pronominal adjectives.
The following pronominals are prefixed to their nouns, in some cases, with, and in some, without a connective,—ရော, နင့်, or နံ့ being occasionally substituted for သော, before words of time:—
ဤ, this, as ဤလူ, this man; ဤသည်နေ့, this day.
သည်, this.
ထို that, as ထိုလူ, that person; ထိုသောအခါ, or ထိုရောအခါ, that time.
ယင်း, that,—infrequent.
အနည် that,—infrequent.
ဟို, & ဟုပ်, that,—colloquial.
အဘယ်, or ဘယ်, what?—occasionally contracted to အ, before သူ, as အသူ, for အဘယ်သူ, who? and to ဘ, before ဟာ, as ဘဟာ, what thing? In negative sentences, it combines with the negative particle မ, to signify none, as ဘယ်သူမရှိ, there is no one.
အတိ, what?—infrequent.
အကြင်, whatever.
မည်, what? whatever. N. B. မည်သည်, ditto, is directly prefixed or affixed.
ဤမည်, such, indefinite.
