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the verb by another affix, as ကြီး​ပေ​တောင်း, it is great indeed!

တမုံ့ or တမူ, expletive, after an assertive affix, as သွား​သည်​တ​မုံ့, (obsolete.)

The following are colloquial only:—

နော်, soliciting acquiescence, as သွား​တော့​မည်​နော်, I will go, shall I? သွား​တော့​နော်, go, will you?

လေ, or လား​လေ, slightly emphatic or persistive, used after the assertive affixes, as ရှိ​သည်​လား​လေ, it is certainly, or I assure you.

ပ, or ပေါ့, familiar,—after the assertive affixes.

တော, or တော​လေ, ditto, sometimes superseding the assertive affix.

တည့်, (pron. ဒဲ့) denoting that the words to which it is affixed, are the words of the speaker, as ငါမယုံဘူးတည့်။ ဘဲ့နှယ်ဆိုဦးမည်လဲ, I don’t believe, I say; what will (you) say next, or repeated from the mouth of another person, as ရှိသည်တည့်, it is, he says.

negation.

The negative is made by prefixing to the verb, which, beside its negative power, has the