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Rh ဘိ, mostly used before the assertive affix သည်, abbreviated to သ, in connection with the noun affix as ကဲ့​သို့, as သွား&#8203;ဘိ&#8203;သ&#8203;ကဲ့&#8203;သို့, like as he went; also, before the closing affix ချင်း, in which case, it is rather intensive, as များ&#8203;ဘိ&#8203;ချင်း, there are very many.

လပ်, mostly used before the continuative affix သော်.

လေ, when combined with အံ့, လိမ့်, which combination is mostly used before the future affix မည်; when repeated after a following verb, it denotes correspondence or reciprocity, as လိုက်&#8203;လေ&#8203;ပြေး&#8203;လေ, as (one) pursues, (the other) runs.

လိုက်, mostly used with transitive verbs.

Closing Affixes.

ဟု, that, noting indication, viz., namely (from ဟူ, to say, declare, mean,)—used at the close of a sentence, which is the subject of a subsequent assertion, as သိ&#8203;သည်&#8203;ဟု&#8203;ပြော&#8203;သည်, he says that he knows,—also, after a word which is explanatory of a subsequent word, as မင်း&#8203;ရှင်&#8203;စော&#8203;ဟု&#8203;ဘွဲ့&#8203;ကို&#8203;ပေး&#8203;သည်, he gave (him) the title of Menshenzau;—sometimes it takes a