သတည်း / လေ၏
Classical Sentence Endings
Modern writing ends the same sentences with သည် or ခဲ့သည်.
How It Works
Classical prose has its own sentence endings. The two you will meet most are လေ၏ and သတည်း.
| Ending | Job | Modern writing | Speech |
|---|---|---|---|
| လေ၏ | tells an event in a tale | ခဲ့သည် | ခဲ့တယ် |
| သတည်း | closes a statement with weight | သည် | တယ် |
လေ၏ is the voice of a storyteller. Old tales begin with ရှေးသရောအခါက … ရှိလေ၏ (long, long ago, there was …), and each step of the story ends the same way. It adds a feeling of "and so".
သတည်း comes at the end of a passage, a lesson or a definition. It says "this is so" with weight, like a final word: ဤသည်ကား ပညာရှိတို့၏ အဆုံးအမ ဖြစ်သတည်း (this is the teaching of the wise).
In old prose, ၏ alone can also end a sentence, where modern writing says သည်. It is the same ၏ that means "of" between nouns; at the end of a sentence it is an ending.
Read these in classic stories, chronicles and religious texts. Modern news, letters and essays use သည် and ခဲ့သည်.
Examples (5)
- ထိုသို့ ဖြစ်လေ၏။
And so it came to pass.
လေ၏ closes an event in a tale.
- ရှေးသရောအခါက မင်းကြီးတစ်ပါး ရှိလေ၏။
Long, long ago, there was a king.
A classic story opening that ends with လေ၏.
- သူငယ်သည် တောအုပ်အတွင်းသို့ ပြေးဝင်လေ၏။
The boy ran into the forest.
လေ၏ moves the story forward.
- ဤသည်ကား ပညာရှိတို့၏ အဆုံးအမ ဖြစ်သတည်း။
This is the teaching of the wise.
သတည်း closes a lesson with weight.
- ဤသို့လျှင် ပုဂံပြည်သည် ထွန်းကားလာလေ၏။
And in this way, the land of Bagan flourished.
A chronicle-style line with လေ၏.
Common Mistakes
Using လေ၏ in modern news.
အစည်းအဝေး ပြီးဆုံးလေ၏။အစည်းအဝေး ပြီးဆုံးခဲ့သည်။Modern news ends a past event with ခဲ့သည်.
How It Connects
Learn This First
These classical endings replace သည်, and လေ၏ uses the same mark as possession.
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