just

before N and noun phrases တိတိ။ အံကိုက်။ သက်သက်။

• This gadget is just the thing for getting those nails out.

before Adj, Adv and prepositional phrases အနေတော်။ အံကိုက်။ တထေရာ တည်း။ ချွတ်စွပ်။ ဤ၊ ထိုနေရာ တွင်။

• The sauce tastes just right. Put it just here/there.

before clauses ပဲ။ ပင်။ အတိုင်း။

• It was just where I expected it to be.

~ as အတိုင်း။ အခိုက်။ before an Adj and Adv followed by as အတိုင်း။ လိုပင်။

• It's just as I thought.

esp after only ရုံမျှ။ ရုံ။ used before prepositional phrases of time or measurement အခိုက်။ ရုံမျှ။

• I can only just reach the shelf/even when I stand on tiptoe.

with perfect tenses; in US English with the simple past tense ခုတင်။ ခုပဲ။ ခုပင်။

• He has just been telling us about his trip to Rome.

esp with the present and past continuous tenses ခုတင်။ ခုပဲ။ ခုပင်။ ~ about/ going to do sth referring to the immediate future လုပ်တုန်း။ ခါနီး။

• I was just beginning to enjoy myself when we had to go home.

ရုံမျှ။ ရုံ။ ဒီအတိုင်း။

• This is not just another disaster movie: it is a masterpiece.

used, esp with the imperative, to cut short a possible argument or delay or to appeal for attention or understanding ကြည့်စမ်း။ ကြည့်စမ်းပါဦး။

• Just listen to what I'm saying/will you!

~ for sth/ to do sth တည်းသာ။ သက်သက်။

• There is just one way of saving him.

used in making a polite request, excuse, interruption, etc တစ်ဆိတ်လောက်။ တစ်ချက်လောက်။

• Could you just help me carry this table/please?

used with might, could, or may to indicate a slight possibility of sth happening or being true …ကောင်း…မည်။

• Try his home number __ he might just/just might be in.

used for emphasis တကယ်ပဲ။ အဟုတ်ပဲ။ တကယ့်ကို။ used to express agreement တကယ်ပဲ။

• The food was just wonderful! I can just imagine his reaction.