or
/ɔː/
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Aw vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
US voice -> or
၁။ သို့မဟုတ်။ Is it green or blue? ❍ Are you coming or not? ❍ Is the baby a boy or a girl? Compare EITHER … OR…
၂။ သို့မဟုတ်။ ဖြစ်စေ…ဖြစ်စေ။ I'd like it to be black, (or) white or grey.
၃။ သို့မဟုတ်။ Turn the heat down or the cake will burn. Compare OR ELSE (ELSE)
၄။ ဖြစ်စေ … ဖြစ်စေ။ သော်လည်းကောင်း … သော် လည်းကောင်း။ He can't read or write. ❍ They never dance or sing. Compare NEITHER … NOR…
၅။ သို့မဟုတ်။ ဒါမှမဟုတ်။ He drank six or seven pints of beer. ❍ It was the third or fourth time I'd tried it.
၆။ (က) သို့မဟုတ်။ တစ်နည်းအားဖြင့်။ geology, or the science of the earth's crust ❍ It weighs a kilo, or just over two pounds.
(ခ) သို့မဟုတ်ပါက။ ဒါမှမဟုတ်လျှင်လည်း။ He was obviously lying—or was he?
❏ or somebody/something/somewhere; somebody/something/somewhere or other [IDM ] (infml ) (မသေချာ မရေရာသည့်အခါ သုံးသည်။ ) …ဆိုလားပဲ၊ …ဆိုပါစို့။ He's a factory supervisor or something. ❍‘Who told you?’ ‘Oh, somebody or other, I've forgotten who. ’ ❍ It's somewhere or other in the kitchen.
-or suff ( with vs forming ns )
(ပြုလုပ်သူ၊ အရာဟု ပေါသော နောက်ဆက်)။ actor ❍ governor ❍ resistor. Compare -EE, -ER
- Which colour do you want – red, green, yellow, or blue?
- He’s probably at lunch or in a meeting.
- [either... or] : ‘When will you get the results?’ ‘Either tomorrow or the day after.’
- [whether... or] : You don’t care whether he lives or dies, do you?
- [or not] : The jury must decide whether the prisoner is guilty or not.
- She’s had nothing to eat or drink all day.
- I never had any help or advice from my parents.
- [one or two/two or three/three or four etc] : I can photocopy your notes. It’ll only take a minute or two.
- The car has to be serviced every five or six thousand miles.
- The soldiers told everyone to leave or they would be shot.
- [or else] : We must deal with the problem now, or else it will be too late.
- You’d better do what I say, or else (=I will do something bad to you).
- There are six cashpoints, or ATMs, in the main airport terminal.
- [or rather] : This is a problem for the government, or rather for the Prime Minister, to deal with.
- He obviously doesn’t have a plan, or he would have said something.
- [or else] : It must be something serious, or else they wouldn’t have radioed for help.
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