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pronominal adjectives.

The following pronominals are prefixed to their nouns, in some cases, with, and in some, without a connective,—ရော, နင့်, or နံ့ being occasionally substituted for သော, before words of time:—

ဤ, this, as ဤ​လူ, this man; ဤ​သည်​နေ့, this day.

သည်, this.

ထို that, as ထို​လူ, that person; ထို​သော​အ​ခါ, or ထို​ရော​အ​ခါ, that time.

ယင်း, that,—infrequent.

အနည် that,—infrequent.

ဟို, & ဟုပ်, that,—colloquial.

အဘယ်, or ဘယ်, what?—occasionally contracted to အ, before သူ, as အ​သူ, for အ​ဘယ်​သူ, who? and to ဘ, before ဟာ, as ဘ​ဟာ, what thing? In negative sentences, it combines with the negative particle မ, to signify none, as ဘယ်​သူ​မ​ရှိ, there is no one.

အတိ, what?—infrequent.

အကြင်, whatever.

မည်, what? whatever. N. B. မည်​သည်, ditto, is directly prefixed or affixed.

ဤမည်, such, indefinite.