ဖြစ်သည်, to be, နေသည်, to remain, ကောင်းသည်, to be good, ပျက်သည်, to be ruined, or in a state of ruin.
§106. Many transitive verbs are formed from intransitive ones, by aspirating the initial letter. If the initial is the first letter of the first or fifth class of consonants, it is changed for its corresponding aspirate, the second letter of the class, as ကျသည်, to fall, ချသည် to throw down, or cause to fall; ပျက်သည်, to be ruined, ဖျက်သည်, to ruin. If the initial is a nasal, or an unclassed letter, it is combined with the letter ဟ, as ညွတ်သည်, to be bent down, ညွှတ်သည်, to bend down; လွတ်သည်, to be free, လွှတ်သည်, to make free.
accidents of verbs.
§107. The accidents of verbs, expressed in most languages by inflections or auxiliary verbs, are here expressed by particles affixed to the verb, without any inflection of the verb itself. The verbal affixes are as follows:—
§108. assertive affixes.
သည်, simply assertive, as သွားသည်, he goes; in certain combinations, written သော။
၏, same as သည်။
ဘူး, simply assertive, in negative sentences, as မသွားဘူး, he goes not,—chiefly colloquial.
ဆဲ, present, but scarcely used except substantively, as သွားဆဲဖြင်သည်, he is going (see Verbs used substantively, §122), or in a participial clause, according to the note below, as ယခုဖြစ်ဆဲသောအမှု, the business that now is, or the present business. In the substantive construction, it may be combined with a preceding future affix, as သွားလုဆဲ, or reduplicated, as သွားမည်ဆဲဆဲတွင်, when he was just about going.
ပြီ, past, as သွားပြီ, he went, or has gone; sometimes future.
