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    The document discusses Burmese pronouns and how they are used. It explains that first person pronouns differ based on whether the speaker is being formal or casual. Second person pronouns also vary depending on formality, with casual terms like "မင်:" and formal terms like "ရှင်". Unlike English, Burmese third person pronouns do not specify gender and both "he" and "she" are expressed as "သူ". Gender is instead clarified through the subject of the pronoun rather than the pronoun itself.

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    The document discusses Burmese pronouns and how they are used. It explains that first person pronouns differ based on whether the speaker is being formal or casual. Second person pronouns also vary depending on formality, with casual terms like "မင်:" and formal terms like "ရှင်". Unlike English, Burmese third person pronouns do not specify gender and both "he" and "she" are expressed as "သူ". Gender is instead clarified through the subject of the pronoun rather than the pronoun itself.

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    The document discusses Burmese pronouns and how they are used. It explains that first person pronouns differ based on whether the speaker is being formal or casual. Second person pronouns also vary depending on formality, with casual terms like "မင်:" and formal terms like "ရှင်". Unlike English, Burmese third person pronouns do not specify gender and both "he" and "she" are expressed as "သူ". Gender is instead clarified through the subject of the pronoun rather than the pronoun itself.

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    Burmese Pronouns

    First Person Pronouns


    Slide 2

    Second Person Pronouns


    Slide 4

    Pronouns on Gender
    Slide 6
    Burmese pronouns ငကမိန်ကလေ။
    မိန်းက လေး။
    ငကယေက်ျ
    ယောက်ျား
    လေ။
    (I am a girl) (I am a boy)

    First Person Pronouns(Casual)


    Pronouns usage in Burmese depends on
    two factors
     Closeness
     politeness of the speaker
    Pronoun “င” is only used in given pics:
    >Boy and Girl are close
    >Speaks casually
    >Gender neutral
    Two close friends talking to each other
    First Person Pronouns(Formal)

    ကျွန်တေ ပင်ပန်နေပြီ။
    ။
    (I am tired)
    “ကျွန်တေ” is used:
    >Boy talking to his dad respectfully
    If the speaker was a girl
    “ကျွန်မ” is used
    In English, pronoun is only ‘I’.

    A father and a son having a conversation


    Second Person
    မင်: သင်္အ
    မှ အရမ်တေ
    ရမ်း
    တော်
    Pronouns(Casual) တယ်။
    (you are so good at
    math)

    ‘မင်:’ or 'နင်’ is used:


    >Casually addressing someone
    >Not used Formally
    Second Person Pronouns(formal)
    ဟု တ်ကဲ့ ။ ခင်ဗျ ပြေတ
    ကျွန်တေ ပြေတ ရှ င် နလည်
    ကျွန်တေ နလည်တယ်။
    လ။
    (yes I understand what u
    (Do you understand what
    “ရှ င်” or “ခင်ဗျ”is used said)
    I'm saying?)
    >Formally addressing someone
    >addressing a stranger
    “ရှ င်” is used when speaker is a female “ခင်ဗျ” is
    used when speaker is a male
    Only the pronoun “you” is used when
    addressing in English
    BURMESE PRONOUNS ON GENDER ဟု တ်တယ်၊ ဒပေမယ့်
    Hannah၊ သူ က ပို ထက်မြက်
    တယ်။
    Raiden ၊ သူ က ဉဏ်ကေင် (Yes, But Hannah, she is
    တယ်။ smarter.)
    (Raiden ,he is smart)
    Burmese pronouns:
    >do not specify the object’s gender
    >specify the subject’s gender
    For Both ”He” and “She” pronouns:
    Burmese language uses “သူ ”
    PRONOUNS ENGLISH BURMESE

    FIRST PERSON (FORMAL) “I” SPEAKER:“ကျွန်တေ” (male), “ကျွန်မ”


    (female)
    FIRST PERSON (CASUAL) “I” “င” (gender neutral)

    SECOND PERSON (FORMAL) “YOU” SPEAKER:ခင်ဗျ (male),“ရှ င်”(female)

    SECOND PERSON(CAUSAL) “YOU” ‘မင်:’ or 'နင်’

    THIRD PERSON(MALE) ”HE” “သူ ”

    THIRD PERSON(FEMAL) “SHE” “သူ ”

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