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parts of speech—verbs.
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အံ့, future, as သွားအံ့, he will go; sometimes equivalent to the continuative affix လျှင်, which see.

မည်, future.

လတံ့, or လတ္တန့် future.

N. B. The assertive affixes of tense, ဆဲ, ပြီ, အံ့, မည်, and လတံ့ occasionally lose their assertive power, and become auxiliary to a continuative, participial, or simply asertive affix, in which case ပြီ becomes ပြီး.

§109. continuative affixes.

လျက်, denoting the continuance of an action, or state of being during another, as သွား​လျက်​စား​သည်, he eats as he goes; sometimes equivalent to လျှင်.

ကာ, equivalent to လျက်, but commonly repeated after the same or another verb, as ဆက်​ကာ​ဆက်​ကာ, joining one with another; စုန်​ကာ​ဆန်​ကာ, going up and down,—used also as a verbal formative.

လျက်နှင့်, denoting the continuance of an action, or state of being during another, but somewhat inconsistent with it, as သွား​လျက်​နှင့်​စား​သည်, though going he eats.

လျှင်, denoting first, the completion of an action or state of being prior to another, as သွား​လျှင်​သေ​သည်, having gone, he died; second, supposition or conditionality, as သွား​လျှင်​သေ​မည်, if he go, he will die.

သော်, same as လျှင်.

မူ, မူကား, ရကား, တမူ​ကား, and တပြီး​ကား, in some combinations equivalent to လျှင်.

မှ, denoting the completion of an action prior to another.

ကတည်းက, from the first of, as သွား​က​တည်းက, from the first of his going.