New Words       

beh-hnǎ-…  ဘယ်နှစ် …  How many …?   

Countwords       

The following are the countwords used on the tape. For a fuller list see Appendix 4 (the number system).       

k’weq  ခွက်  cup, glass (of drink)   

bù  ဘူး  packet (of plasters, cigarettes), jar (of coffee), tube (of toothpaste)   

leiq  လိပ်  roll (of film, toilet paper)   

k’we  ခွေ  reel (of tape)   

loùn  လုံး  bottle, can; also countword for bags, envelopes, hats, …   

k’ú  ခု  item, unit (for samusa, postcard, …)   

  Example sentences     

S1  Pǎla-sǎta beh-hnǎ-bù yu-mǎlèh?  ပလာစတာ ဘယ်နှစ်ဘူး ယူမလဲ။  How many boxes of plaster will you have? 

S2  Tǎbù yu-meh.  တစ်ဘူး ယူမယ်။  I’ll take one. 

S1  P’ǎlin beh-hnǎ-leiq yu-mǎlèh?  ဖလင် ဘယ်နှစ်လိပ် ယူမလဲ။  How many rolls of film will you have? 

S2  Tǎleiq yu-meh.  တစ်လိပ် ယူမယ်။  I’ll take one.