sa
to eat
စားတယ် (sa te)
Used for current actions or habits
စားခဲ့တယ် (sa khe te)
Used for completed actions
စားမယ် (sa me)
Used for future actions
စားတယ်နေတယ် (sa nay te)
Used for actions happening right now
စားတယ်ပြီးပြီ (sa pyi pyi)
Used for actions completed with present relevance
စားတယ်ပါ (sa ba)
Used for requests and commands
ကျွန်တော် ပေါင်မုန့်စားတယ်
I eat bread
A basic regular verb meaning to eat. Forms follow standard conjugation patterns.
Many Burmese verbs use a stem plus realis markers like တယ် for neutral statements..Past completed actions often add ခဲ့ before the final particle; future uses မယ်..