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Lesson 7 of 10
Meeting people in Burmese
How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes. 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
- နေကောင်းလားnay-KAUNG-la
- How are you?
- နေကောင်းပါတယ်၊ ကျေးဇူးပဲnay-KAUNG-ba-deh, kyay-ZOO-beh
- I'm fine, thanks
- ခင်ဗျားကောkhin-MYA-ko
- And you?
- နာမည် ဘယ်လို ခေါ်လဲnan-MEH beh-lo KHAW-leh
- What's your name?
- ကျွန်တော့်နာမည် ...ပါkya-NAW nan-MEH ... BA
- My name is...
- ဘယ်က လာတာလဲbeh-GA la-DA-leh
- Where are you from?
- ...က လာတာပါ... GA la-da-BA
- I'm from...
- ကြိုက်တယ်chaik-TEH
- I like it
- လှတယ်HLA-deh
- It's beautiful
- ကြိုဆိုပါတယ်jo-so-ba-DEH
- Welcome
Literally "are you staying well?". The other everyday greeting is "ထမင်းစားပြီးပြီလား" (hta-MIN sa-pyi-BYI-la), have you eaten?
Said by a man. A woman says "ရှင်ကော" (shin-KO).
Burmese names have no surnames; people use the whole name with a title like ဦး (U) for men or ဒေါ် (Daw) for women.
Said by a man. A woman starts with "ကျွန်မနာမည်" (kya-MA nan-MEH).
Literally "where did you come from?".
"ကနေဒါက လာတာပါ" (ka-nay-DA-ga la-da-BA), I'm from Canada.
For pagodas at sunset, the obvious comment.
Literally "I welcome you".