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Rh Some relations of nouns are expressed by means of verbs also, as from တိုင်&#8203;သည်, to arrive at, reach, may be formed—

အိမ်တိုင်အောင်, (with a continuative affix,) unto or as far as the house.

ကာလတိုင်အောင်, until the time.

ပြည်တိုင်တိုင်, (the root doubled,) through the country.

ကာလတိုင်တိုင်, during the time;—in which cases, တိုင် or သို့ is understood after the noun and sometimes expressed.

ငါ, I, masculine or feminine, is used by a person in speaking to himself of himself, and in addressing inferiors.

ကွှန်နုပ်, ကွှန်ုပ်, or ကျုပ်, I, mas. or fem. is used in addressing equals, and in addressing inferiors politely.

ကျန်တော်, a servant, ကျွန်&#8203;တော်&#8203;မ, ကျွန်&#8203;မ, or ကျ&#8203;မ, a female servant, တ&#8203;ပည့်&#8203;တော်, a disciple, and တ&#8203;ပည့်&#8203;တော်&#8203;မ, a female disciple, are used as first personals in addressing superiors.

အကျွန်, I, fem. is of similar import with ကျွန်&#8203;မ, but not in common use.