SYNTAX

ပါ   is used for politeness following a verb at the end of an imperative sentence.  Here ပါ is equivalent with "please."

Verb+ ပါ

verb ပါ
  please
Please verb

လာပါ။   Please come.

ထိုင်ပါ။   Please sit.

Notes:  Some other alternative endings to ပါ  are စမ်း (harsh and more commanding), လေ (insisting) and  နော် (requesting).

 

မ V နဲ့ is a sentence pattern for negative imperative sentences.

Verb

မ verb နဲ့
Negative Prefix Verb Negative Imperative Ending
Do not verb.

မလာနဲ့။   Do not come.

မလာပါနဲ့။   Please do not come.

မထိုင်ပါနဲ့။   Please do not sit.

 

Verb

place မ verb နဲ့
place Negative Prefix verb Negative Imperative Ending
Do not verb at place.

ဒီမှာ မစားနဲ့။   Do not eat here.

ဟိုမှာ မရေးပါနဲ့။   Do not write there.