Cheatsheets & Lessons
Cheatsheets
The cheatsheet files here summarize John Okell's 'Burmese by Ear' Appendix. Save them to your phone, print them out, and review them anytime, anywhere.
1. Okell's Basic Scripts Cheatsheet
2. Okell's Basic Suffixes Cheatsheet
Lessons
​​Level 0 — Script & Sound
Level 1 — Word
Level 2 — Phrase
Level 3 — Conversation
1. Okell's Basic Scripts Cheatsheet
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Syllable = head + rhyme
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Head may be:
(1) “initial consonant” or
(2) an initial consonant with “medial consonant(s)".
Rhyme may be:
1) “attached vowel symbol(s)” (with/without tone) or
2) a consonant with ် (= “final consonant”) or
3) “attached vowel symbol(s)” with a “final consonant”.
Syllables combined to form words and sentences. ပ + ူ = ပူ.
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Okell's Basic Scripts Cheatsheet
2. Okell's Basic Suffixes Cheatsheet
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"A suffix is an element that is attached to the end of a word, like the English -ing in words like learning, thinking, etc. Most of the grammatical information in a Burmese sentence is carried by suffixes. Most suffixes are used with just one part of speech."
-Okell's BBE.
Suffixes can be attached to sentences, phrases, verbs, nouns, and as subordinates one sentence to another.​​