this
/ðɪs/
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
US voice -> this
this / ðÇs / det, pron (pl these /ði:z/)
၁။ ဤ။ သည်။ ဒီ။ Come here and look at this picture. ❍ These chairs are more comfortable than those. ❍ Is this the book you mean? ❍ Whose (shoes) are these? ❍ How long have you been living in this country? ❍ What's all this noise (about)?
၂။ အဲဒီ။ အဲဒါ။ ဒီ။ ၎င်း။ We received an anonymous letter. This letter contained some startling allegations. ❍ What were these men doing? ❍ The boy was afraid and the dog had sensed this. ❍ What's this I hear about you getting married?
၃။ ဒီ။ ဒါ။ အခု။ This is my husband. ❍ Listen to this: a boy in Mexico has won a million dollars. ❍ Do it like this (ie in the way I am showing you).
၄။ ယခု။ အခု။ ဒီ။ သည်။ ဤ။ this (ie the current) week/month/ year ❍ this morning (ie today in the morning) ❍ Do you want me to come this Tuesday (ie Tuesday of this week) or next Tuesday? ❍ Do it this minute (ie now)! ❍ He never comes to see me these days (ie now, as compared with the past). ❍ TIME n
၅။ (infml ) ဒီ။ သည်။ ဤ။ When are we going to see this car of yours? ❍ These jeans of mine have been all around the world with me. ❍ This friend of hers is supposed to be very rich.
၆။ (infml ) အဲဒီ။ သည်။ ဤ။ There was this peculiar man sitting opposite me in the train. ❍ I've been getting these pains in my chest, Doctor.
adv ဤရွေ့ဤမျှ။ ဒီလောက်။ It's about this high (ie as high as I am showing you with my hands). ❍ I didn't think we'd get this far. ❍ Can you afford this much (eg as much as you have given me)? Compare THATdet, pron
❏ this and that; this, that and the other [IDM ] ဟိုဟာ ဒီဟာ။ ဟိုဒင်းဒီဒင်း။ ‘What did you talk about?’ ‘Oh, this and that. ’
- Sometimes there’s flooding, and this is why no one wants to live here.
- Based on Edith Wharton’s novel, this latest film stars Gillian Anderson.
- Robbery, rape, drug dealing – these are just some of the crimes that are on the increase.
- Now, this is what I want you to do, so listen carefully.
- I’ve brought this book to show you.
- I bought these shoes in Italy.
- This large room where we’re standing now is the banqueting hall.
- This is where I catch the bus.
- This is my towel and that’s yours.
- These oranges are really expensive.
- I don’t get much spare time these days.
- Why haven’t you phoned me before this?
- I’m going to be away the whole of this week.
- [this morning/afternoon/evening] : Benson was late again this morning.
- Is this your first visit to Ireland?
- In this chapter I will discuss the development of the market economy.
- Are we going to have enough fuel this winter?
- This is our new secretary, Veronica Taylor.
- These are my friends Claudia and Jack.
- Hello, this is Kim Riley speaking.
- This is the BBC World Service broadcasting from London.
- [this good/much/far etc] : When you’ve come this far, you don’t think of turning back.
- I haven’t had this much fun since I was a kid.
- [as good/cold/expensive etc as this] : It was cold in Toronto, but it wasn’t as cold as this.
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