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Fun fact: This article was originally made for Japanese learners, so you might notice a Japanese period “。” at the end of some Burmese phrases. Oops, my bad! Just ignore it! 😜
The pronunciations are written in romaji (Latin alphabet), but they are just a rough guide. Don’t stress too much about them—trust your own ears and mirror what you hear! !(^^)!
【1】အနီးအနားမှာ စားသောက်ဆိုင် ရှိပါသလား。
解説→→（aninahma (nearby) sathaokhsaing (restaurant) shi (exist / have) pathalah (polite question marker) ※ ‘Sathaokhsaing’ literally translates to ‘eat-drink-shop’.）
Are there any restaurants nearby?
【2】ဈေးပေါတဲ့ စားသောက်ဆိုင်က ကောင်းပါတယ်။
解説→→（zehpo (cheap) te (modifier suffix) sathaokhsaingka (restaurant) kaung (good) pade (polite sentence ending) ※ Literally ‘A cheap restaurant is good’, used to express a preference.）
I prefer a cheap restaurant.
【3】ဗိုက်ဆာပါပြီ။
解説→→（baik (stomach) hsa (hungry) pabi (polite completed state) ※ ‘Baik hsa’ means to be hungry; ‘pabi’ emphasizes the current state.）
I am hungry.
【4】ရေငတ်သွားပါပြီ။
解説→→（ye (water) ngat (thirsty) thwa (become) pabi (polite completed state) ※ ‘Ye ngat’ literally translates to ‘water-thirsty’.）
I am thirsty.
【5】ဘီယာ သောက်ချင်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（biya (beer) thaok (drink) chin (want to) pade (polite sentence ending) ※ Attach ‘chin’ directly after a verb to express wanting to perform that action.）
I want to drink beer.
【6】ဖျော်ရည် သောက်ချင်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（hpyawye (juice) thaok (drink) chin (want to) pade (polite sentence ending) ※ ‘Hpyawye’ refers to fruit juice or mixed beverages.）
I want to drink juice.
【7】ကြိုတင်မှာထားပါတယ်။
解説→→（kyotein (in advance) hma (order / reserve) hta (keep) pade (polite sentence ending) ※ ‘Kyotein hma’ means to make a reservation in advance.）
I have a reservation.
【8】ကြိုတင်မမှာထားပါဘူး。
解説→→（kyotein (in advance) ma (not) hma (order / reserve) hta (keep) pabu (polite negative ending) ※ ‘Ma… pabu’ frames the verb phrase to form a polite negative statement.）
I don’t have a reservation.
【9】ထိုင်ခုံ လွတ်နေပါသလား。
解説→→（htainghkon (seat) lwat (vacant) ne (continuous state) pathalah (polite question marker) ※ ‘Lwat’ means vacant or free; combined with ‘ne’ it describes an ongoing state.）
Are there any open tables?
【10】ဆေးလိပ်မသောက်တဲ့ ထိုင်ခုံကို ပေးပါ။
解説→→（hsealeik (cigarette) ma (not) thaok (smoke) te (modifier suffix) htainghkonko (seat) peba (please give) ※ ‘Ma thaok te htainghkon’ literally means ‘seat where smoking is not done’.）
A non-smoking table, please.
【11】ဆေးလိပ်သောက်လို့ရတဲ့ ထိုင်ခုံကို ပေးပါ။
解説→→（hsealeik (cigarette) thaok (smoke) lo ya (allowed / can) te (modifier suffix) htainghkonko (seat) peba (please give) ※ ‘Thaok lo ya te’ modifies seat to mean ‘allowed to smoke’.）
A smoking table, please.
【12】မေနူးကို ပေးပါ။
解説→→（menuko (menu) peba (please give) ※ Adding ‘ko’ marks the object, and ‘peba’ politely asks for something.）
Could I have the menu, please?
【13】အင်္ဂလိပ် မေနူး ရှိပါသလား。
解説→→（ingaleik (English) menu (menu) shi (exist / have) pathalah (polite question marker) ※ You can place languages directly before nouns like ‘menu’ to specify the language.）
Do you have an English menu?
【14】မှာလို့ ရမလား。
解説→→（hma (order) lo (to) ya (can) malah (question marker) ※ ‘Hma’ means to order; attached with ‘lo ya malah’ it asks permission to order.）
May I order?
【15】မဆုံးဖြတ်ရသေးပါဘူး。
解説→→（ma (not) hsonghpyat (decide) ya (get to) the (yet) pabu (polite negative ending) ※ ‘Ma… the pabu’ expresses ‘not yet’.）
I haven’t decided yet.
【16】နောက် အချိန်နည်းနည်း ပေးပါ။
解説→→（naok (more) ahchein (time) nehne (a little) peba (please give) ※ ‘Naok’ here functions as ‘more’ or ‘additional’.）
Please give me a little more time.
【17】ဒေသ၏ ဇာတိဟင်းကို စားချင်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（desat-e (local) zatihinko (specialty dish) sa (eat) chin (want to) pade (polite sentence ending) ※ ‘Hin’ refers to traditional dishes or curries served with meal.）
I want to eat local specialties.
【18】ဒါက ဒေသ၏ ဇာတိဟင်း ဖြစ်ပါသလား。
解説→→（daka (this) desat-e (local) zatihin (specialty dish) hpit (be) pathalah (polite question marker) ※ ‘Hpit pathalah?’ asks ‘is it…?’ to verify information.）
Is this a local specialty?
【19】စားလို့ကောင်းပုံပဲ၊ စားကြည့်ချင်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（salokaung (delicious) ponpe (looks like) sa (eat) kyi (try) chin (want to) pade (polite sentence ending) ※ ‘Ponpe’ expresses appearance (‘looks like’); ‘kyi’ after a verb means ‘try doing’.）
It looks delicious, I want to try it.
【20】တစ်ယောက်စာက ဘယ်လောက်ရှိသလဲ。
解説→→（tayawhsaka (one person’s portion) behlaok (how much) shi (amount to) thale (question marker) ※ ‘Tayawhsa’ means a single portion meant for one person.）
How much is one serving?
【21】ပေါင်မုန့် ပါပါသလား。
解説→→（paungmon (bread) pa (include) pathalah (polite question marker) ※ The verb ‘pa’ means to be included or come with something.）
Does it come with bread?
【22】ထမင်း ပါပါသလား。
解説→→（htamin (cooked rice) pa (include) pathalah (polite question marker) ※ ‘Htamin’ refers specifically to cooked rice.）
Does it come with rice?
【23】ဝေစားလို့ ရပါသလား。
解説→→（we (share) sa (eat) lo (to) ya (can) pathalah (polite question marker) ※ ‘We sa’ combines share and eat to mean sharing a dish together.）
Can we share this?
【24】ဝေစားဖို့ ပန်းကန်ကို ပေးပါ။
解説→→（wesahpo (for sharing food) pankanko (plate) peba (please give) ※ ‘Hpo’ indicates purpose (‘for the purpose of’).）
Could we have sharing plates, please?
【25】ဝေစားဖို့ ပန်းကန် မရှိပါဘူး。
解説→→（wesahpo (for sharing food) pankan (plate) mashipabu (there is no) ※ ‘Ma shi pabu’ means ‘there isn’t’ or ‘do not have’.）
There are no sharing plates.
【26】ခက်ရင်းနဲ့ ဓားကို ပေးပါ။
解説→→（hkatyinne (fork and) dhako (knife) peba (please give) ※ ‘Ne’ serves as the connecting conjunction ‘and’.）
Could I have a fork and knife, please?
【27】နပ်ကင်း တစ်ရွက် နောက် ပေးပါ။
解説→→（napkin (napkin) taywet (one sheet) naok (more) peba (please give) ※ ‘Ywet’ is the classifier for flat items like sheets of paper or napkins.）
Could I have one more napkin, please?
【28】မရောက်သေးတဲ့ ဟင်း ရှိပါတယ်။
解説→→（ma (not) yaok (arrive) the (yet) te (modifier suffix) hin (dish) shipade (there is) ※ ‘Ma yaok the te’ translates to ‘dish that hasn’t arrived yet’.）
Some dishes haven’t arrived yet.
【29】ဒါကို မမှာခဲ့ပါဘူး。
解説→→（dako (this) ma (not) hma (order) hke (past marker) pabu (polite negative ending) ※ ‘Hke’ indicates a past action, creating a past negation when paired with ‘ma… pabu’.）
I didn’t order this.
【30】စပ်တဲ့ အစားအစာကို မစားနိုင်ပါဘူး。
解説→→（sat-te (spicy) ahsahasako (food) ma (not) sa (eat) naing (can) pabu (polite negative ending) ※ ‘Naing’ means ‘can’; ‘ma… naing pabu’ means ‘cannot’.）
I cannot eat spicy food.
【31】အသားကို သုံးထားတဲ့ အစားအစာ ဖြစ်ပါသလား。
解説→→（athako (meat) thone (use) hta (keep) te (modifier suffix) ahsahasa (food) hpitpathalah (is it) ※ ‘Athako thone hta te’ literally means ‘food that has used meat’.）
Is this a dish with meat?
【32】အသားကို သုံးထားတဲ့ အစားအစာကို စားချင်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（athako (meat) thone (use) hta (keep) te (modifier suffix) ahsahasako (food) sa (eat) chin (want to) pade (polite sentence ending) ※ Combines a modifier describing ingredients with the desire suffix ‘chin’.）
I want to eat a dish with meat.
【33】ငါးကို သုံးထားတဲ့ အစားအစာကို စားချင်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（ngako (fish) thone (use) hta (keep) te (modifier suffix) ahsahasako (food) sa (eat) chin (want to) pade (polite sentence ending) ※ ‘Nga’ means fish.）
I want to eat a dish with fish.
【34】ဒါက ပင်လယ်၏ ငါးလား၊ ဒါမှမဟုတ် မြစ်၏ ငါးလား။
解説→→（daka (this) pinle-e (sea’s) ngalah (fish?) damahoke (or) myit-e (river’s) ngalah (fish?) ※ ‘Damahoke’ is used to present an alternative choice in questions.）
Is this saltwater fish or freshwater fish?
【35】ဒါက အမဲသားလား၊ ဒါမှမဟုတ် ဝက်သားလား။
解説→→（daka (this) amethalah (beef?) damahoke (or) wetthalah (pork?) ※ ‘Ametha’ means beef and ‘wettha’ means pork.）
Is this beef or pork?
【36】ဒါက ကြက်သားလား၊ ဒါမှမဟုတ် ငါးလား။
解説→→（daka (this) kyetthalah (chicken?) damahoke (or) ngalah (fish?) ※ ‘Kyettha’ means chicken.）
Is this chicken or fish?
【37】ဒါက အချိုပွဲ ဖြစ်ပါသလား。
解説→→（daka (this) ahchobwe (dessert) hpit (be) pathalah (polite question marker) ※ ‘Ahchobwe’ literally translates to ‘sweet item/course’.）
Is this dessert?
【38】စားပွဲကို သုတ်ပေးနိုင်မလား。
解説→→（sabweko (table) thoke (wipe) pe (do for someone) naing (can) malah (question marker) ※ ‘Thoke pe’ means to wipe down on someone’s behalf.）
Could you wipe the table, please?
【39】ဒါ၏ နာမည်က ဘာလို့ ခေါ်သလဲ。
解説→→（da-e (this one’s) nameka (name) balot (what / how) hkaw (call) thale (question marker) ※ Asking ‘balot hkaw thale?’ literally means ‘what is this called?’）
What is this called?
【40】ဒီဟာကို နောက် ပေးပါ။
解説→→（dihako (this) naok (another / more) peba (please give) ※ ‘Naok’ placed before a request means ‘another one’ or ‘more’.）
I would like an extra one of this, please.
【41】ဒီမှာ၏ အစားအစာက အကောင်းဆုံး ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（dihma-e (here’s) ahsahasaka (food) akaungzone (best) hpit (be) pade (polite sentence ending) ※ The prefix ‘a-‘ combined with ‘-zone’ forms superlatives, e.g. ‘akaungzone’ (best).）
The food here is the best.
【42】ပထမဆုံး စားခဲ့ပါတယ်။
解説→→（hpathamazone (first time) sa (eat) hke (past marker) pade (polite sentence ending) ※ ‘Hpathamazone’ means ‘for the first time’ in this context.）
This is my first time eating this.
【43】ဒါက အရမ်း စားလို့ကောင်းပါတယ်။
解説→→（daka (this) ayhan (very) salokaung (delicious) pade (polite sentence ending) ※ ‘Salokaung’ is the standard phrase for delicious (literally ‘good to eat’).）
This is very delicious.
【44】ဒါက ဘာလဲ။
解説→→（da (this) ka (topic marker) ba (what) lae (question particle) ※ Use ‘lae’ at the end of open-ended questions that contain question words like ‘what’.）
This is what?
【45】ဘယ်နည်းက အကောင်းဆုံးလဲ။
解説→→（bae ni (which way) ka (subject marker) a kaung zon (best) lae (question particle) ※ Literally ‘Which way is the best?’, this phrase is commonly used to ask for recommendations.）
What is your recommendation?
【46】ပြတင်းပေါက်ဘေး၏ ထိုင်ခုံမှာ ထိုင်ချင်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（pyatinn pauk bae (window side) e (of) htaing khon (seat) hma (at) htaing chin (want to sit) pa tae (polite verb ending) ※ Attach ‘-chin’ to a verb stem to express ‘wanting to’ perform that action.）
I would like a window seat.
【47】အပြင်၏ ထိုင်ခုံက ကောင်းပါတယ်။
解説→→（a pyinn (outside) e (of) htaing khon (seat) ka (subject marker) kaung pa tae (is good) ※ The particle ‘ka’ marks the outdoor seat as the subject of preference.）
An outdoor seat would be fine.
【48】ရှုခင်းကောင်းတဲ့ ထိုင်ခုံကို လိုချင်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（shu khinn kaung (nice view) tae (modifying particle) htaing khon (seat) ko (object marker) lo chin pa tae (want) ※ The particle ‘tae’ turns the preceding phrase into a modifier for the noun that follows.）
I would like a seat with a good view.
【49】ကလေးအတွက် ထိုင်ခုံ ရှိပါသလား။
解説→→（ka lay (child) a twet (for) htaing khon (chair) shi pa tha lar (is there) ※ ‘shi pa tha lar’ is a polite phrase used to ask if an item is available.）
Do you have a high chair?
【50】အပြင်ကို ယူသွားလို့ ရပါသလား။
解説→→（a pyinn (outside) ko (to) yu thwa (take away) lo ya pa tha lar (can I) ※ ‘lo ya pa tha lar’ politely asks whether an action is permitted or possible.）
Can I get this to go?
【51】ဆိုင်ထဲမှာ စားပါမယ်။
解説→→（hsaing htai hma (in store) sa (eat) pa me (will) ※ The verb ending ‘pa me’ expresses a polite future intention or decision.）
I will eat in.
【52】ရေကို ပေးပါ။
解説→→（ye (water) ko (object marker) pay pa (please give) ※ ‘pay pa’ is the standard polite phrase for asking someone to give you something.）
Water please.
【53】ဇွန်းကို ကျသွားလိုက်ပါပြီ။
解説→→（zwan (spoon) ko (object marker) kya thwa (drop) laik pa bi (completed action) ※ The helper verb ‘laik pa bi’ emphasizes that an action has already occurred completely.）
I dropped my spoon.
【54】အသစ်ကို ရနိုင်မလား။
解説→→（a thit (new one) ko (object marker) ya naing ma lar (can I get) ※ Combine ‘ya’ (get) and ‘naing’ (can) to ask if receiving something is possible.）
Can I get a new one?
【55】အရမ်း စားလို့ကောင်းခဲ့ပါတယ်။
解説→→（a yam (very) sa lo kaung (delicious) khe pa tae (was) ※ Inserting ‘khe’ before the polite sentence ending places the state into the past tense.）
It was very delicious.
【56】ဒီဟာကို ပေးပါ။
解説→→（di ha (this item) ko (object marker) pay pa (please give) ※ ‘di ha’ is a conversational way to say ‘this item’ or ‘this one’.）
This please.
【57】ဒီဟာနဲ့ အတူတူကို ပေးပါ။
解説→→（di ha (this item) ne (with) a tu tu (same) ko (object marker) pay pa (please give) ※ ‘ne a tu tu’ functions together to mean ‘the same as’ another item.）
The same one as this please.
【58】ရေကို ပေးပါ။
解説→→（ye (water) ko (object marker) pay pa (please give) ※ A short and common polite request used at dining tables.）
Water please.
【59】ရေနွေးကို ပေးပါ။
解説→→（ye nway (hot water) ko (object marker) pay pa (please give) ※ ‘ye nway’ literally means warm water and is commonly served in Myanmar dining.）
Hot water please.
【60】ရေခဲကို ထည့်ပေးပါ။
解説→→（ye khe (ice) ko (object marker) htae pay pa (please add) ※ Combining ‘htae’ (put) with ‘pay pa’ forms a polite request to add an ingredient.）
Please add ice.
【61】စပ်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（hsat (spicy) pa tae (is) ※ ‘hsat’ is the core adjective describing spicy or hot food flavors.）
It is spicy.
【62】စပ်ပါသလား။
解説→→（hsat (spicy) pa tha lar (is it) ※ Attach ‘pa tha lar’ to an adjective to make a polite yes/no question.）
Is it spicy?
【63】မစပ်ပါနဲ့။
解説→→（ma (not) hsat (spicy) pa ne (don’t) ※ The frame ‘ma + verb + pa ne’ is used to give polite negative requests.）
Please do not make it spicy.
【64】ချိုပါတယ်။
解説→→（cho (sweet) pa tae (is) ※ ‘cho’ is the Burmese adjective for sweet taste.）
It is sweet.
【65】ချိုပါသလား။
解説→→（cho (sweet) pa tha lar (is it) ※ Use this phrase to ask politely whether a food or drink item is sweet.）
Is it sweet?
【66】ခါးပါတယ်။
解説→→（hka (bitter) pa tae (is) ※ ‘hka’ describes a bitter taste, like coffee or dark tea.）
It is bitter.
【67】ခါးပါသလား။
解説→→（hka (bitter) pa tha lar (is it) ※ A simple polite question to inquire if something has a bitter taste.）
Is it bitter?
【68】ချဉ်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（chin (sour) pa tae (is) ※ ‘chin’ refers to sour or acidic taste profiles.）
It is sour.
【69】ချဉ်ပါသလား。
解説→→（chin (sour) pa tha lar (is it) ※ Ask this politely to check if a dish or fruit is sour.）
Is it sour?
【70】ဒါက စားလို့ကောင်းပါတယ်။
解説→→（da ka (this) sa lo kaung pa tae (is delicious) ※ ‘sa lo kaung’ literally translates to ‘good to eat’, expressing that food tastes great.）
This is delicious isn’t it.
【71】ဒါက စားလို့မကောင်းပါဘူး။
解説→→（da ka (this) sa lo (to eat) ma kaung pa bu (is not good) ※ The frame ‘ma … pa bu’ turns the statement into a polite negative.）
This is not delicious.
【72】ဒါက စားလို့ကောင်းပါသလား။
解説→→（da ka (this) sa lo kaung pa tha lar (is it delicious) ※ Use this phrase to ask if a specific dish is tasty.）
Is this delicious?
【73】ဟင်းချိုက ပူပါတယ်။
解説→→（hin cho (soup) ka (subject marker) pu pa tae (is hot) ※ ‘pu’ refers specifically to high physical temperature.）
The soup is hot.
【74】ဟင်းချိုက အေးပါတယ်။
解説→→（hin cho (soup) ka (subject marker) aye pa tae (is cold) ※ ‘aye’ means cold or cool temperature.）
The soup is cold.
【75】ဒီဟာကို စားလို့မရပါဘူး。
解説→→（di ha (this) ko (object marker) sa lo ma ya pa bu (cannot eat) ※ ‘verb + lo ma ya’ indicates inability or prohibition to perform an action.）
I cannot eat this.
【76】ဒီအစားအစာနဲ့ ဓာတ်မတည့်တာ ရှိပါတယ်။
解説→→（di (this) a sa a sa (food ingredient) ne (with) dat ma tae ta (allergy) shi pa tae (have) ※ ‘dat ma tae’ is the standard Burmese term for an allergy.）
I am allergic to this ingredient.
【77】ဒါက မကျက်သေးပါဘူး。
解説→→（da ka (this) ma kyet thaye pa bu (is not cooked yet) ※ ‘ma + verb + thaye pa bu’ conveys that an action is not completed yet.）
This is not cooked.
【78】ကောင်းကောင်းကျက်အောင် လုပ်ပေးပါ။
解説→→（kaung gaung (well) kyet aung (so it cooks) louk pay pa (please make) ※ The particle ‘aung’ attached to a verb indicates a intended goal or result.）
Please cook it well.
【79】ဒါက အေးသွားပါပြီ。
解説→→（da ka (this) aye thwa pa bi (has gone cold) ※ ‘thwa pa bi’ appended to an adjective signals a completed change in state.）
This has gone cold.
【80】အသားက အရမ်း ခက်လွန်းပါတယ်။
解説→→（a tha (meat) ka (subject marker) a yam (very) khet lon pa tae (is too tough) ※ Adding the suffix ‘lon’ after an adjective expresses excessiveness (‘too…’).）
The meat is too tough.
【81】ဆံပင် ပါနေပါတယ်။
解説→→（hsa pin (hair) pa ne pa tae (is inside) ※ The continuous marker ‘ne’ indicates an ongoing state of something being present.）
There is a hair in it.
【82】အသစ်နဲ့ လဲပေးပါ။
解説→→（a thit (new one) ne (with) lae pay pa (please exchange) ※ ‘lae’ means to exchange or swap an item for another.）
Please exchange this for a new one.
【83】အစားအစာက မလာသေးပါဘူး。
解説→→（a sa a sa (food) ka (subject marker) ma lar thaye pa bu (has not come yet) ※ Use ‘ma lar thaye pa bu’ to state that order or person hasn’t arrived yet.）
My order is not coming.
【84】မှာတာနဲ့ မတူပါဘူး。
解説→→（hma ta (what was ordered) ne (with) ma tu pa bu (is different) ※ ‘ma tu pa bu’ means ‘is not the same’ when comparing two items.）
This is different from my order.
【85】အချိုစားက ဘယ်ဟာလဲ。
解説→→（a cho sa (dessert) ka (topic marker) bae ha (which one) lae (question particle) ※ ‘a cho sa’ literally translates to ‘sweet eatable’, referring to desserts.）
Which one is the dessert?
【86】ကော်ဖီကို သကြား မပါဘဲ ပေးပါ။
解説→→（kaw hpi (coffee) ko (object marker) tha gya (sugar) ma pa bae (without) pay pa (please give) ※ ‘ma + verb + bae’ translates to ‘without [doing verb]’.）
Coffee without sugar please.
【87】ပိုက်ဆံ ရှင်းပေးပါ။
解説→→（paik hsan (money) shin pay pa (please clear) ※ ‘paik hsan shin’ is the standard Burmese phrase for requesting the bill.）
Check please.
【88】ပိုက်ဆံရှင်းတာက စားပွဲမှာလား。
解説→→（paik hsan shin ta (paying bill) ka (topic marker) sa bwe hma (at table) lar (question particle) ※ ‘lar’ is used at the end of simple yes/no questions.）
Is payment at the table?
【89】ပိုက်ဆံရှင်းတာက ကောင်တာမှာလား。
解説→→（paik hsan shin ta (paying bill) ka (topic marker) kaung ta hma (at counter) lar (question particle) ※ ‘kaung ta’ is a loanword adapted from the English word ‘counter’.）
Is payment at the register?
【90】ကတ် သုံးလို့ရပါသလား。
解説→→（kat (card) thon (use) lo ya pa tha lar (can I use) ※ ‘thon lo ya pa tha lar’ asks politely if using a item is allowed.）
Do you accept credit cards?
【91】ကတ်နဲ့ ပေးပါမယ်။
解説→→（kat (card) ne (with) pay pa me (will pay) ※ The particle ‘ne’ marks the tool or method used to pay.）
I will pay by card.
【92】စိတ်မရှိပါနဲ့၊ တခြားကတ်ကို သုံးပါမယ်။
解説→→（seit ma shi pa ne (sorry) ta hchar (another) kat (card) ko (object marker) thon pa me (will use) ※ ‘seit ma shi pa ne’ is a polite phrase for apologizing or asking forgiveness.）
Excuse me I will use another card.
【93】ပိုက်ဆံစက္ကူနဲ့ ပေးပါမယ်။
解説→→（paik hsan hset ku (cash notes) ne (with) pay pa me (will pay) ※ ‘paik hsan hset ku’ literally means ‘paper money’, referring to cash.）
I will pay with cash.
【94】တစ်ပ်ပါနေပါသလား။
解説→→（tip (tip) pa (be included) ne (be -ing) pa (polite suffix) thala (question marker) ※ The polite particle pa combined with thala forms a standard polite question.）
Is tip included?
【95】တွက်တာက မှားနေပါသလား。
解説→→（twak ta (calculation) ka (subject marker) hma (be wrong) ne (be -ing) pa (polite suffix) thala (question marker) ※ The suffix ta turns the verb twak (to calculate) into a noun meaning calculation or bill.）
Is the bill wrong?
【96】ပြေစာကို ပေးပါ။
解説→→（pye za (receipt) ko (object marker) pe (give) pa (please) ※ Adding pa to a verb forms a polite request or command.）
Receipt please.
【97】စားလို့ ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（sa (eat) lo (because) kyezudin (thank) pa (polite suffix) te (sentence marker) ※ A set phrase used to thank someone for a meal after eating.）
Thank you for the meal.
【98】ဈေးဝယ် လုပ်ချင်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（zay we (shopping) louk (do) chin (want to) pa (polite suffix) te (sentence marker) ※ Chin is attached to a verb stem to express desire to do something.）
I want to go shopping.
【99】ဆိုင်က ဘယ်အချိန် ဖွင့်မလဲ。
解説→→（hsain (shop) ka (subject marker) bae ahchein (what time) hpwin (open) male (will … ?) ※ Male is used as a question particle for open-ended questions asking for specific information.）
What time does the store open?
【100】ဆိုင်က ဘယ်အချိန် ပိတ်မလဲ。
解説→→（hsain (shop) ka (subject marker) bae ahchein (what time) peik (close) male (will … ?) ※ Male is a question particle paired with question words like bae ahchein (what time).）
What time does the store close?
【101】ကြည့်နေတာပဲပါ။
解説→→（kyi (look) ne (be -ing) ta (fact that) bae (just) pa (polite suffix) ※ Bae emphasizes ‘just’ or ‘only’, commonly used when politely browsing in a store.）
I am just looking.
【102】ဒီဟာကို ရှာနေပါတယ်။
解説→→（di ha (this) ko (object marker) sha (look for) ne (be -ing) pa (polite suffix) te (sentence marker) ※ Ne marks continuous action, equivalent to the progressive form in English.）
I am looking for this.
【103】ဒေသ၏ ဇာတိပစ္စည်း ရှိပါသလား。
解説→→（daytha (local area) e (of) zati pyitsi (specialty product) shi (have) pa (polite suffix) thala (question marker) ※ Shi thala is a polite pattern used to ask if an item exists or is available.）
Do you have local specialties?
【104】ဦးထုပ်ကို ရောင်းပါသလား။
解説→→（uthouk (hat) ko (object marker) yaung (sell) pa (polite suffix) thala (question marker) ※ Yaung pa thala is used to ask whether a shop sells a specific item.）
Do you sell hats?
【105】ဒီဟာကို လိုချင်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（di ha (this) ko (object marker) lochin (want) pa (polite suffix) te (sentence marker) ※ Lochin is used to express wanting an object or noun.）
I want this.
【106】ဟင့်အင်း၊ မလိုချင်ပါဘူး。
解説→→（hin in (no) ma (not) lochin (want) pa (polite suffix) bu (negative sentence marker) ※ Enclosing a verb with ma … bu forms a standard negative statement.）
No I do not want it.
【107】ရှိပါသလား。
解説→→（shi (have / exist) pa (polite suffix) thala (question marker) ※ A fundamental phrase used to inquire about existence or availability.）
Do you have it?
【108】မရှိပါဘူး。
解説→→（ma (not) shi (have / exist) pa (polite suffix) bu (negative sentence marker) ※ The frame ma … bu negates shi to mean ‘do not have’ or ‘does not exist’.）
We do not have it.
【109】ကုန်သွားပါပြီလား。
解説→→（koun (run out) thwa (go / completed state) pa (polite suffix) bi (already) la (question marker) ※ Koun thwa bi indicates that a supply has been completely used up or sold out.）
Is it sold out?
【110】ဒီဟာကို ဝတ်ကြည့်လို့ ရပါသလား。
解説→→（di ha (this) ko (object marker) wut (wear) kyi (try) lo (to) ya (can) pa (polite suffix) thala (question marker) ※ Combining a verb with kyi creates the meaning of trying or testing an action.）
Can I try this on?
【111】အရွယ်က ကွက်တိပါပဲ။
解説→→（aywe (size) ka (subject marker) kwak ti (perfect fit) pa (polite suffix) bae (exactly) ※ Kwak ti expresses that something fits perfectly in terms of size.）
It is the right size.
【112】တခြားအရောင် ရှိပါသလား。
解説→→（tachah (other) ayaung (color) shi (have) pa (polite suffix) thala (question marker) ※ Tachah means ‘other’ or ‘another’ and is placed directly before nouns.）
Do you have another color?
【113】တခြားဆိုဒ် ရှိပါသလား。
解説→→（tachah (other) soit (size) shi (have) pa (polite suffix) thala (question marker) ※ Soit is a loanword derived from the English word ‘size’.）
Do you have another size?
【114】ဒီဟာကို ပြပေးပါ။
解説→→（di ha (this) ko (object marker) pya (show) pe (for me) pa (please) ※ Pe appended after a action verb shows that the action is done for someone else.）
Please show me this.
【115】ဒီဟာကို ကိုင်လို့ ရပါသလား。
解説→→（di ha (this) ko (object marker) kain (touch / hold) lo (to) ya (can) pa (polite suffix) thala (question marker) ※ Verb + lo ya thala is a common structure used to ask for permission.）
Can I touch this?
【116】ဒီဟာက ဘယ်လောက်လဲ。
解説→→（di ha (this) ka (subject marker) baelouk (how much) le (question marker) ※ Baelouk le is used to ask for price or amount.）
How much is this?
【117】ဈေးသက်သာပါတယ်။
解説→→（zay (price) thektha (cheap / reasonable) pa (polite suffix) te (sentence marker) ※ Zay thektha is used to describe affordable or cheap items.）
It is cheap.
【118】ဈေးကြီးပါတယ်။
解説→→（zay (price) kyi (big / high) pa (polite suffix) te (sentence marker) ※ Zay kyi literally means ‘big price’, expressing that something is expensive.）
It is expensive.
【119】ဈေးလျှော့ပေးနိုင်မလား。
解説→→（zay (price) hlyaw (reduce) pe (give) nain (can) mala (could you … ?) ※ Nain mala forms a polite request asking if an action is possible.）
Can you make it cheaper?
【120】ဒီဟာကို ဝယ်ပါမယ်。
解説→→（di ha (this) ko (object marker) wae (buy) pa (polite suffix) mae (future marker) ※ Mae marks future intention, indicating a decision to purchase.）
I will buy this.
【121】ဟင့်အင်း၊ မဝယ်ပါဘူး。
解説→→（hin in (no) ma (not) wae (buy) pa (polite suffix) bu (negative sentence marker) ※ Refusing a purchase using the negative pattern ma + verb + bu.）
No I will not buy it.
【122】အိတ်ကို ရနိုင်မလား。
解説→→（eik (bag) ko (object marker) ya (get) nain (can) mala (could I … ?) ※ Ya nain mala is a polite way to ask ‘Could I get…?’）
Can I have a bag?
【123】အိတ်ကို နောက်တစ်လုံး ရနိုင်မလား。
解説→→（eik (bag) ko (object marker) nauk ta loung (one more) ya (get) nain (can) mala (could I … ?) ※ Nauk ta loung means ‘another one’ or ‘one more’ item.）
Can I have one more bag?
【124】ဗူးထဲ ထည့်ပေးနိုင်မလား。
解説→→（bu (box) htae (inside) htae (put) pe (for me) nain (can) mala (could you … ?) ※ Htae pe nain mala politely requests someone to put an item inside a container.）
Can you put it in a box?
【125】လက်ဆောင်အတွက် ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（letsaung (gift) atwek (for) hpit (be) pa (polite suffix) te (sentence marker) ※ Atwek means ‘for’, expressing target purpose or intended recipient.）
It is for a gift.
【126】ဒါက အသစ် ဖြစ်ပါသလား。
解説→→（da (this) ka (subject marker) athit (new item) hpit (be) pa (polite suffix) thala (question marker) ※ Athit means ‘new’, and combined with hpit forms a question asking if it is new.）
Is this new?
【127】ဒီဟာကို ပြပေးပါ။
解説→→（di ha (this) ko (object marker) pya (show) pe (for me) pa (please) ※ Pe added after pya (show) indicates doing the action as a polite favor.）
Please show me this.
【128】ဒီဟာကို ကိုင်လို့ ရပါသလား。
解説→→（di ha (this) ko (object marker) kain (touch / hold) lo (to) ya (can) pa (polite suffix) thala (question marker) ※ Lo ya thala is appended to verbs to seek permission politely.）
Can I touch this?
【129】တခြားဒီဇိုင်း ရှိပါသလား。
解説→→（tachah (other) dizain (design) shi (have) pa (polite suffix) thala (question marker) ※ Dizain is a borrowed term from English.）
Do you have another design?
【130】ဒါက အစစ် ဖြစ်ပါသလား。
解説→→（da (this) ka (subject marker) achit (real item) hpit (be) pa (polite suffix) thala (question marker) ※ Achit means genuine or real, often asked when shopping for authentic items.）
Is this real?
【131】အတု မဟုတ်ပါဘူးလား。
解説→→（atu (fake) mahok (not be) pa (polite suffix) bu (negative marker) la (question marker) ※ Mahok bu la forms a negative question asking ‘Is it not…?’）
Is it not fake?
【132】အာမခံ ရှိပါသလား。
解説→→（ahmakhan (warranty) shi (have) pa (polite suffix) thala (question marker) ※ Ahmakhan refers to an official warranty, guarantee, or assurance.）
Does it have a warranty?
まとめ
Great job! Practicing these shopping and restaurant phrases is a fantastic way to prepare for real-life interactions in Myanmar. Locals will absolutely love it when you try out these phrases at a market stall or a cozy restaurant. Don’t worry about making mistakes—just save this list, keep listening, and get used to the natural flow of the language. With these essentials in your pocket, you’re all set for a wonderful cultural and culinary adventure! Happy learning, and enjoy your time in Myanmar!
