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36 တည့်, directly, at once, as သွား&#8203;တည့်&#8203;သည်, to go directly, at once.

နှိုင်, sometimes in converationconversation [sic] နိုင်, potential, to be able (from နိုင်, to prevail, overcome), as သွား&#8203;နှိုင်&#8203;သည်, to be able to go.

ပြန်, again (from ပြန်, to return), as ပြု&#8203;ပြန်&#8203;သည်, to do again:

ဘဲ, with မ prefixed to the root, and a continuative affix expressed or understood, without, as မစား&#8203;ဘဲ&#8203;သွား&#8203;သည်, he went without eating.

မိ, implying carelessness or fault, as ပြော&#8203;မိ&#8203;ပြီ he has said it (and therefore committed himself); sometimes euphonic.

မှီ, with မ prefixed to the root, and a continuative affix expressed or understood, before, as မသွား&#8203;မှီ&#8203;စား&#8203;သည်, he ate before going; combined with တိုင်&#8203;အောင်, until, as မသွား&#8203;မှီ&#8203;တိုင်&#8203;အောင် nutiluntil [sic] he went;&#8203;—&#8203;sometimes taking a noun affix, as မသွား&#8203;မှီ၌, before going.

ရ, must, as သွား&#8203;ရ&#8203;မည် he must go; frequently euphonic.

ရက်, to be capable, (in regard to feeling), as သတ်&#8203;ရက်&#8203;သည်, to be unfeeling enough to kill; မကွာ&#8203;ရက်, he cannot bear to part.

ရစ်, remaining behind, as ပြုရစ်&#8203;သည်, to do (it), remaining behind, နေ&#8203;ရစ်&#8203;သည်, to stay behind.

ရော့, denoting disapprobation or regret; sometimes euphonic, particularly when used imperatively.

ရှာ, denoting affection or sympathy in the speaker, as သွား&#8203;ရှာ&#8203;သည်, he goes, alas!

လွန်း, denoting excess, (from လွန်, to exceed), as ကောင်း&#8203;လွန်း&#8203;သည်, to be too good.

လှ, very, as ကြီး&#8203;လှ&#8203;သည်, to be very great.

To these may be added a number of verbs, which are occasionally used to qualify a principal verb, as,—

အပ်, to be right, proper, as သွား&#8203;အပ်&#8203;သည်, it is right to go; sometimes passive, in translation from the Pali, particularly when used as an adversative to တတ်; frequently euphonic.

အား to be at leisure, as သွား&#8203;အား&#8203;သည်, to be at leisure to go.

ကောင်း, to be good, as သွား&#8203;ကောင်း&#8203;သည်, it is good to go.