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.