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. The following pronominals are prefixed to their nouns, in some cases with, and in some without a connective,—ရော, နင်&#4151;, or နံ့, being occasionally substituted for သော, before words of time:—
 * ဤ, this, as ဤလူ, this man; ဤသည်&#8203;နေ့, this day.
 * သည်, this.
 * ထို, that, as ထိုသူ, that person; ထိုသော&#8203;အခါ, or ထိုရော&#8203;အခါ, that time.
 * ယင်း, that,—infrequent.
 * အနည်, this or that,—infrequent.
 * ဟို and ဟုပ်, that,—colloquial.
 * အဘယ်, or ဘယ်, what?—occasionally contracted to အ, before သူ, as အသူ, for အသယ်သူ, who?—and to ဘ before ဟာ, as ဘဟာ, what thing? In negative sentences, it combines with the negative particle သင်း, to signify none, as ဘယ်&#8203;သူ&#8203;မရှိ there is no one. When combined with သင်း, that (thing), it means which; as အဘယ်&#8203;သင်း, which (thing)?
 * အတီ, what?—infrequent.
 * အကြင်, whatever.
 * မည်, what? whatever. N. B. မည်&#8203;သည်, ditto, is directly prefixed or affixed.
 * ဤမည်, such, referring to what has been specified. [Its most common use appears to be indefinite, such and such, such or such. St.]

. The following pronominals are prefixed to their nouns, with the usual connectives:—
 * သို့, such.
 * ဤသို့, သည်သို့, such, of this sort.
 * ထိုသို့, ယင်းသို့, such, of that sort.
 * အဘယ်သို့, အသို့, ဘယ်သို့, မည်သို့, of what sort.
 * အကြင်သို့, of whatever sort.
 * ကဲသို့, and its compounds, such as.