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Lesson 8 of 10

Getting around in Burmese

Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet. 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.

Boats on Inle Lake, Myanmar
Getting around
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
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All 10 Burmese phrases in this lesson

အိမ်သာ ဘယ်မှာလဲain-THA beh-HMA-leh
Where is the toilet?

Literally "where is the little house?".

...ကို ဘယ်လို သွားရမလဲko beh-lo thwa-YA-ma-leh
How do I get to...?

Literally "how must I go to ...?".

ဘယ်ဘက်ကိုbeh-BET-ko
To the left

Literally "to the left side".

ညာဘက်ကိုnya-BET-ko
To the right
တည့်တည့်teh-DEH
Straight ahead
ဒီမှာdi-HMA
Here

"ဒီမှာ ရပ်ပါ" (di-HMA yat-PA), stop here, for taxis.

ဘူတာbu-DA
Train station

Yangon's circle line train is slow and a good way to see the city.

ဘတ်စ်ကားbat-sa-KA
Bus

Yangon buses show route numbers in Myanmar digits.

လေဆိပ်lay-ZAIK
Airport

Literally "air port".

လက်မှတ် တစ်စောင် ပေးပါlet-HMAT ta-SAUNG pay-BA
One ticket, please

စောင် (saung) is the counter for tickets and sheets.

Where Burmese is spoken

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