New Words       

ca-deh  ကြာတယ်  to take time, to take a long time   

yauq-teh  ရောက်တယ်  to arrive   

yauq-ne-da  ရောက်နေတ  arriving and being here   

yeq  ရက်  day   

paq  ပတ်  week   

  Sentences     

S1  (Bǎma-pye) yauq-ne-da beh-lauq ca-bi-lèh?  (ဗမာပြည်) ရောက်နေတာ ဘယ်လောက် ကြာပြီလဲ။  How long is it since you came (to Burma)? 

S2  Thoùn-baq shí-bi.  သုံးပတ် ရှိပြီ။  I’ve been here three weeks. 

  Alternative version     

S1  (Bǎma-pye) yauq-ne-da cabi- là?  (ဗမာပြည်) ရောက်နေတာ ကြာပြီလား။  Is it long since you came (to Burma)? 

S2  Mǎca-dhè-ba-bù. S’eh-yeq-lauq shí-bi.  မကြာသေးပါဘူး။ ဆယ်ရက်လောက် ရှိပြီ။  No: it’s been about ten days. 

  Notes     

  Bǎma-pye yauq-ne-da
- ca-bi-là? Literally: Your arriving and staying in Burma - has it been long?     

  Bǎma-pye yauq-ne-da
- beh-lauq - ca-bi-lèh? Literally: Your arriving and staying in Burma - how much - has it been long?     

  Ca-bi-là? For the verb suffix -bi/-pi see Verb Paradigms in Appendix 3 (outline grammar).