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burmese grammar.

သော်လည်း, though, notwithstanding, as သွား​သော်​လည်း​မသေ, though he go, he will not die.

ကစား, or လင့်ကစား, လှည့်ကာ, ditto,—infrequent.

မချည်း, ကတည်း ditto,—colloquial.

အောင်, first, that, noting a consequence, so that, so as to, as သေ​အောင်​သွား​သည်, he went, so that he died; second, that, noting a final end, in order to, as သေ​အောင်​သွား​သည်, he went, that he might die.

and, as သွား၍သေသည်, he went and died; (sometimes pronounced လို့;) sometimes equivalent to လျှင်.

§110. interrogative affixes.

(Connected with the verbal root by the assertive affix သည်, being commonly abbreviated to သ.)

လော,—formal,
လား,—familiar,
as သွားသည်လော, does he go?
နည်း,—formal, Used in connection with an interrogative pronominal, as ဘယ်ကိုသွားသနည်း, whither does he go?
လည်း,
လဲ,
—familiar,
တုံး,—colloquial,

စင့်, or စံ့, affixed to the root without an intervening affix, as သွား​စင့်, does he go?—rather infrequent.

§111. imperative affixes.

စို့, or စို့၏, first person plural, as သွားစို့, let us go.

ကြကုန်အံ့, [—formal, St.] ditto, preceded by the first personal, as ငါ​တို့​သည်​သွား​ကြ​ကုန်​အံ့, let us go, or we will go.

လော့ [formal, St.] imperative proper, as သွား​လော့, go.

လည့်, ditto,—infrequent.

နှင့်, prohibitory, being prefixed to the verb, as မသွား​နှင့် go not.

လင့်, ditto.

§112. The simple root also is imperative, as well as when combined with certain of the euphonic or qualifying affixes, as ပါ, တော့, ပေ, လေ, ချေ, ခဲ့, ဘိ, လိုက်, စေ, ရော့, ဦး, ရစ်, စမ်း,