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noun

သမာသမတ်ရှိသူများ

adjective

တရားသော

တရားမျှတသော

  • The just demands of the students must be met.

ထိုက်တန်သော

  • a just reward/punishment.

~ just adjective; ~ juster comparative

adverb

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, measurement အခိုက်

ရုံမျှ

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

~ with perfect tense, in US with the simple past tense ခုတင်

ခုပဲ

ခုပင်

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

~ esp present and past continuous tense 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, might, 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 for express agreement တကယ်ပဲ

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