taxi last week to buy some

clothes.
 မ မ မမ ။
1. I will visit to my native town during summer holidays.
2. I stayed there for three days.
Reason and Purpose -
( because, as, because of +N, to +v1 , In order to , in
order that ) ။
Subject Verb Place Manner Time R P

I will visit to my native by train during to meet my relatives

town summer and friends.
holidays
I went to to the library with my yesterday.
study friends
 My uncle has invited me to stay with her during my holidays.
 As our examination is drawing very near, I am preparing to pass the examination with flying colours.

Subject Verb Place Manner Time R P

I will visit to my native by train during because I want to meet

town summer my relatives and
holidays friends.

 I want to go to my native town to meet my parents, relatives and friends.

 If my examination is over, I want to go my hometown to meet my parents, relatives.
Mya Mya in my class always wears a sweet smile on her face.

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e oun )
 မ ။

Subject Vbe / helping verbs /main verbs Noun Time Meaning

U Ba is a teacher -
U Ba was a teacher five years ago
U Ba has been a teacher for five years/ since ထ-
U Ba will be a teacher 1988 မမ
U Ba seems to be a teacher -
U Ba can be a teacher -
U Ba should be a teacher -
U Ba must be a teacher - မ
U Ba is going to be a teacher - မ
U Ba wants to be a teacher -
U Ba wants (Pro obj/obj) to be a teacher -
U Ba is to be a teacher -
U Ba has to be a teacher - မ
U Ba lets (Pro obj/obj) be a teacher -
U Ba makes (Pro obj/obj) ---- a teacher - ၊
U Ba allows, permits(Pro obj/obj) to be a teacher -
U Ba used to be a teacher - ထ
U Ba would like to be a teacher -
 မ ။

Shall မမ ။
Will မမ ။ Have to/has to မ ။
Be going မမ ။ Have to မ ။
to Had to မ ။
Should မမ ။ Had to မ ။
would မမ ။ Want+ (obj)+ to+want to ။
May မ Wanted ။
might မ ။ Shall want to မမ ။
မ ။ Will want to မမ ။
Can ။ Let to +lets to ။
could ။ Shall let to မ ။
Must မ ။ Will let to မမ ။
should ။ Make+(obj)+makes me ။
Ought to ။ Shall make မ ။
Used to ။ Will make မ ။
Seem to ။
Make+(obj)+make me ။
Shall make မ ။

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Need to / dare to Will make မ ။

need to dare to negative to Need to+v1 ။

မ ။ Dare to+v1 ။
has to မ ။(မ )
I need not go to market.
Must+v1 မ ။( )
I dare not take bath.
Can, could, may, migh - ။ ။
e.g(1)You may learn English.( မ မ )
e.g ou may pa the exam. မ မ )
e.g(3)Ma Tin Yee can read English papers.( )
used to-
ထ မ ။
I used to visit my native town on every Monday.
I go to Shwedagon pagoda on every Monday.(present) မ
Am, is, are +going + to - မမ ( )
(subject) ၊(subject) မ ( မ ။
I am going to study English Grammar during summer holidays.
မ မ မ ၊မ )
Lessons are going to begin soon. )
Must – မ
I must pass the last exam.( မ )
Want, want + obj + to - ၊
I want to have breakfast.
My parents want me to be a good teacher.
Make, let + obj + to - ၊
My father lets me visist to Pyin Oo lwin.( )
My parents make me go to school.( )
Should - မမ
Should ,we ။
I ,we should come.
Should-
(subject ) ။
You should come to me.( )(မ မ )
You should come to class every day.

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Contracted verb forms- မ

I am ’m မ
We are we’re ( )
You are you’re ( )
He is he’ ( )
She is he’ ( )
They are they’re ( )
It is it’ ထ
That is that’ ထ
What is what’ ထ
He has he’ ( )
She has he’ ( )
I have ’ve
We have We’ve
You ou’d
had/should
I will ’ll
They will They’ll

ARTICLES (OR) DETERMINER

A,an , the မ articles မ ။
A, an - မ ထ ။
The- မ ။
A, an
A,an ။( မ ထ )
မ -a book, a student, a boy,( a university, a union -
ထ … မ (consonants) ထ -a- )
An vowel ( ) a,e,i,o,u noun ။
မ - am umbrella, an ox, an hour, an apple, an orange, an egg, an enemy, an ear, (hour
consonant ( ) …an hour ။
The
The မ ။
မ - the teacher, the blackboard
e.g(1) The book is on the talbe.( the ။
မ မ မ မ the ။
မ - the un, the moon, the ky…etc, the chinsdwin river, the shwedegon pagodas

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Examples for sentence construction

S V O P M T R P
I study my lessons every day.
I do my homework regularly.
I am A matriculation
student.
I play football with my every
friends evening.
I want to eat fresh fruits, meat
and vegetables.
I got a lot of knowledge.

My uncle will take us to the

famous
places.
Good health will give you (I.O) happy
and glow (D.0).

I will attend basic English on

grammar class summer
holidays.
Ma Ma is cooking in the
kitchen.
We cannot buy good health.
We should smoking and
avoid drinking.
We must tell the truth.
We must pay respect (D.o)
to all the teachers
(I.o).
Myanmar is saturated in
southeast
Asia.
Myanmar is called The Golden Land”.
Rice is grown in in the
Myanmar rainy
season.
Football is played all over
the world.
Thingyan is the most popular in
festival Myanmar.

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Sentence Patterns - မ
 Subject verb object ……
 Sub + Vbe + Noun / sub + Vbe + articles(a,an,the) + adj + N
 Sub + Vbe + Adj (articles + adj +N)
 Sub + Vbe + Place
 There + Vbe …….
 Sub + Vhave + Noun(a,an,the – articles + adj + N)
 Nouns in Apposition
 Degrees of Comparison
 Double negative pattern
 Paired Conjunction
 So ….. that too….to not enough to
 Gerund ) and Present Participle (Ving )

 Subject verb object ……

Mg Mg beats the dog. မ မ )
၂
Mg Mg gives Ma Ma a beautiful flower. မ မ၂ )
I can tell you about my uncle.( မ )
You cannot pass the examination without studying.( မ မ မ မ မ မ )

My uncle has been a teacher since 1989.(၁၉၈၉ )

We have planned to visit Bagan after the examination.( မ ။
Have you ever been to Mandalay?(မ မ )
I have never been to Mandalay.( မ မ )
Bagan is situated on the bank of Ayeyarwady river.( မ မ မ )
Myanmar is located in Southeast Asia. မ မ )
 Sub + Vbe + Noun / a + adj + N ………… - ၊
U Ba is a good teacher. ( )
Smoking is a bad habit. မ ထ )
Walking is my favorite hobby. ( မ )
Health is the most important thing. ( မ )
I am a matriculation student. ( )
I must be an outstanding student. (ထ မ )
Our country is the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.( ထ မၼ မ မ )

My school is No:1, Basic Education High School at Hopone Township in Shan State. (
မ (၁)၊ ထ မ ၊ မ )

She is my best friend.( မ )

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 Sub + Vbe + Adj -

She is clever. ( မ မၼ )
g la i thin and tall. မ )
Our English teacher is very strict. ( မ )
Time is very precious. ( )
yanmar people are kind, imple, hone t, helpful, ho pitable, friendly, good-natured and
generou . မ မ ၊ ၊ ၊ ၊
၊ ၊ ၊ )

 Sub + Vbe + Place -

A cat i under a tree. )
Inlay Lake is in the Shan State. ( မ )
Our school is at the middle of the town.( မ )
I will be in Yangon this summer. ( မ မ မမ )
A pagoda i at the top of the hill. ထ မ )
My house is near the bus stop. ( မ မ )

 There + Vbe ……. ( )

There Vbe + ------ ၊ ၊မ Subject ။
There are three ea on in yanmar. မ မ မ မ )
There is a library in our school. ( မ )
There is no water on the moon. ( မ မ )
There are a lot of natural resources such as teak, gem, petroleum, natural gas and minerals in our
country.( မ ၊ မ ၊ ၊ မ )

There are many languages in the world. ( မ မ မ )

There are many traditional foods in Myanmar. မ မ မ မ )

 Sub + Vhave + Noun - မ

U Ba has a new car. ( မ )
I have a plan for my summer holidays. ( မ )

Bagan has many ancient pagodas. ( မ မ )

Everyone should have aim in his life. ( မ )
We don’t have much time to tudy. မ မ )
very tudent hould have good manner . မ )
Different people have different hobbies. ( မ မ မ မ မ )
Our country has a lot of natural resources. ( မ မ )

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subject + verb + that (conj) + Subject + verb + object +

S V That( ၊ ) S V O P M T R/P
I believe that you will the with many
pass examination distinctions.
I think that walking is a good
exercise.
I think that my will me to visit
parents allow your
native
town.
I wish that you and are
your fine.
family
I think that you are with your
busy lessons.

Sub + that / who / which + sub + verb ……

The present that/who/ ၊မ ) I will give you is a beautiful flower.

မ ub - )
Sub That Sub V O P M T R P
The that I will is a
present give beautiful
you flower.
(Sub + who/which + Vbe +----) Nouns in Appostion
Football which is a popular game is played all over the world.
Football, a popular game, is played all over the word.
( မ မ )
Myanmar which is our country is rich in natural resources.
Myanmar, our country, is rich in natural resources.( မ မ မ

Kyaw Hein who is an actor is the most popular in our country.

Kyaw hein, an actor, is the most popular person in our country.
( မ မ )
U Ba who is a teacher teaches English to us.
U Ba, a teacher, teaches English to us.
။
Bagan which is the most famous place is saturated in Myanmar.
Bagan, the most famous place, is saturated in Myanmar.

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Degrees of Comparison – ( မ D1,D2,D3 )

D1 Formula
Wealth is not as important as health.( မ မ မ မ )
Sub(1 ) Vbe Negative(not) As + D1 + as Sub(2)
Wealth is not as important as health.
D1 Formula
Health is more important than weath.( မ မ ထ )
Sub(1 ) Vbe More (or ) D2 than Sub(2)
Health is more important than wealth.
D3 Formula
Health is the most important thing in life.( မ မ )
Sub Vbe The + D3 + N Place
Health is the most important thing in my life.
D3 မ D1 D2
D3-D1 ( There is no + N ( ) ၊ No other + N ( ) )
*No other ( Vbe ) ထ မ ။
Sub The + D3 + N Place
There is no Noun( ) Place as + D1 + as Sub
No other Noun( ) Place is as + D1 + as Sub
Sub Vbe More (or)D2 than any other Noun Place
 Health is the most important thing in life.(D3)
 There is no thing in life as important as health. (D1)
 No other thing in life is as important as health.(D1)
 Health is more important than any other thing in life.
Few / Very Few / There are very few (D3 D1 )
Sub Vbe One of the + D3 N ( မ ) Place
Few N ( မ ) Place Vbe ( မ ) As + D1 + as Sub
Very Few N ( မ ) Place Vbe ( မ ) As + D1 + as Sub
There are very few N ( မ ) Place As + D1 + as Sub
 Reading is one of the most interesting hobbies in my life.(
မ ထမ )
 Few hobbies in my life are as interesting as reading.(
မ )
 Very few hobbies in my life are as interesting as reading.(
မ )
 There are very few hobbies in my life as interesting as reading.(
မ )
 Chaungtha is one of the most famous beaches in Myanmar.
 English is one of the most useful languages in the world.

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One of the D3 D2
Sub Vbe One of the + D3 N ( မ ) Place
Sub Vbe More (or) D2 Than Most of the/ N ( မ ) Place
most other
 Reading is one of the most interesting hobbies in my life.
 Reading is more interesting than most of the/most other hobbies in my life.(
မ ထ )

Double Negative Pattern ( )

There is no + N ( ) + Place who( ) / that ( မ) / where ) + V( ) + not
 There is no student in our class who does not pass the examination.( ထမ
မ မ မ )
 There is no girl in our country who does not love like beauty.( မ မ မ မ )

 There is no mother in our country who does not love their children.( မ မ

မ မ )

 There is no place in the world where people do not play football.( မ မ မ မ )

 There i no place in yanmar where people do not enjoy the Thingy an fe tival. မ မ မ
မ မ )

Paired Conjunctions - မ
 Both-----and ( )
 Not only--------but also ( မ --- )
 Either------or ( မ )
 Neither------nor ( မမ )
oth ………..and ( )
 We should both read and write English.(
)
 I am interested in both English and Mathematics.( )
Not only …………. but also ( မ …….. )
 Not only Taunggyi but also Kalaw i could in ummer. မ
မ )
 All teachers should be not only patient but also a doctor.( မ
မ )
ither ………… or ( မ )
 We can go to Bagan either by car or by train.( မ ထ
မ )
 We can visit either famous places or famous pagodas.( မ
ထ မ )

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either ………… nor ( မမ )

 Yangon is neither too cold nor too hot.( မ မ မ )
 Neither Ko Ko nor Nyi Nyi likes coffee.( မ မ )
 My father neither smokes nor drinks alcohol.( မမ )

So…..that too……to not enough to

So….that ၊ ၊ )
too……to ၊ )( )
not enough to မ )( )
subject - မ
So….that The shirt is so big that I cannot wear it.
မ မ ။

too……to The shirt is too big for me to wear.

။

not enough to The shirt is not small enough for me to wear.

မ ။

subject -
So….that She is so short that she cannot be a model.
မ မ မ မ မ ။

too……to She is too short to be a model.

မ မ မ ။

not enough to She is not tall enough to be a model.

မ မ မ ။
 The weather in Mandalay is so hot that I cannot wear any coats.
The weather in Mandalay is too hot for me to wear any coats.
The weather in Mandalay is not cold enough for me to wear any coats.
 The weather is so pleasant that we can go for a journey.
The weather is pleasant enough for us to go for a journey.
 Some essay books are so difficult that I cannot read them.
Some essay books are too difficult for me to read.
Some essay books are not easy enough for me to read.

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Gerund (ျခင္း) and Present Participle (Ving အေၾကာင္း)

Gerund = verbs မ Nouns verb Ving ) ။

1. Reading newspaper
2. Watching TV
3. Learning English
I like watching TV better than learning English.
I like being a child better than being a man.
We like having breakfast better than having coffee.
Being
Being + Adj
Being wealthy is not as good as being healthy.
Being a tenth standard student, I study my lessons six hours a day.
Having dinner, we will go to the cinema.
Hearing the good news, he feels very happy.
Ving + N - မ Ving (adjective) ။ (Determiner + adj +N)
1. backing dog
2. playing boys
A backing dog never bites.
Those playing boys in the garden are my friends.
N/(Sub) + Ving + place - Ving (adjective ) ။
1. The boy sitting in front of me is Mg Mg.
2. The baby sleeping in the cradle is my son.

V-ing ပုံစံျဖင့္ Sentences မ်ား တည္ေဆာက္ျခင္း

Ving + Noun + , ub verb --------- ၊ ၊ ၊ )

Ving + Place + , sub + verb +---------( ၊ ၊ ၊ )
Ving + Adj + , sub + verb +---------( ၊ ၊ ၊ )
Ving(being)+V3 + , sub + verb +----------( ၊ ၊ ၊ )
1. Ving + Noun + , sub + verb --------- ၊ ၊ ၊ )
Being a tenth standard student, he has to study the lessons regularly.
Calling my name, he entered the house.
Being a soldier, he knows how to use a gun.
2. Ving + Place + , sub + verb +--------- ( ၊ ၊ ၊ )
Being in Mandalay, you can often visit the zoo.
Standing in front of the house, I looked up the sky.
Looking out of my window, I see my old friends.
3. Ving + Adj + , sub + verb +-------- ( ၊ ၊ ၊ )
Being healthy, you can eat whatever you like.
4. Ving ( being) + V3 + , sub + verb +---------- ( ၊ ၊ ၊ )
Having done the work, he can play with his friends.
Having been chosen Miss University, she became famous.

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Sentences (2)ခုအား Ving ပုံစံျဖင့္ စာေၾကာင္းတစ္ခုတည္းေရးျခင္း

Sub verb ….. .Sub verb …. She ru hed out. She called a taxi.
Ving ……………, ub verb …. Calling a taxi, she rushed out.
Sub verb ….. , Sub verb …. We looked behind the tree, we found the baby.
Ving ……………, ub verb …. Looking behind the tree, we found the baby.

Verb + V-ing

 He admitted breaking the window. မ မ ။)

 I enjoy getting up early. ထ ။)
 Have you finished doing your homework? (မ မ ။)

Negative အျငင္းဝါက်တြင္ သုံးပါက Verb+ not + V-ing

 He admitted not breaking the window. မ မ မ ။)

မ မ V-ing ။
Admit Avoid Consider
Delay Dislike eny- ။
magine- မ၊ မ ။ Involve Keep on- ။
Mind- မ Miss Postpone

Enjoy Fancy-ထ ။ Feel like(want)

Finish Give up(stop)- ။ Can’t help can’t avoid
Practice ut off po tpone - Risk- ။
။
Stand(bear)- ။ Suggest

Go + V-ing

Go + V-ing မ ။
 We’ll go swimming tomorrow. ( မ မ ။)
Go fishing Go shopping Go jogging- Go hiking-
မ
Go running

Verb + to + V1 (infinitive) and (အျငင္းဝါက်) အတြက္ not to +V1

 My brother expects to find a job soon.( မ မ မ မ ။)

 ou’ve promised not to tell anyone.(မ မမ ။)
မ မ (to + V1 / not to + V1)
။

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Afford Agree Appear Arrange Ask

Attempt Decide Expect Keep on Fail
Help Hope Manage Mean(intend) Offer
Prepare Pretend Promise Seem Threaten
Want Wish Learn(how)

V-ing and To + V1 တုိ့အား Subject အျဖစ္ အသုံးျပဳျခင္း

-ing ၊ )
Smoking can cause lung cancer.
။

Swimming is a very good way of keeping fit.

To + V1( )
To know how to drive is useful.
*to + V1 Sentence ထ
မ It ။
*It to + V1 ။
It is useful to know how to drive.

 Walking is the best exercise of keeping healthy.

 Reading English is much easier than speaking it.
 It is very difficult for students to answer these questions.
 It is very important to know how to keep health.

It + Vbe + Adj + for(N/Pro-obj) + to + V1

It + Vbe (not) + Adj + for(N/Pro-obj) + to + V1

It is not easy for Mya Mya to get all distinction.( ထ ထ မမ မ )

It is happy for me to write to you.(မ )
It is difficult for him to write an English essay.( )
It is very important for every student to have good health. မ မ
)

t’ time to infinitive (အခ်ိန္တန္ျပီ)

t’ time ။
t’ time for u to leave. ( )
t’ time to go to chool. )
t’ time to go to bed. ( ၊ )

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t’ time past tense

(လုပ္ျပီး ေနသင့္ျပီျဖစ္ေၾကာင္း

။
’m o tired. t’ time went to bed. ( မ ၊ ထ )
The room should be redecorated. It looks awful.
( ၊ မ )
t’ time the room wa cleaned.( )

The weather in English

Weather - မ ။

It is + adjective
It is + V-ing

It is +article +adj +N

 It is sunny today. . It is drizzling (မ ) outside.

 t’ hot today. . t’ nowing.
 t’ a nice day today. . Take an umbrella, it’ raining.
 t’ a fine day.
 t’ a windy afternoon.
We can also use it is in different tenses.(မ မ ။)
 It was cold yesterday.
 It will be cloudy tomorrow.
When you are learning vocabulary about the weather, it is important to remember that some of the words
have a noun form, verb form and an adjective form.
( မ၊ ၊ မ ) ထ ။)
For example:
 Rain(n) – The game was cancelled because of the rain.
 Rain(v) – I think it is going to rain later.
 Rainy(adj) – t’ a rainy day.
Nouns Adjectives
Rain(n) Rainy(adj)
Sun(n) Sunny(adj)
Wind(n) Windy(adj)
Cloud(n) Cloudy(adj)
og n - မ ) oggy adj - မ ၊ မ )

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Say and Tell

Say ။(Obj - မ )
Tell +( Pro obj / Obj ) = ။
Say + something(Obj - မ ) Tell + someone + something( Obj- )
I said I was going home I told him I was going home.
He says he can speak English. He tells me he can speak English.
Say/said to + (Obj)
I said to Mg Mg that was going home.
Tell မ Obj မ
 Tell a story , Tell the time
 Tell the truth , Tell a lie ( မ )
မ erb မ
Arrive, reach, get
Arrive ၊
။(* ထ ၊ ၊ ၊ ၊ ) ။
1. We arrived at Mandalay at 7 pm.(arrived at ထ )
2. The guests have arrived.
မ ။ Verb to be ။
1. I have been in Mandalay three days.
2. Have you ever been to Ngapali?
Reach ။(*reach at မ )
1. We reached Mandalay at 7 pm.
2. The guests have reached.( ။ မမ )
Get ၊ ။( to ထ )။ မ get ။
1. We got to Mandalay at 7 pm.
မ ။ reach, get place (preposition) မ ။
 Arrive at Mandalay
 Reached Mandalay
 Got to Mandalay
Want = ၊ ။(want+ noun)
 Want မ Noun to ထ မ ။
1. We want to peace.( မ )
We want peace.( မ )
Want to object ထ ။(want +obj+to+V1)
1. I want you to go now.
2. The teacher wants the students to work hard.

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၊ (want + Ving) ။(passive voice

။
Want +Ving = need to be + V3 ( )
1. My pencil wants sharpening.(need to be sharpened)
2. My car wants washing.(need to be washed)
Say, Tell, Speak, Talk -
 Say good bye( )
 Say one’ prayer မ )
 Tell one’ bead )
 Tell a story ( )
 Tell a lie , tell the truth , tell the time( မ ၊ မ ၊ )
1. Never say good bye.
2. Do you speak English?
3. Daw Mya is saying her prayers.
4. U Ba is telling his beads.
5. She told the children a story.
6. Mg Mg never tells a lie.
7. I am telling you the truth.
8. Will you tell me the time please?
Wear - ၊ ။
1. A schoolgirls wears a green arong. arong မ)
2. Mg Mg is wearing a traw hat. traw မ ထ )
3. Mya Mya loves to wear a rose in her hair.(wear= ။)
 မ မ wear ။

Even in dream ( မမ ၌ )
She wears a cold look ( မ )
Ah! How she can hate me ( မ )
Study , Read ၊ ။
1. He is studying Chemistry at Mandalay University.
2. He is reading Chemistry at Mandalay University.( * studying reading )
3. U Ba is a well-read man. (well-read= )
AM - ante meridiem (Latin- )= before noon (မ မ မ)
PM - post meridiem = after noon (မ )
Etc – et cctera = and all the other ( )
Eg - exampli gratia = for example( မ ၊ မ )
Ie – id est= which is ( ၊ )

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