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Rh The particle ကာ is of somewhat similar import with ရို, as ရိပ်&#8203;လာ&#8203;ပြော&#8203;သည်, he speaks illusively merely; ပြော&#8203;ကာ&#8203;မျှ&#8203;အား&#8203;ဖြင့်, by means of speaking merely.

The particle ချင်း, single one only, limits the time to the continuance of the action expressed, as စား&#8203;စား&#8203;ချင်း&#8203;သေ&#8203;သည်, (fully) စား&#8203;လျှင်&#8203;စား&#8203;ချင်း&#8203;တွင်&#8203;သေ&#8203;သည်, he died as soon as he ate it, i. e. instantly, without an interval.

The verbal formative မှန်း, from မှန် to be right, true, is used chiefly in negative sentences, as ရောက်&#8203;မှန်း&#8203;ကို&#8203;မ&#8203;သိ, or ရောက်&#8203;မှန်း&#8203;မ&#8203;သိ, (he) knows not the fact of the arrival. It is sometimes used without a verbal root, as ဘူရား&#8203;မှန်း&#8203;မသိ။ တရား&#8203;မှန်း&#8203;မသိ, (he) knows nothing about God or religion.

မိ—ရာ, affixed to the root repeated, as in the phrase, နေ&#8203;မိ&#8203;နေ&#8203;ရာ&#8203;နေ&#8203;သည်, denotes inadvertence or inconsideration.

6th. Beside verbal nouns formed from verbs used substantively, there is another kind which may be termed the honorific verbal, formed by combining the verbal root with the adjective တော်. This verbal, followed by the verb မူသည်, to do, perform, is always used instead of the simple verb, in speaking becomingly of deities, kings, or any exalted personage, as မိန့်&#8203;တော်&#8203;မူ&#8203;သည်, (the deity or king) speaks, literally, does divine or royal speaking, မိန့်&#8203;တော်&#8203;မမူ, he speaks not; followed by a noun, it may be regarded as a noun in the possessive, as စား&#8203;တော်&#8203;ကွမ်း, betel eaten by the king, ပန်&#8203;တော်&#8203;ပန်း, flowers used in royal adornment.

Most verbal nouns retain the same power of government as their verbs, that is, cause the preceding noun to take the same affix as their verbs do, as ဇာတ်&#8203;ကို&#8203;ဟော&#8203;စ&#8203;ပြု&#8203;သည်, he makes a beginning of rehearsing the zat; ဇာတ်&#8203;ကို&#8203;ဟော&#8203;တော်&#8203;မူ&#8203;သည်, he rehearses the zat, or he does rehearsing the zat; but some, particularly the verbal in ခြင်း, govern the preceding noun in the possessive, as ဇာတ်&#8203;၏&#8203;ဟော&#8203;ခြင်း, the rehearsing of the zat.