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Di-lo-s’o mǎweh-dáw-ba-bù.  ဒီလိုဆို မဝယ်တော့ပါဘူး။  In that case I’ll leave it.   

Cí-oùn-meh-naw?  ကြည့်အုံးမယ်နော်။  I’ll keep on looking. I’ll think about it   

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S1  Nèh-nèh myà-ba-deh.  နဲနဲ များပါတယ်။  That’s a bit expensive. 

  Sháw-ba-oùn-là.  လျှော့ပါအုံးလား။  How about dropping the price? 

S2  Mǎyá-bù-bya.  မရဘူးဗျာ။  No. 

  Mǎsháw-nain-ba-bù.  မလျှော့နိုင်ပါဘူး။  I can’t drop it. 

S1  Aw. Cè-zù tin-ba-deh.  အော်၊ ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်။  Oh. Thanks. 

  Cí-oùn-meh-naw?  ကြည့်အုံးမယ်နော်။  I’ll keep on looking. 

S2  Kaùn-ba-bi.  ကောင်းပါပြီ။  As you wish. 

Notes 

Mǎweh-ba-bù “I won’t buy it”. Mǎweh-dáw-ba-bù “I won’t buy it after all”. The suffix -dáw-/-táw- with a negated verb conveys the meaning “no longer, not after all”. 

Cí-meh-naw? “I’m going to have a look – OK?”. Cí-oùn-meh-naw? “I’ll keep on looking – OK?”. The suffix -oùn- conveys continuation, something extra, more.