1. Questions Form “Ba”, “Be” in the beginning of the sentence combined with “le:” at the end of the sentence to form basic "what", "who", "where", "why", "which", "how" and "how much?" questions in: Ba......le: Be......le:

2. “what” Ba le: What is it? de ha ba le: "who" Be thu le: Who is she? thu be thu le: "where" Be le: Where are you going? be ko thwa: ma loe le: "why" Ba pyae loe le: Why did you do that? ba pyae loe lote ta le: What/Who/Where/Why?

3. Which/How/How much? "which" Be ha le: Which is your bag? kin pya ait ka be ha le: "how" Be lo le: How do you do this? da be lo lote ta le: "how much?" be lau le: How much is it? da be lau le:

4. ba/be……..ma le: What do you like to eat? ba sa: ma le: Where do you want to go? be thwa: ma le: What do you want to do? ba lote ma le:

5. …ma la: ? /…me (Yes) /ma…bu: (No) Do you want to eat? sa: ma la: (Answer) (yes) sa: me (no) ma sa: bu: Do you want to go? thwa: ma la: (Answer) (yes) thwa: me (no) ma thwa: bu: Do you want to come? la ma la: (Answer) (yes) la me (no) ma la bu: Do you want to play? ka sa: ma la: (Answer) (yes) ka sa: me (no) ma ka sa: bu:

6. Affirmative (...de) and negative (ma…… bu:) (yes) hote de ….(no) ma hote bu: (have) shi. de….(do not have) ma shi. bu: (right) mhan de…. (wrong) ma mhan bu: (sure) tae cha’ de…(not sure) ma tae cha’ bu: (like) kyite de…(unlike/don’t like) ma kyite bu:

7. Affirmative (…de) and negative (ma…… bu:) (love) chit de…(do not love) ma chit bu: (hate) mone: de…(do not hate) ma mone: bu: (tired) pin pan: de…(not tired) ma pin pan: bu: (happy) pyaw de…(unhappy) ma pyaw bu:

8. Would like to/Want to… (...chin de) do not want to… (ma…chin bu:) Want to … lo chin de Don’t want to …ma lo chin bu: (want to eat) sa: chin de … (don’t want to eat) ma sa: chin bu: (want to drink) tau chin de… (do not want to drink) ma tau chin bu: (want to go) thwa: chin de… (do not want to go) ma thwa: chin bu:

9. Would like to/Want to… (...chin de) do not want to… (ma…chin bu:) (want to come) la’ chin de… (do not want to come)ma la’ chin bu: (want to see) kyi. chin de … (do not want to see) ma kyi. chin bu: (want to sit) htine chin de… (do not want to sit) ma htine chin bu: (want to buy) wea chin de… (do not want to buy)ma wea chin bu: