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Lesson 10 of 10

Help and emergencies in Burmese

The words you hope to never need. 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.

Workers making lacquerware in Bagan, Myanmar
Help and emergencies
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All 10 Burmese phrases in this lesson

ကယ်ကြပါkeh-ja-BA
Help!

Literally "please save me".

ဆရာဝန် ခေါ်ပေးပါsa-ya-WUN khaw-pay-BA
Call a doctor

Private hospitals in Yangon are the better choice for visitors.

ရဲYEH
Police

The police number is 199.

ဆေးဆိုင်say-ZAIN
Pharmacy

Literally "medicine shop".

ဆေးရုံsay-YONE
Hospital

Literally "medicine building".

လမ်းပျောက်နေတယ်lan-PYAUK-nay-deh
I'm lost

Literally "the road has gone missing".

နေမကောင်းဘူးnay ma-KAUNG-boo
I don't feel well

Literally "I am not staying well".

ခိုးသွားတယ်KHO-thwa-deh
It was stolen

"ဖုန်း ခိုးသွားတယ်" (PHONE KHO-thwa-deh), my phone was stolen.

အရေးပေါ်ပါa-yay-PAW-ba
It's an emergency
မနှောင့်ယှက်ပါနဲ့ma-hnaung-SHET-pa-neh
Leave me alone

Literally "please don't bother me".

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