2.5. Wanting to ...
1. lesson
[…]-c’in-/ […]- jin- […]-ချင်- to want to […]
Example sentences
Di-hma t’ain-ba-deh. ဒီမှာ ထိုင်ပါတယ်။ We sit here.
Di-hma t’ain-jin-ba- deh. ဒီမှာ ထိုင်ချင်ပါတယ်။ We want to sit here.
Kaw-p’i măthauq-pa- bù. ကော်ဖီ မသောက်ပါဘူး။ I don’t drink coffee.
Kaw-p’i măthauq-c’in- ba-bù. ကော်ဖီ မသောက်ချင်ပါဘူး။ I don’t want to drink coffee.
Ba sà-dhălèh? ဘာ စားသလဲ။ What does he eat?
Ba sà-jin-dhălèh? ဘာ စားချင်သလဲ။ What does he want to eat?
The suffix -c’in- is voiced to -jin- except after -q. See the examples, and “Voicing Rule” in Appendix 1.
Don’t confuse […]-jin-deh “to want [to do something]” with […] lo-jin-deh “to want [something]” (Lesson 1.10).