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

2.3. Where, here and there.

3. numbers

Numbers 

Counting by cups and glasses 

   k’weq/gweq   ခွက်   cup or glass 

   kaw-p’i hnăk’weq   ကော်ဖီ နှစ်ခွက်   two cups of coffee 

   laìn-jù c’auq-k’weq   လိုင်းကြူး ခြောက်ခွက်   six glasses of limejuice 

Weakening. The numbers tiq, hniq, k’un-hniq weaken before k’weq as usual (Lesson 1.5). 

Voicing. K’weq is voiced to gweq except after -ă and -q. For more see “Voicing Rule” in Appendix 1. 

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