Burmese

Particle

ပေါ့ • ‎(pau.) (Romanization: MLCTS: pau. • ALA-LC: po′ • BGN/PCGN: baw., paw. • Okell: pó, pó)

1. (chiefly colloquial) like (mild intensifier; used to mean "to say" or "to think")
   • 2005, San San Hnin Tun, "Discourse particles in Burmese", in Justin Watkins (ed.), Studies in Burmese Linguistics, ISBN 0-85883-559-2, p. 193:

     ဒါရောင်းတာ မဟုတ်ဘူးပေါ့လေ။ ‎(daraung:ta ma.hutbhu:pau.le||)

     He was, like, I'm not selling them, you know?

     အဲဒါနဲ့ လွင်မိုးကလည်း ဝမ်းသာအားရပေါ့နော်။ ‎(ai:danai. lwangmui:ka.lany: wam:saa:ra.pau.nau||)

     So then Lwin Moe was, like, really delighted, you know.

2. (chiefly colloquial) say (let's say: used to mark an example, supposition, or hypothesis)
   • 2005, San San Hnin Tun, "Discourse particles in Burmese", in Justin Watkins (ed.), Studies in Burmese Linguistics, ISBN 0-85883-559-2, p. 193:

     အက်စီဒင့် ဖြစ်သွားတာပေါ့နော်။ ‎(akcidang. hpracswa:tapau.nau||)

     So say there was an accident, right?

3. (chiefly colloquial) you know (used to confirm agreement or understanding at the end of a statement)
   • 2005, San San Hnin Tun, "Discourse particles in Burmese", in Justin Watkins (ed.), Studies in Burmese Linguistics, ISBN 0-85883-559-2, p. 193:

     ကလဲ့စားချေတဲ့ သဘောမျိုးနဲ့ပေါ့။ ‎(ka.lai.ca:hkyetai. sa.bhau:myui:nai.pau.||)

     It was done as a way of getting even, you know.

References

• “ပေါ့” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, ISBN 0-7007-1381-6), by John Okell and Anna Allott.