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Participial Affixes.
သော, connecting the verb with a subsequent noun, being equivalent to the relative pronoun, in most languages, as မြတ်သောလူ, the excelling man, or the man who excels; ပြေးသောမြင်း, the running horse, or the horse which runs; ရောက်သောသင်္ဘော, the arriving ship, or the ship which arrives; sometimes contracted to သ, as ရှိသမျှ, as much as there is;—commonly omitted after the assertive future affix မည်.
သည်, ditto.
Auxiliary Affixes of Tense.
သေး, denoting present continuance, as သွားသေးသည်, he is still going; မသွားသေး, he is still not gone, or he is not yet gone; sometimes denoting beside, more than, in addition, as ငစကားသာမဟုက်။စာရှိသေးသည်, there is not only my word, but there is scripture also.
ခဲ့, just past, as သွားခဲ့သည်, he has just gone; frequently written ကဲ့; very frequently euphonic.
ဘူး, past indefinite, as သွားဘူးသည်, he went. In negative sentences, prefixed by စ, it becomes ဖူး,
