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Rh Participial Affixes.

Auxiliary Affixes of Tense.

သေး, denoting present continuance, as သွား&#8203;သေး&#8203;သည်, he is still going; မ&#8203;သွား&#8203;သေး, he is still not gone, or he is not yet gone; sometimes denoting beside, more than, in addition, as င&#8203;စ&#8203;ကား&#8203;သာ&#8203;မ&#8203;ဟုက်။&#8203;စာ&#8203;ရှိ&#8203;သေး&#8203;သည်, there is not only my word, but there is scripture also.

ခဲ့, just past, as သွား&#8203;ခဲ့&#8203;သည်, he has just gone; frequently written ကဲ့; very frequently euphonic.

ဘူး, past indefinite, as သွား&#8203;ဘူး&#8203;သည်, he went. In negative sentences, prefixed by စ, it becomes ဖူး,