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Useful foreign phrases |
Individual languages |
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Numbers |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Proverbs
A collection of useful phrases in Burmese. Click on the English phrases to see them in many other languages.
Key to abbreviations: >m = said to men, >f = said to women, m = said by men, f = said by female
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| English | ဗမာစကား (Burmese) |
|---|---|
| Welcome | |
| Hello / Good morning / Good afternoon / Good evening |
မဂႆလာပၝ (min ga la ba) |
| How are you? I'm well |
ခင်ဗျားေနေကာင်းရဲ့လား။ (k'amyà ne-kaùn-yéh-là?) >m ၡင်ေနေကာင်းရဲ့လား။ (shin ne-kaùn-yéh-là?) >f |
| ေနေကာင်းပါတယ်။ (ne-kaùn-ba-deh) | |
| Long time no see | |
| What's your name? My name is ... |
ခင်ဗျားနာမည်ဘယ်လို ေခါ်သလဲ။ (k'amyà ne-meh beh-lo k'aw-dhǎlèh?) >m ၡင်နာမည်ဘယ်လို ေခါ်သလဲ။ (shin ne-meh beh-lo k'aw-dhǎlèh?) >f |
| ကျွန်ေတာ့် ... လို့ေခါ်ပါတယ်။ (cǎnáw ... ló k'aw-ba-deh) m ကျွန်မ ... လို့ေခါ်ပါတယ်။ (cǎmá ... ló k'aw-ba-deh) f |
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| Where are you from? I'm from ... |
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| Pleased to meet you | ေတွ ရတာ ဝမ်းသာပါတယ်။ (twé-yá-da wùn-tha-ba-deh) |
| Good morning | mengla ma-net khin ba |
| Good afternoon | mengla ne' lare khin ba |
| Good evening | mengla nya nay khin ba |
| Good night | |
| Goodbye | |
| Good luck | kan kaung ba zay |
| Cheers/Good health! | |
| Have a nice day | |
| Bon appetit | |
| Bon voyage | |
| I don't understand | နားမလည္ပၝဘူး။ (nà-mǎleh-ba-bù) |
| Please speak more slowly | pyay pyay pyaw ba |
| Please say that again | ြပန်ေြဟပါအံုး။ (pyan-pyàw-ba-oùn) |
| Please write it down | yay pya ba |
| Do you speak Burmese? I only speak a little |
ဗမာစကား လို ေြဟတတ်သလား။ (bǎma-zǎgà lo pyàw-daq-thalà?) |
| နဲနဲေြဟတတ်ပါတယ်။ (nèh-nèh pyàw-daq-ba-deh) | |
| How do you say ... in Burmese? |
bama loh......go balo pyaw da-leh? |
| Excuse me | ခင္ဗဵာ? (ka mya?) m / shin? (f) |
| How much is this? | diha balao leh? |
| Sorry | ဝမ်းနဲပါတယ်။ (wùn-nèh-ba-deh) |
| Thank you - a smile is often used Response |
ေကျးဇူးပဲ။ (cè-zù-bèh) ေကျးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်။ (cè-zù tin-ba-deh) |
| ကိစ္စမၡိပါဘူး။ (keiq-sá mashí-ba-bù) | |
| Where's the toilet? | ain-ta beh ma leh? |
| This person will pay for everything |
di lu pasan akong shin meh |
| Would you like to dance with me? |
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| I love you | cha-ma chin go chit-teh (m) cha-nor kin-mya go chit-teh (f) |
| Get well soon | |
| Leave me alone! | |
| Help! Fire! Stop! |
ကယ်ပါ။ (keh-ba) ရပ်။ (yaq) / yet |
| Call the police! | ye' kor like |
| Merry Christmas and Happy New Year |
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| Happy Easter | |
| Happy Birthday | muay net mar pyaw chin ba zay |
| One language is never enough | |
| My hovercraft is full of eels |
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