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Rh အင်္ဂလိတ်&#8203;ပြည်, England, the country of the English; မြမ္မာ, a Burmese, မြမ္မာ&#8203;စ&#8203;ကား, the Burmese language; ရန်&#8203;ကုန်, Rangoon, the town of Rangoon, ရန်&#8203;ကုန်&#8203;မြို့ ditto, ရန်&#8203;ကုန်&#8203;သား, or ရန်&#8203;ကုန်&#8203;မြို့&#8203;သား, a son or native of Rangoon.

2. Common nouns used to qualify a following noun, as ရွှေ, gold, ရွှေ&#8203;ဖ&#8203;လား, a golden cup; မြောက် the north, မြောက်&#8203;လမ်, the northern path; အ&#8203;ညာ the upper part, (of a country,) အ&#8203;ညာ&#8203;သား, an up-country person.

3. Names of trees, plants, and their parts, which are only used in combination with a following noun; thus from သံ&#8203;လွင်, the olive, are formed သံ&#8203;လွင်&#8203;ပင်, an olive tree, သံ&#8203;လွင်&#8203;ပွင့် an olive blossom, သံ&#8203;လွင်&#8203;သီး, an olive (the fruit), သံ&#8203;လွင်&#8203;ရွက်, an olive leaf.

VERBS.

Verbs are of two kinds, transitive, which express actions that pass from the agent to the object, as ရိုက်&#8203;သည်, to strike, ချစ်&#8203;သည်, to love; and intransitive, which express being, or some state of being, or an action which is confined to the agent,