သမျှ

Everything That

Level 4

Two of them are set phrases you will hear daily: သိသမျှ (everything I know) and တတ်နိုင်သမျှ (as much as I can).

How It Works

သမျှ means "all that". It follows a bare verb and gathers up everything the verb covers: သိသမျှ ပြောပြမယ်။ (I'll tell you everything I know.)

The phrase works in two ways.

On its own, as the object: ပြောသမျှ ယုံလို့ မရဘူး (you can't believe everything he says).
Before a noun: ရှိသမျှ ပိုက်ဆံ (all the money there is).

The verb before သမျှ stays bare. Do not add တယ် or မယ် to it. The ending of the sentence goes on the main verb at the end.

A phrase with သမျှ often comes with အကုန် (all) for extra weight: ရှိသမျှ အကုန်သုံးလိုက်တယ် (I spent every bit of it).

A similar word, သလောက်, means "as much as" with an amount in mind. သမျှ means the whole of it.

သမျှ also appears in writing with the same meaning, as in တတ်နိုင်သမျှ ကူညီမည် (we will help as much as we can).

သိသမျှ ပြောပြပါမယ်။
I'll tell you everything I know.
သိသမျှ is the object: everything that I know.
စားချင်သမျှ စားပါ။
Eat as much as you like.
သမျှ follows the verb chain စားချင် (want to eat).
တတ်နိုင်သမျှ ကူညီပါ့မယ်ခင်ဗျာ။
I'll help as much as I can.
A man promises with the set phrase တတ်နိုင်သမျှ.
ရှိသမျှ ပိုက်ဆံ အကုန်သုံးလိုက်တယ်။
I spent all the money I had.
ရှိသမျှ comes before the noun ပိုက်ဆံ.
သူ ပြောသမျှ ယုံလို့ မရဘူး။
You can't believe everything he says.
ပြောသမျှ means "everything he says". သူ can be he or she.

Putting the ending တယ် before သမျှ.
သိတယ်သမျှ ပြောမယ်။
သိသမျှ ပြောမယ်။
သမျှ follows the bare verb. Only the last verb of the sentence takes an ending.

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သမျှLevel 4Everything That

Everything that follows a bare verb the same way သလောက် does, so as much as comes first.

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