conversation
/kɒnvəˈseɪʃ(ə)n/
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Stress
- 3rd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final -tion sounds like shun
kɒnvə - ˈseɪʃən -> conversation
conversation /kɒnvǝ'seÇʃn/ n
~ (with sb) (about sth)
(က) [C] စကားစမြည်။ အာလာပသလ္လာပစကား။ having a quiet conversation with a friend ❍ She tended to monopolize the conversation. ❍ It's time we had a serious conversation about your career.
(ခ) [U]စကားစမြည်ပြောခြင်း။
He was deep in conversation with his accountant. ❍ I hate having to make polite conversation (ie to speak merely in order to appear polite) at a party. ❍ TALK
❏ conversational /-ʃǝnl/ adj
(က) နှုတ်ပြော။ conversational skills.
(ခ) နှုတ်ပြောစကား(ဖြစ်သော)။ COLLOQUIAL; adopt a conversational tone/ manner/ style.
❏ conversationalist /-ʃǝnǝlÇst/ n စကားပြောကောင်းသူ။
a fluent conversationalist.
- Later in the evening, the conversation turned to politics.
- [conversation between] : A conversation between two friends
- [have a conversation] : She had a long telephone conversation with her mother.
- With so much loud music, conversation was almost impossible.
- [subject/topic of conversation] : He’s so boring – his only topic of conversation is football.
- [snatches of conversation] : I overheard a few snatches of conversation and realized we were in trouble.
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