Shops and hotels in Burmese
Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. 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
- ...áážáááŹá¸SHI-la
- Do you have...?
- ...áááşáážáŹáá˛beh-HMA-leh
- Where is...?
- áá˝ááˇáşáááşPHWIN-deh
- Open
- ááááşáááşPAIK-teh
- Closed
- áĄáááş áááŻááťááşááŹá¸AIT lo-CHIN-la
- A bag?
- ááąá¸ááźáŽá¸áá˝ááşá¸áááşzay-JEE lun-DEH
- Too expensive
- áááŻáááş ááŻááşááŹá¸ááŤáááşbo-KIN loke-HTA-ba-deh
- I have a reservation
- ááááşá ᏠááŤááŹá¸ma-NET-sa PA-la
- Is breakfast included?
- áááŻááşáááŻááş á ááŹá¸áážááş ááŹáá˛WAI-phai za-ga-HWET BA-leh
- What's the wifi password?
- ...áááŻáˇ áááŹá¸lo YA-la
- Can I...?
Literally "is there ...?". The answer is áážááááş (SHI-deh), there is, or ááážááá°á¸ (ma-SHI-boo), there isn't.
The place goes first: "ááąá¸ áááşáážáŹáá˛" (ZAY beh-HMA-leh), where is the market?
Spoken form. Signs say áá˝ááˇáşáááş (phwin-THI).
Spoken form. Signs say ááááşáááş (paik-THI).
Literally "do you want a bag?".
Literally "the price is too big". Fine at markets, said with a smile.
The English word booking, Burmese grammar.
Literally "is morning food included?". Expect mohinga, the fish noodle soup, in local guesthouses.
Za-ga-hwet is literally "hidden word".
Literally "is it okay to ...?": "áááŻááşáááŻáˇ áááŹá¸" (htain-lo YA-la), can I sit?