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and signifies (not) ever, as မသွားစဖူး, he never went. စသီး and စတောင်း are of similar import, but infrequent.
နှင့်, prior-past, or prior-future, according to the connection, as သွားနှင့်ပြီ, he had gone, သွားနှင့်မည်, he will go, before (another goes.)
လင့်, ditto,—infrequent.
ခင်, ditto,—rather infrequent.
လု, near future, about to, on the point of, retaining its meaning, whatever affixes of tense are superadded, as သွားလုသည်, သွားလုပြီ, or သွားလုမည်, he is about to go, or is near going; sometimes used substantively, though not an assertive affix, as သွားလုနီးပြီ, ditto.
Affixes of Number.
| ကြ, ကုန်, ကြကုန်, |
denoting the plural, as သွားကြသည်, they go;—frequently omitted, and the idea of plurality left to be conveyed by the noun affix of number, or gathered from the connection. |
Qualifying Affixes,
(arranged alphabetically).
ဦး, (pron. အုံး,) more or again, commonly used
