Cafe and restaurant in Burmese
A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen. Play the ten Burmese words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Burmese phrases in this lesson
- áážá áşááąáŹááşá Ꮰá áŹá¸áá˝á˛hna-YAUK-sa za-BWEH
- A table for two
- ááŽáá°á¸ ááąá¸ááŤmi-NU pay-BA
- The menu, please
- áᏠááąáŹááşá¸áá˛ba KAUNG-leh
- What do you recommend?
- ...áá áŹá¸áá°á¸ma-SA-boo
- I don't eat...
- ...áá˛áˇ ááŹááşááááˇáşáá°á¸neh dat ma-TEH-boo
- I'm allergic to...
- áĄááŹá¸a-THA
- Meat
- ááźááşááŹá¸chet-THA
- Chicken
- ááŤá¸áááşá¸nga-HIN
- Fish
- á áŹá¸áááŻáˇááąáŹááşá¸áááşsa-lo KAUNG-deh
- It's delicious
- ááťáŽá¸ááŹá¸á áşchee-YAZ
- Cheers
Literally "a table for two people". Hold up two fingers.
Many places have a picture menu or none at all.
Literally "what is good?".
"áĄááŹá¸ áá áŹá¸áá°á¸" (a-THA ma-SA-boo), I don't eat meat. Vegetarian is "áááşáááşáá˝ááş" (thet-that-LUT).
Literally "my body does not agree with ...", the everyday way to describe an allergy.
Literally "chicken meat".
Literally "fish curry". ááŤá¸ (nga) alone is also the number five, so on menus fish appears in a dish name.
Literally "it is good to eat".
There is no native toast, so people borrow the English word at beer stations.