Burmese Language Lessons

Below are some very short lessons on how to say common phrases in Burmese. 

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Here are some quick links to the more common words or phrases:
Hello | Hello (polite) | Thank you | I am good | Yes | How are you? | Congratulatory | I want to go...

• Hello
  (min-ga-la-bah)
  
• Hello (said very politely - its not used very much in general conversation)
  (min-ga-la-bah come-yah OR min-ga-la-bah shin )
  
• Goodbye
  (tat-tar)
  
• Thank you (the common way of saying it)
  (chay-zoo-tin-bah-dey)
  
• Thanks (like 'ta' in English')
  (chay-zoo-bear.  Young people also shorten it further to just 'chay-zoo')
  
• OK
  (hya-bah-dey)
  
• Yes
  (ho-geh)
  
• Yes (said very politely)
  (ho-geh-come-yah OR ho-geh-shin)
  
• No
  (ma-hoe-poo)
  
• How are you?
  (ney-gown-lah)
  
• I am good
  (nee-gown-bah-deh)
  
• You did very well
  (a-zhen gown-dey.   a-zhen=very)
  
• You are very smart
  (a-zhen daw-deh)
  
• 'Great' (a bit like well done!)
  (gown-day)
  
• That is good
  
• You are beautiful (for the girls)
  (a-zhen chaw-deh)
  
• That was a nice meal
  
• 'Very' (a useful word to use in conjunction with other phrases)
  (a-zhen)
  
• I want to go to the tourist market
  
• I want to go to the Andrew Kids Home
  
• I want to go to the plaza
  (you zen-nah plaza thwa chin deh)
  
• I want to go...
  (thwa-chin-deh)
  
• How much is this?
  (dar b-lar-lay)
  
• That is too much!
  (meyah deh)
  
• A tip to Burmese enunciation
  
• Some more Burmese lessons.
  

Below are the Burmese to English transliteration:

• Hello = min-ga-la-bah
• Hello (said very politely)= min-ga-la-bah come-yah OR min-ga-la-bah shin
• Goodbye = tat-tar
• Thank you (the common way of saying it) = chay-zoo-tin-bah-dey
• Thanks (like 'ta' in English') = chay-zoo-bear OR chay-zoo'
• OK = hya-bah-dey
• Yes = ho-geh
• Yes (said very politely) = ho-geh-come-yah OR ho-geh-shin
• No = ma-hoe-poo
• How are you? = ney-gown-lah
• I am good = ney-gown-bah-dey
• You did very well = a-zhen gown-dey.   (a-zhen=very)
• You are very smart = a-zhen daw-dey
• 'Great' (a bit like well done!) = gown-day
• You are beautiful (for the girls) = a-zhen chaw-dey
• 'Very' (a useful word to use in conjunction with other phrases) = a-zhen
• I want to go to the plaza = you zen-nah plaza thwa chin dey
• I want to go... = thwa-chin-dey
• How much is this? = dar b-lar-lay
• That is too much! = me-yah deh