some

-some /-sǝm / suff

၁။ (with ns and vs forming adjs ) …ဖွယ်ကောင်းသော။ …တတ်သော။ fearsome ❍ quarrelsome ❍ meddlesome.
၂။ (with numbers forming ns )
…ယောက်၊ ဦး၊ ခု စသည် တွဲ၊ စု စသည်။ threesome.

some /sǝm / indef det

၁။ (used with uncountable ns ) အချို့။ အနည်းငယ်။ နည်းနည်း။ There's some ice in the fridge. ❍ Some mail came for you this morning. ❍ You left some money on the table. ❍ Would you like some milk in your coffee? ❍ There's some more wine in the kitchen, isn’t there?
၂။ (used with plural countable ns , usu referring to three or more) အချို့။ အနည်းငယ်။ Some children were playing in the park. ❍ There were some papers on the desk. ❍ Have some more vegetables. ❍ If you put some pictures on the wall the room will look brighter. ❍ Didn't you borrow some records of mine? Compare ANY indef det
indef det (usu stressed)
၁။ (used with countable and uncountable ns ) (က) တချို့တလေ။ တချို့။ အချို့။ some people never seem to put on weight while others are always on a diet. ❍ I like some modern music. (ခ) အတော်။ It's going to take some time to finish this. ❍ She spoke at some length about the issue. ❍ It was with some surprise that I heard the news. ❍ We've known each other for some years now.
(ဂ) အတန်အသင့်။ အတန် ငယ်။ There is some hope that things will improve, I suppose. ❍ She made some mistakes but her work was otherwise good. ❍ I have some interest in the subject.
၂။ (used with singular countable ns ) တစ်ယောက်၊ တစ် စောင်၊ တစ်ခု၊ တစ်ချိန် စသည်။ Some man at the door in asking to see you. ❍ She won a competition in some newspaper or other. ❍ I'll see you again some time, I'm sure.
၃။ /also sǝm / ခန့်။ လောက်။ He spent some twelve years of his life in Africa. ❍ Some thirty people attended the funeral.
၄။ (ပဋိသေဓ အနက်ဆောင်သော စကား)။ ရှာမှရှား။ အားကြီး။ Some kind of expert you are! You know even less than me. ❍ ‘You might get the job. ’ ‘Some chance! There will be lots of better candidates. ’
၅။ တကယ်ကောင်းသော။ တကယ်တော်သော။ He's some player! ❍ That's some achievement—you must be very proud.
indef pron ၁။ (က) အချို့။ တချို့။ နည်းနည်း။ Some disapprove of the idea. ❍ You'll find some in the cupboard. ❍ There's some (more) in the pot. ❍ I already have some but it's not enough for six people.
(ခ) အချို့။ တချို့။ နည်းနည်း။ We need some of the same colour paint. ❍ There's some of it in the shed.
၂။ (က) တချို့ တလေ။ တချို့တစ်ဝက်။ All these students are good, but some work harder than others.
(ခ) တချို့တလေ။ တချို့ တစ်ဝက်။ Some of the students had done their homework but most hadn't. ❍ Some of the letter was illegible. Compare ANY indef pron