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38 ငြား, mostly need before the continuative affix သော်ထည်း, and the assertive future affix အံ့, when used for လျှင်.

စ, in certain combinations, noticed in their places.

ခေ, mostly used before the participial affixes, when several successive participial clauses precede a noun, in commendatory discourse.

ပါ, conciliatory – polite – respectful.

ပေ, when combined with အံ့, ပိမ့်.

ဘိ‚ mostly used before the assertive affix သည်, abbreviated to သ, in connection with the noun affix ကဲ့သို့, as သွား&#8203;ဘိ&#8203;သ&#8203;ကဲ့&#8203;သို့, like as he went; also, before the closing affix ချင်း, in which case it is rather intensive, as များ&#8203;ဘိ&#8203;ချင်း, there are very many.

လင့်, mostly used in the invitation to listen, နာ&#8203;လင့်&#8203;ကုန်, listen ye!

လတ်, mostly used before the continuative affix သော်.

လေ‚ when combined with အံ့, လိမ့်, which combination is mostly used before the future affix မည်; when repeated after a following verb, it denotes correspondence or reciprocity, as လိုက်&#8203;လေ&#8203;ပြေး&#8203;လေ, as (one) pursues, (the other) runs.

လိုက်, mostly used with transitive verbs; sometimes giving a transitive meaning to an intransitive verb.

လှာ, mostly used with arriving, coming, &c.

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ဟု, that, noting indication, viz, namely (from ဟူ, to say, declare, mean), – used at the close of a sentence, which is the subject of a subsequent assertion, as သိ&#8203;သည်&#8203;ဟု&#8203;ပြော&#8203;သည်, he says that he knows, – also, after a word which is explanatory of a subsequent word, as မင်း&#8203;ရှင်&#8203;စော&#8203;ဟု&#8203;ဘွဲ့&#8203;ကို&#8203;ပေး&#8203;သည်, he gave (him) the title of Menshen zau; – sometimes it takes a verbal affix, but ought then to be written ဟူ, and parsed as a verb.

တည်း, used at the close of a simple sentence, equivalent to the substantive verb ရှိလည်, to be, the nominative being generally