Burmese By Ear/Essential Myanmar Introduction to the Burmese Language John Okell

2.5. Wanting to ...

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[…]-c’in-/ […]- jin-  […]-ချင်-  to want to […]   

  Example sentences     

  Di-hma t’ain-ba-deh.  ဒီမှာ ထိုင်ပါတယ်။  We sit here. 

  Di-hma t’ain-jin-ba- deh.  ဒီမှာ ထိုင်ချင်ပါတယ်။  We want to sit here. 

  Kaw-p’i măthauq-pa- bù.  ကော်ဖီ မသောက်ပါဘူး။  I don’t drink coffee. 

  Kaw-p’i măthauq-c’in- ba-bù.  ကော်ဖီ မသောက်ချင်ပါဘူး။  I don’t want to drink coffee. 

  Ba sà-dhălèh?  ဘာ စားသလဲ။  What does he eat? 

  Ba sà-jin-dhălèh?  ဘာ စားချင်သလဲ။  What does he want to eat? 

The suffix -c’in- is voiced to -jin- except after -q. See the examples, and “Voicing Rule” in Appendix 1. 

Don’t confuse […]-jin-deh “to want [to do something]” with […] lo-jin-deh “to want [something]” (Lesson 1.10). 

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