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Rh to which motion is directed; as အိမ်&#8203;ကို&#8203;သွား&#8203;တော့ go to the house! or the material out of which a thing is made; as ရွှေ&#8203;ကို&#8203;လုပ်&#8203;သော&#8203;တန်&#8203;ဆာ, an implement made of gold. In the first and most proper application, it is frequently understood; as ရေ&#8203;ပေး&#8203;ပါ for ရေ&#8203;ကို&#8203;ပေး&#8203;ပါ, give water.

. သို့ is an objective affix, denoting the object towards which or unto which motion is directed, as အိမ်&#8203;သို့&#8203;သွား&#8203;တော့, go to the house! though frequently, in colloquial style, it is supercededsuperseded [sic] by ကို, as above. Various applications may seem to require the aid of various prepositions in English, as လက်&#8203;သို့&#8203;အပ်&#8203;သည် to deliver into (his) hand, အ&#8203;လို&#8203;သို့&#8203;လိုက်&#8203;သည်, to follow (his) will, or according to (his) will, မြို့&#8203;သို့&#8203;ရောက်&#8203;သည်, to arrive at the town; but in all such cases, it will be evident, on a little reflection, that the legitimate import of the affix is preserved.

POSSESSIVE.

. ၏ is the possessive affix denoting possession, as သူ&#8203;၏&#8203;အ&#8203;သက်, the life of man. This affix is very frequently understood; in which case the preceding syllable, if capable of taking the short, light accent, is pronounced accordingly; thus အ&#8203;ဖေ&#8203;၏&#8203;အ&#8203;ဖေ, a father's father, if written အ&#8203;ဖေ&#8203;အ&#8203;ဖေ, is pronounced as if written, အ&#8203;ဖေ့&#8203;အ&#8203;ဖေ.

DATIVE.

. အား is the proper dative affix, equivalent in various applications to to or per in English, as င&#8203;အား&#8203;ပေး&#8203;ပါ, give to me. It is sometimes used for the objective affix ကို.

ငှါ, for, in order to, is used only with အလို, desire, as အ&#8203;စာ&#8203;အ&#8203;လို&#8203;ငှါ, for food, or for the sake of food; or with verbals in ခြင်း, as စား&#8203;ခြင်း&#8203;ငှါ, or စား&#8203;ခြင်း&#8203;အ&#8203;လို&#8203;ငှါ, in order to eatingeat [sic]; or with verbs used substantively, as စား&#8203;အံ့&#8203;သော&#8203;ငှါ, or စား&#8203;လို&#8203;သော&#8203;ငှါ, in order to eat. (See under verbal nouns, §124, and verbs used substantively, §122.)