ဘယ်နှစ်

Burmese

Alternative forms

• ဘယ်နှ (bhaihna.)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respellings: ဗယ်နှ', ဗယ်နှ
• IPA^(key): /bɛ̀n̥ə/, /bɛ̀n̥a̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bhaihnac • ALA-LC: bhayʻnhacʻ • BGN/PCGN: bèhnă/bèhna. • Okell: behnă/behná

Usage notes

The reduced form /bɛ̀n̥ə/ occurs immediately before another word; the full form /bɛ̀n̥a̰/ in isolation.

Determiner

ဘယ်နှစ် • (bhaihnac)

1. how much, how many

   အုန်းသီး ဘယ်နှစ်လုံး ယူမလဲ။

   un:si: bhaihnaclum: yuma.lai:||

   How many coconuts are you going to take?

Usage notes

Takes the same syntactic position as a numeral, namely after the noun and before the numeral classifier.

Synonyms

• ဘယ်လောက် (bhailauk)

References

• “ဘယ်နှစ်” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.