Basic Phrases

Basics

Hello. (Min ga la ba.)

Hello. (informal) (Nei kaung la?)

How are you? (Nei kaon la?)

Fine, thank you. (Ne kaon ba de)

What is your name? (na mal bal loe kall lal?)

My name is ______ .

______ . (Kya nau na mee _____ ba.)

Nice to meet you. (Twe ya da wanta ba de)

Please. (Kyeizu pyu yue )

Thank you. (Kyeizu tin ba de.)

You're welcome. (Ya ba de.)

Yes. (Ho de.)

No. Ma ho bu.)

Excuse me. (getting attention) (Ka mya?)

Excuse me. (begging pardon) . ( )

I'm sorry. . (taung pan par tal)

Goodbye (Thwa dau mal)

Goodbye (informal) (Thwa dau mal)

I can't speak .............(name of language) [well].

[ ]. ( [ba ma za ga go [...............................] ma pyaw thet bu.])

Do you speak English? ( in glei za ga go pyaw thet de la?)

Is there someone here who speaks English? (In glei za-ga pyaw thet de lu di ma shi la?)

Help! (kuu nyi par ohn!)

Look out! ! (Ai ya! Kyi!)

Good morning. (Mingalabar )

Good night (to sleep) (Eigh douh meh )

I don't know. (Kya-nau ma thi bu)

I don't understand. (Kya-nau na ma ley bu)

Where is the toilet? (ein thar ka bal mhar lal)

Numbers

Burmese numbers follow the Arabic system of numerals.

0 = (thoun-nya)

1 = (tit)

2 = (hni)

3 = (thoun)

4 = (lei)

5 = (nga)

6 = (chao)

7 = kun hni)

8 = (shit)

9 = (ko)

10 = (se)

11 = (seh-tit)

12 = (seh-hnih)

13 = (seh-thoun)

14 = (seh-lei)

15 = (seh-nga)

16 = (seh-chauk)

17 = (seh-kuun)

18 = (seh-shit)

19 = (seh-kou)

20 = (hna-seh)

21 = (hna-seh-tit)

22 = (hna-seh-hnih)

23 = (hna-seh-thoun)

30 = (thoun-zeh)

40 = (lei-zeh)

50 = (nga-zeh)

60 = (chau-seh)

70 = (kueh-na-seh)

80 = (shit-seh)

90 = (ko-zeh)

100 = (tit-ya)

200 = (hni-ya)

300 = (thoun-ya)

500 = (nga-ya)

1000 = (tit-taon)

2000 = (hna-taon)

10,000 = (se-thaon)

number _____ (train, bus, etc.)

Burmese uses several measure words. As a general rule, use ku for items, and yau for persons.

Time เวลาครับพี่น้อง

now = a gu

later = nao ma

before = a shei

morning = ma ne

afternoon = nei le

night = nya

การบอกเวลาในภาษาพม่า

What time is it?

Be ne na yee toe bi le?

It is nine in the morning.

Ko nai toe bi.

Three-thirty PM.

Thoun na yee kwe.

[edit] Duration

_____ minute(s)

min-ni (မိနစ္‌)

_____ hour(s)

nai yi (နာရီ)

_____ day(s)

ye' or nei (နေ့)

_____ week(s)

_____ month(s)

la (လ)

_____ year(s)

hni (န္ဟစ္‌)

[edit] Days

today

di nei

yesterday

ma nei

tomorrow

ma ne pyan

this week

di ba

last week

a yin ba

next week

nao ba

Sunday

tha nin ga nei (တနင္ဂန္ဝေ)

Monday

tha nin la (တနင္‌းလာ)

Tuesday

in ga (အင္ဂာ)

Wednesday

bo ta hu (ဗုဒ္ဓဟူး)

Thursday

kya tha ba dei (က္ရားသပတေး)

Friday

tao kya (သောက္ရာ)

Saturday

sa nei (စနေ)

Note: The Burmese calendar consists of 8 days, with one day between Wednesday and Thursday, called ya-hu, although this is purely ceremonial.

[edit] Months

[edit] Writing time and date

[edit] Colors

black

အမည် ရောင် a me yaon

white

အဖ္ရူရောင် a pyu yaon

gray

မီးခု္းရောင် mi go yaon

red

အနီရောင် a ni yaon

blue

အပ္ရာရောင် a pya yaon

yellow

အဝာရောင် a wa yaon

green

အစိမ္ရောင် a sein yaon

orange

လိမ္မော္ရောင် lein mau yaon

purple

ခရမ္းရောင် ka-yan yaon

brown

အညိုရောင် a nyo yaon

Do you have it in another color?

Di ha go nao a yaon de she la?

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Bus and train, ship and plane

Train

yeh-ta

Train Station

bu ta yone

Bus

ba(sa) ka

Bus Stop

ka hma tine

Bus Station

ka gey

Ship

thin bau

Port

thin bau sey

Airplane

leyin pyan

Airport

ley yein gun

Ticket

leh hma

Fare

Depart/Leave

tweh

Arrive

yow

Luggage

pyit see

[edit] Directions

Over there

ho beht

Left Side

beh beht

Right Side nya beht

[edit] Taxi

Is this taxi free?

Te ka se ahh tha la

[edit] Lodging

To Stay

theh

Bed

ga din

Restroom

ehn tha

Shower

yay cho khan

Food

asar

[edit] Money

How much is it?

Zey beh lout le?

Money

kyat

one dollar

deh kyat

two dollars

neh kyat

three dollars

thone kyat

four dollars

ley kyat

five dollars

nga kyat

six dollars

chowt kyat

seven dollars

cuni kyat

eight dollars

sheh kyat

nine dollars

coh kyat

ten dollars

se kyat

twenty dollars

neh se kyat

twenty-five dollars

neh se nga kyat

or more commonly

a sait

fifty dollars

nga se kyat

one hundred dollars

tayar kyat

When refering to US currency, it is important to remember to say "dollar" before the specified amount

For example US $50 would be "dollar nga se".

[edit] Eating

I am hungry.

Nga bite sa de.

Where do you want to go eat?

Beh sau thot sine thwa meh le?

I can only drink bottled water

Kha naw ye bu ye be thouk lo ya de

Are there any napkins (Can I have one?)

napkin she tha la

Fried foods

uh chaw sa

Noodles

cow sweh

Rice (white)

htamin

Fried rice

htamin chaw

Ice

yey ghe

Ice cream bar

yey ghe mou

Sugar

de ja

Salt

MSG

a cho mout

Potato

ah lou

Vegetable

a yweh

Fruit

a thee

Banana

nguh pyaw thee

Apple

pun thee

Apple Juice

pun thee yay

Grapes

duh beh thee

Durian

doo hinh thee

Orange

lei maw thee

Chicken

chet tha

Beef

ameh tha

Goat

seit tha

Lamb

tho tha

Fish

nga

[edit] Bars

Beer/Alcohol

ayet

Round (As in "A round of beers")

pweh

Ciggaretts

sei lait

Glass

kwut

[edit] Shopping

Store

sine

Clothes

ain gee

Pants

boun bee

Shoes

punuht

Bra

bou le

Ring

lut sout

Socks

chey sout

House = ehn

Purse/Wallet = puh sun eight

Backpack = saw ough eight

Movies = youh shin

การขับรถ Driving

Car = ka

Stop = yet/ho

Go/Drive = thwa/moun

Traffic Light = Mee point

ผู้มีอำจาจ เจ้าหน้าที่ Authority

Administration

oh cho yey

Prime Minister

wan-jee cho

President = thanmada

Vice President = duteya thanmada

Military = tatmadaw

Chairman = oh ga taw

Parliament = hluttaw

Politics _= nine-nga yey