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The following pronominals are prefixed to their nouns, in some cases, with, and in some, without a connective,—ရော, နင့်, or နံ့ being occasionally substituted for သော, before words of time:—

ဤ, this, as ဤ&#8203;လူ, this man; ဤ&#8203;သည်&#8203;နေ့, this day.

သည်, this.

ထို that, as ထို&#8203;လူ, that person; ထို&#8203;သော&#8203;အ&#8203;ခါ, or ထို&#8203;ရော&#8203;အ&#8203;ခါ, that time.

ယင်း, that,—infrequent.

အနည် that,—infrequent.

ဟို, & ဟုပ်, that,—colloquial.

အဘယ်, or ဘယ်, what?—occasionally contracted to အ, before သူ, as အ&#8203;သူ, for အ&#8203;ဘယ်&#8203;သူ, who? and to ဘ, before ဟာ, as ဘ&#8203;ဟာ, what thing? In negative sentences, it combines with the negative particle မ, to signify none, as ဘယ်&#8203;သူ&#8203;မ&#8203;ရှိ, there is no one.

အတိ, what?—infrequent.

အကြင်, whatever.

မည်, ''what? whatever''. N. B. မည်&#8203;သည်, ditto, is directly prefixed or affixed.

ဤမည်, such, indefinite.