Verb details

Conjugation and usage guide

Verb overview

regular verb

သောက်

thauk

to drink

Conjugations

Present

သောက်တယ် (thauk te)

Used for current actions or habits

Past

သောက်ခဲ့တယ် (thauk khe te)

Used for completed actions

Future

သောက်မယ် (thauk me)

Used for future actions

Present Continuous

သောက်တယ်နေတယ် (thauk nay te)

Used for actions happening right now

Present Perfect

သောက်တယ်ပြီးပြီ (thauk pyi pyi)

Used for actions completed with present relevance

Imperative

သောက်တယ်ပါ (thauk ba)

Used for requests and commands

Example usage

သူ ရေသောက်တယ်

He drinks water

Detailed explanation

Another regular verb with standard conjugation. Note the vowel change in past tense.

Quick actions

regular verbs

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..