A2 · Elementar Capítulo 28

Combining Actions: Basic Compound Verbs

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Unlock the power of Burmese by joining two verbs to create richer, more precise meanings.

  • Combine two verbs to express complex actions.
  • Use auxiliary verbs to add nuance to your sentences.
  • Sequence your daily activities using the 'ပြီး' particle.
Merge your actions to speak with confidence.

O que você vai aprender

Explore the formation and meaning of simple compound verbs, where two verbs combine to create a new meaning. This adds richness to your verb usage.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

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    By the end you will be able to: Create basic compound verbs to describe nuanced actions in daily life.

Dicas e truques (4)

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The 'Try' Trick

Whenever you want to say 'I'll give it a shot' or 'Let's see,' just add 'kyi' (ကြည့်) to your verb. It's the easiest way to sound natural.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Introduction to Compound Verbs (ကြိယာတွဲများ)
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The 'Try' Trick

Always use 'kyi' (look) when you want to say 'try' doing something. It works for food, clothes, and activities!
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Verb + Verb Combinations (V-V)
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The 'Pay' Rule

Whenever you ask someone to do something for you, always add 'pay' (ပေး). It turns a command into a polite request.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Common V-V Combinations (သွားကြည့်သည် / လုပ်ပေးသည်)
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Keep it simple

Don't try to use too many particles at once. Start with one.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Auxiliary Verbs (အကူကြိယာ)

Vocabulário-chave (6)

စား eat သွား go ပြီး finish/after ကြည့် look/try ပေး give မ negation

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Review Summary

  • V1 + V2
  • V1 + ပြီး + V2

Erros comuns

You forgot to add the final verb marker/tense. 'ပြီး' connects, but the sentence still needs a tense marker.

Wrong: စားပြီးသွား
Correto: စားပြီးသွားမယ်

Negation must apply to the final verb or the whole unit correctly. Don't split the compound unless necessary.

Wrong: မစားသွား
Correto: မစားဘူး

Ensure the compound verb forms a logical unit. 'Go-eat' needs context or tense.

Wrong: သွားစား
Correto: သွားစားမယ်

Next Steps

You've made great progress! Keep practicing these combinations, and you'll be speaking like a native in no time.

Write 5 sentences about your day using 'ပြီး' to sequence them.

Continue to: Pointing Things Out: Demonstratives and Quantifiers

Prática rápida (10)

Choose the correct ability sentence.

Which sentence means 'I can swim'?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ကျွန်တော် ရေကူးတတ်တယ်။
တတ် indicates ability.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Auxiliary Verbs (အကူကြိယာ)

Correct the sentence: 'သူ ပြန်မလာ'

Find and fix the mistake:

သူ ပြန်မလာ (He is not coming back)

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: သူ မပြန်လာဘူး
In standard Burmese, 'ma' comes before the first verb 'pyan'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Negating Compound Verbs

Which one is the most formal way to say 'After reading'?

Formal 'After reading':

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ဖတ်ပြီးနောက်
ပြီးနောက် is the formal/written version of 'after'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: The Particle (ပြီး) for Sequential Actions

Fill in the blank to say 'I will try eating it'.

ကျွန်တော် စား___မယ်။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ကြည့်
'Kyi' is used for 'trying' an action.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Common V-V Combinations (သွားကြည့်သည် / လုပ်ပေးသည်)

Fill in the missing negative particles for 'cannot eat'.

ကျွန်တော် ___ စားနိုင် ___။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: မ, ဘူး
The standard frame is ma...bu.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Negating Compound Verbs

Complete the sentence: 'Only after you finish, you can go.'

ပြီး ___ သွားလို့ရမယ်။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: မှ
ပြီးမှ means 'only after'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: The Particle (ပြီး) for Sequential Actions

Fill in the correct future particle.

ကျွန်တော် သွား___။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: မယ်
မယ် is the future marker.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Auxiliary Verbs (အကူကြိယာ)

Which verb shows an action is for someone else's benefit?

ဝယ်___ပါ။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ပေး
'Páy' (give) is the benefactive marker.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Introduction to Compound Verbs (ကြိယာတွဲများ)

Correct the sentence: 'I won't buy it for you.'

Find and fix the mistake:

ဝယ်မပေးဘူး။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: မဝယ်ပေးဘူး
The negation marker 'ma' must go before the first verb of the compound.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Introduction to Compound Verbs (ကြိယာတွဲများ)

How do you say 'Please help me'?

___ ပေးပါ။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ကူညီ
'Ku-nyi' means help. 'Ku-nyi pay par' is 'Please help me'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Common V-V Combinations (သွားကြည့်သည် / လုပ်ပေးသည်)

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Perguntas comuns (6)

Yes! You can stack them, like ယူလာပေးပါ (Take-come-give), which means 'Please bring it for me.'
In a compound, yes. On its own, it means 'to look' or 'to watch'.
Yes! You can have three or even four. For example, ယူသွားပေးလိုက်မယ် (take + go + give + decisive).
Often, yes. ကြည့် means 'look' alone, but 'try' when stacked. ပေး means 'give' alone, but 'do for someone' when stacked.
Yes! You can say ပြောပြပေးပါ (Speak-Show-Give) which means 'Please explain it to me'. Burmese often stacks 3 or 4 verbs.
In a V-V combination, yes. If used alone, it means 'to give' an object.
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