Myanmar Grammar 1

Word formation at the phrasal level

The basic structure of adjective + nouns like English and Chinese

Example :

Volcano = Mee Taung
Mee မီး is fire. Taung ေတာင္ is mountain

ျမန္မာအက or Myanmar Aka
Myanmar Dance
The combination of two words :
Myanmar + Aka (dance )

Compounding two or more words

South China Sea =Tong Tayok Pinlay

Tong means south;  Tayok means China;  Pinlay means the sea

In the Myanmar language, a verb normally ends with the particle Dee such as 

Leijin dee (to practice)

Pyei dee (to run)

saa dee (to eat)

Pyor dee (to speak)

jai dee (to like)

Chid dee (to love)

For adjectives, the ending particle 'thor' is common such as:

good = kou thor

bad = soe thor