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

2.2. Going to do.

2. numbers

Numbers 

Counting cans and bottles 

   loùn   လုံး   can or bottle 

   Peq-si lè-loùn   ပက်စီ လေးလုံး   four bottles of Pepsi 

   bi-ya tăloùn   ဘီယာ တစ်လုံး   a can of beer 

Variants. 

You may also hear people count in pălìn “bottles”. 

Weakening. The numbers tiq, hniq, k’un-hniq weaken before loùn “can/ bottle” as usual (Lesson 1.5). 

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