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နှိုင်, sometimes in conversation နိုင်, potential, to be able, (from နိုင်, to prevail, overcome,) as သွား​နှိုင်​သည်, to be able to go.

ပြန်, again, (from ပြန်, to return,) as ပြု​ပြန်​သည်, to do again.

ဘဲ, with prefixed to the root, and a continuative affix, expressed or understood, without, as မ​စား​ဘဲ​သွား​သည်, he went, without eating.

မိ, implying carelessness or fault, as ပြော​မိ​ပြီ, he has said it (and therefore committed himself;) sometimes euphonic.

မှီ, with prefixed to the root, and a continuative affix, expressed or understood, before, as မ​သွား​မှီ​စား​သည်, he ate, before going; combined with တိုင်​အောင်, until, as မ​သွား​မှီ​တိုင်​အောင်, until he went;—sometimes taking a noun affix, as မ​သွား​မှီ​၌, before going.

ရ, must, as သွား​ရ​မည်, he must go; frequently euphonic.

ရက်, to be capable, (in regard to feeling,) as သတ်​ရက်​သည်, to be unfeeling enough to kill; မ​ကွာ​ရက်, he cannot bear to part.