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Fun fact: This article was originally made for Japanese learners, so you might notice a Japanese period “。” at the end of some Burmese phrases.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】မင်္ဂလာပါ
解説→→（mingalar (greetings) pa (polite particle) ※ A universal Burmese greeting used politely at any time of day.）
Good morning.
【2】မင်္ဂလာပါ
解説→→（mingalar (greetings) pa (polite particle) ※ A polite general greeting suitable for formal or general occasions.）
Hello.
【3】မင်္ဂလာပါ
解説→→（mingalar (greetings) pa (polite particle) ※ Used as a standard polite greeting throughout the day or evening.）
Good evening.
【4】သွားပါဦးမယ်။
解説→→（thwar (go) pa (polite particle) ohn (first) mel (will) ※ Literally means ‘I will go first’, used as a polite departure phrase.）
Goodbye.
【5】ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（kyayzoo (gratitude) tin (express) pa (polite particle) tai (verb ending) ※ The standard expression for thanking someone politely in Burmese.）
Thank you.
【6】ကိစ္စမရှိပါဘူး။
解説→→（keitsa (matter) ma (not) shi (have) pa (polite particle) boo (negative ending) ※ Uses the ma…boo structure to mean ‘there is no problem’.）
You’re welcome.
【7】စိတ်မရှိပါနဲ့။
解説→→（seik (mind) ma (not) shi (have) pa (polite particle) nae (don’t) ※ Literally ‘don’t have it on your mind’, expressing a light apology.）
Excuse me.
【8】တောင်းပန်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（taungpan (apologize) pa (polite particle) tai (verb ending) ※ A formal phrase used to apologize sincerely for mistakes.）
I’m really sorry.
【9】ဂျပန်စကားပြောတတ်သလား။
解説→→（gyapan (Japan) sagar (language) pyaw (speak) tat (can) thalar (question particle) ※ Tat indicates an acquired skill such as speaking a foreign language.）
Do you speak Japanese?
【10】အင်္ဂလိပ်စကားပြောတတ်သလား။
解説→→（aingleik (English) sagar (language) pyaw (speak) tat (can) thalar (question particle) ※ Thalar forms yes-no questions when added to verb stems.）
Do you speak English?
【11】အင်္ဂလိပ်စကားမပြောတတ်ပါဘူး။
解説→→（aingleik (English) sagar (language) ma (not) pyaw (speak) tat (can) pa (polite particle) boo (negative ending) ※ The combination ma…boo negates the verb phrase inside it.）
I don’t speak English.
【12】အင်္ဂလိပ်စာတော်တယ်နော်။
解説→→（aingleiksar (English) taw (good at) tai (verb ending) naw (isn’t it) ※ Naw is a friendly sentence-final particle seeking agreement.）
Your English is great.
【13】နည်းနည်းပဲပြောတတ်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（neinei (a little) pae (only) pyaw (speak) tat (can) pa (polite particle) tai (verb ending) ※ Pae adds emphasis meaning ‘only’ or ‘just’.）
I can speak a little.
【14】နေမကောင်းဘူးလား။
解説→→（nay (feel) ma (not) kaung (good) boo (negative ending) lar (question particle) ※ Nay ma kaung literally means ‘staying not well’, referring to illness.）
Are you sick?
【15】နေမကောင်းပါဘူး။
解説→→（nay (feel) ma (not) kaung (good) pa (polite particle) boo (negative ending) ※ Standard expression used to state that one is unwell.）
I’m sick.
【16】ဂရုစိုက်ပါ။
解説→→（garusaik (take care) pa (polite particle) ※ Adding pa to the verb creates a polite command or suggestion.）
Take care.
【17】ဒီမြို့ကိုကြိုက်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（dee (this) myaw (city) kou (object marker) kyaik (like) pa (polite particle) tai (verb ending) ※ Kou is a particle that marks the direct object of the verb.）
I like this city.
【18】ဒါကိုမကြိုက်ပါဘူး။
解説→→（dar (this) kou (object marker) ma (not) kyaik (like) pa (polite particle) boo (negative ending) ※ Combines object marker kou with negative enclosure ma…boo.）
I don’t like this.
【19】ဒီနိုင်ငံကိုကြိုက်သလား။
解説→→（dee (this) naingngan (country) kou (object marker) kyaik (like) thalar (question particle) ※ Thalar is used at the end of statements to form standard questions.）
Do you like this country?
【20】ညစ်ပတ်တဲ့မြို့ကိုမကြိုက်ပါဘူး။
解説→→（nyitpat (dirty) tae (modifying particle) myaw (city) kou (object marker) ma (not) kyaik (like) pa (polite particle) boo (negative ending) ※ Tae links descriptive verbs to the noun they modify.）
I hate dirty cities.
【21】ငါးစိမ်းကိုမကြိုက်ဘူးလား။
解説→→（ngasain (raw fish) kou (object marker) ma (not) kyaik (like) boo (negative particle) lar (question particle) ※ Ma…boo lar forms a negative question meaning ‘don’t you…?’.）
Do you dislike raw fish?
【22】မိဘက ကျန်းမာပါတယ်။
解説→→（miba (parents) ka (subject marker) kyanmar (healthy) pa (polite particle) tai (verb ending) ※ Ka functions as a subject marker emphasizing ‘parents’.）
My parents are doing well.
【23】ခေါင်းကိုက်နေလို့ ကျန်းမာမပြေပါဘူး။
解説→→（khaung (head) kaik (ache) nay (doing) low (because) kyanmar (health) ma (not) pyae (good) pa (polite particle) boo (negative ending) ※ Low serves as a causal conjunction meaning ‘because’ or ‘so’.）
I have a headache, so I’m not feeling well.
【24】မိဘက ကျန်းမာရဲ့လား။
解説→→（miba (parents) ka (subject marker) kyanmar (healthy) yaelar (question particle) ※ Yaelar is an affectionate question ending used to ask about someone’s well-being.）
Are your parents doing well?
【25】ဟုတ်ကဲ့၊ အဆင်ပြေပါတယ်။
解説→→（houkgae (yes) ahsinpyae (fine) pa (polite particle) tai (verb ending) ※ Ahsinpyae means things are going smoothly or fine.）
Yes, I’m okay.
【26】ဟင့်အင်း၊ အဆင်မပြေပါဘူး။
解説→→（hingaing (no) ahsin (arrangement) ma (not) pyae (smooth) pa (polite particle) boo (negative ending) ※ The negative marker ma goes between compound verb components.）
No, I’m not okay.
【27】အခု အဆင်ပြေရဲ့လား။
解説→→（ahku (now) ahsinpyae (fine) yaelar (question particle) ※ Yaelar gently checks on someone’s current status or health.）
Are you okay right now?
【28】ဒါ နားလည်သလား။
解説→→（dar (this) narlal (understand) thalar (question particle) ※ Narlal literally means ‘ear enters’, used idiomatically for ‘understand’.）
Do you understand this?
【29】ဟင့်အင်း၊ နားမလည်ပါဘူး。
解説→→（hingaing (no) nar (ear) ma (not) lal (enter) pa (polite particle) boo (negative ending) ※ In compound verb narlal, ma is placed in the middle to negate it.）
No, I don’t understand.
【30】ဒီမှာ သိပါတယ်။
解説→→（deemar (here) thi (know) pa (polite particle) tai (verb ending) ※ Deemar denotes location, meaning ‘here’ or ‘in this place’.）
I know this place.
【31】ဟင့်အင်း၊ မသိပါဘူး။
解説→→（hingaing (no) ma (not) thi (know) pa (polite particle) boo (negative ending) ※ A standard negative answer using the ma…boo structure.）
No, I don’t know.
【32】သင် သိသလား။
解説→→（thin (you) thi (know) thalar (question particle) ※ Thin is a personal pronoun for ‘you’, often used in formal speech.）
Do you know?
【33】ဘယ်လို ထင်သလဲ。
解説→→（baeloh (how) thin (think) thalae (question particle) ※ Thalae is used instead of thalar when asking WH-questions.）
What do you think?
【34】အခု အလုပ်ရှုပ်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（ahku (now) alouk (work) shouk (busy) pa (polite particle) tai (verb ending) ※ Alouk shouk literally means ‘work is tangled/busy’.）
I’m busy right now.
【35】မိုးရွာလို့ အဆိုးဆုံးပဲ။
解説→→（mow (rain) ywar (fall) low (because) asohsone (worst) pae (particle) ※ Sone forms superlative adjectives, turning soh (bad) into worst.）
It’s the worst because it’s raining.
【36】ပိုက်ဆံအိတ် ပျောက်သွားလို့ ပင်ပန်းပါတယ်။
解説→→（paiksanate (wallet) pyauk (lose) thwar (go) low (because) pinpan (tough) pa (polite particle) tai (verb ending) ※ Thwar following a verb expresses an irreversible or completed change.）
I lost my wallet, so it’s tough.
【37】ခါးနာပါတယ်။
解説→→（khar (lower back) nar (hurt) pa (polite particle) tai (verb ending) ※ Pairing a body part with nar indicates physical pain there.）
My back hurts.
【38】စကားခက်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（sagar (language) khat (difficult) pa (polite particle) tai (verb ending) ※ Khat describes tasks or subjects that are difficult.）
The language is difficult.
【39】ပြန်ချိန်ဖြစ်လို့ ဝမ်းနည်းပါတယ်။
解説→→（pyan (return) chein (time) phit (become) low (because) wammnee (sad) pa (polite particle) tai (verb ending) ※ Wammnee literally means ‘belly is small’, expressing sadness.）
I’m sad because it’s time to go home.
【40】ဆိုင်က နားရက်ဖြစ်လို့ စိတ်မကောင်းပါဘူး။
解説→→（saing (shop) ka (subject marker) narrak (day off) phit (be) low (because) seikmakaung (disappointed) pa (polite particle) boo (negative ending) ※ Seikmakaung literally means ‘mind is not good’, expressing disappointment.）
It’s a pity that the store is closed.
【41】ညလမ်းက ကြောက်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（nya (night) lan (road) ga (as for) kyauk ba de (am scared) ※ The polite sentence ending ‘ba de’ is attached to the adjective ‘kyauk’ (afraid) in formal speech.）
The street at night is scary.
【42】စကားမနားလည်လို့ စိတ်ပူပါတယ်။
解説→→（saga (language) ma (not) na leh (understand) lo (because) seit pu ba de (am worried) ※ The particle ‘lo’ indicates a reason or cause, functioning like ‘because’ in English.）
I feel anxious because I don’t understand the language.
【43】လမ်းပျောက်နေလို့ ဒုက္ခရောက်နေပါတယ်။
解説→→（lan (road) pyauk (get lost) ne lo (being… because) dukka yauk ne ba de (am in trouble) ※ The word ‘ne’ marks an ongoing action or state, similar to the continuous ‘-ing’ form.）
I’m lost and in trouble.
【44】လေက နေလို့ကောင်းပါတယ်။
解説→→（leh (wind) ga (subject marker) ne lo kaung ba de (feels pleasant) ※ ‘Ne lo kaung’ is a natural expression used to describe feeling comfortable in a place or environment.）
The wind feels good.
【45】ရှုခင်းက အကောင်းဆုံးပဲ။
解説→→（shu gin (scenery) ga (subject marker) a kaung zon (the best) beh (emphasis) ※ Adding the suffix ‘zon’ to an adjective creates the superlative form (‘the most’ or ‘the best’).）
The view is great.
【46】အရမ်း ဝမ်းသာပါတယ်။
解説→→（a yan (very) wan tha ba de (am glad) ※ The intensive adverb ‘a yan’ comes before verbs or adjectives to mean ‘very’ or ‘so’.）
I’m very happy.
【47】အဲဒါက တကယ်လား။
解説→→（e da (that) ga (topic marker) ta geh (really) lah (question marker) ※ Adding the particle ‘lah’ at the end turns a declarative sentence into a question.）
Is that true?
【48】ကျွန်တော်က သံသယရှိပါတယ်။
解説→→（kyandaw (I (male)) ga (topic marker) thanthaya (doubt) shi ba de (have) ※ ‘Kyandaw’ is the pronoun ‘I’ used specifically by male speakers in Burmese.）
I am doubtful.
【49】လိမ်နေတာပဲ။
解説→→（lein (lie) ne da (doing) beh (emphasis) ※ The phrase combines ‘lein’ (to lie) with progressive aspect and an assertive particle for casual emphasis.）
That’s a lie.
【50】အဝတ်က ကြီးပါတယ်။
解説→→（a wet (clothes) ga (subject marker) kyi ba de (is big) ※ Adjectives like ‘kyi’ (big) function directly as verbs in Burmese when paired with polite endings.）
The clothes are big.
【51】ဖိနပ်က သေးပါတယ်။
解説→→（phanat (shoes) ka (subject marker) thei (small) pa de (polite sentence ending) ※ The subject marker ka highlights the shoes, followed by the adjective thei and polite ending pa de.）
The shoes are small.
【52】အစားအပိုင်းက များပါသလား။
解説→→（asa (food) apain (portion) ka (subject marker) myar (much / many) pa tha lar (polite question ending) ※ Asa apain refers to food portion size. Pa tha lar forms polite questions.）
Is the portion of food large?
【53】ကျွန်တော့်အတွက် အပိုင်းက များပါတယ်။
解説→→（kyundaw (my) atwet (for) apain (portion) ka (subject marker) myar (much / many) pa de (polite sentence ending) ※ Kyundaw is used by male speakers for ‘my/me’. Atwet means ‘for’.）
The portion is too much for me.
【54】လူက နည်းပါသလား။
解説→→（lu (people) ka (subject marker) ne (few / small) pa tha lar (polite question ending) ※ Ne means few in quantity. Pa tha lar turns the adjective statement into a question.）
Are there few people?
【55】အစားအပိုင်းက နည်းပါတယ်။
解説→→（asa (food) apain (portion) ka (subject marker) ne (few / small) pa de (polite sentence ending) ※ Ne pa de indicates that the amount or portion size is small.）
The amount of food is small.
【56】ယူသွားဖို့ လေးပါတယ်။
解説→→（yu (take) thwar (go) hpo (to / for) lei (heavy) pa de (polite sentence ending) ※ Yu thwar hpo combines ‘take and go’ with hpo (‘to/for’), meaning ‘to carry around’.）
It’s heavy to carry.
【57】ပစ္စည်းက ပေါ့ပါတယ်။
解説→→（pyi si (luggage / item) ka (topic marker) paw (light) pa de (polite sentence ending) ※ Paw means light in weight. Ka marks pyi si as the topic.）
The luggage is light.
【58】ကျွန်တော်က မဖတ်နိုင်ပါဘူး။
解説→→（kyundaw (I) ka (topic marker) ma (not) phat (read) naing (can) pa bu (polite negative ending) ※ Ma + verb + naing + pa bu expresses impossibility or inability (‘cannot read’). Used by males.）
I cannot read.
【59】ဒီစာကို ဘာသာပြန်လို့ ရမလား。
解説→→（di (this) sar (text) ko (object marker) bar thar pyan (translate) lo (and / by) ya ma lar (is it okay / can I) ※ Verb + lo ya ma lar is a common polite phrase to ask for permission or possibility.）
May I translate this text?
【60】ဒါကို ရှာဖွေထားပါမယ်။
解説→→（dar (this) ko (object marker) shar hway (look up / search) htar (keep / in advance) pa me (polite future ending) ※ Htar after a verb indicates performing an action in advance or keeping it done.）
I will look into this.
【61】ပစ္စည်းကို ရှာဖွေပြီးပြီလား。
解説→→（pyi si (luggage / item) ko (object marker) shar hway (check / search) pyi pyi lar (already finished?) ※ Pyi pyi lar asks whether an action has already been completed.）
Did you check the luggage?
【62】ဒီမှာ ရှိပါတယ်။
解説→→（di mar (here) shi (exist / be) pa de (polite sentence ending) ※ Di mar means ‘here’ and shi expresses existence.）
It is here.
【63】အဲဒီမှာ မရှိပါဘူး。
解説→→（e di mar (there) ma (not) shi (exist) pa bu (polite negative ending) ※ Ma + verb + pa bu is the standard pattern for polite negative statements.）
It is not there.
【64】အဲဒါကို ပြပေးပါ။
解説→→（e dar (that) ko (object marker) pya (show) pay bar (please do for me) ※ Pay bar following a main verb turns it into a polite request.）
Please show me that.
【65】စမတ်ဖုန်းနဲ့ ဘာသာပြန်လို့ ရမလား。
解説→→（sa mat hphone (smartphone) ne (with / using) bar thar pyan (translate) lo (by / to) ya ma lar (is it okay?) ※ Ne marks the tool or means used to perform an action (‘with a smartphone’).）
May I translate this with my smartphone?
【66】ပတ်စပို့က လိုအပ်ပါသလား。
解説→→（pat sa po (passport) ka (subject marker) lo at (need / require) pa tha lar (polite question ending) ※ Lo at means ‘to be necessary’ or ‘to need’.）
Do I need a passport?
【67】ဒါက ကျွန်တော့်ပစ္စည်းပါ။
解説→→（dar (this) ka (subject marker) kyundaw (my) pyi si (luggage / item) pa (polite particle) ※ Kyundaw means ‘my’ when spoken by a male. Pa politely ends noun predicate sentences.）
This is my luggage.
【68】ကျွန်တော့်ပစ္စည်းက မရှိပါဘူး。
解説→→（kyundaw (my) pyi si (luggage / item) ka (subject marker) ma (not) shi (exist) pa bu (polite negative ending) ※ Ma shi pa bu indicates non-existence, meaning something is missing.）
My luggage is missing.
【69】ကျွန်တော့်ပစ္စည်းက ဘယ်မှာလဲ。
解説→→（kyundaw (my) pyi si (luggage / item) ka (topic marker) be mar (where) le (question particle) ※ Be mar le is the basic structure to ask ‘where is…?’）
Where is my luggage?
【70】သတင်းဂေဟာက ဘယ်မှာရှိသလဲ。
解説→→（tha din gay har (information center) ka (topic marker) be mar (where) shi (exist) tha le (question particle) ※ Tha din gay har refers to an information booth or counter.）
I cannot find my luggage.
【71】ကျွန်တော့်ပစ္စည်းက ပျက်သွားပါပြီ。
解説→→（kyundaw (my) pyi si (luggage / item) ka (subject marker) pyek (break / damage) thwar pa pyi (has become) ※ Thwar pa pyi shows a change of state into being broken or damaged.）
My luggage is broken.
【72】လေဆိပ်ကို သွားချင်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（lay seik (airport) ko (to) thwar (go) chin (want to) pa de (polite sentence ending) ※ Verb + chin pa de expresses the speaker’s desire to do something.）
I want to go to the airport.
【73】ဘူတာရုံကို သွားချင်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（bu tar yon (train station) ko (to) thwar (go) chin (want to) pa de (polite sentence ending) ※ Bu tar yon specifies a train station.）
I want to go to the station.
【74】ဟိုတယ်ကို သွားချင်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（ho tei (hotel) ko (to) thwar (go) chin (want to) pa de (polite sentence ending) ※ Ho tei is a loanword for hotel.）
I want to go to the hotel.
【75】တက္ကစီစီးဂိတ်က ဘယ်မှာလဲ。
解説→→（tak si (taxi) si (ride) gate (stand) ka (topic marker) be mar (where) le (question particle) ※ Si gate combines ‘ride’ and ‘gate/stand’ to mean a boarding stop.）
Where is the taxi stand?
【76】ဘတ်စ်ကားစီးဂိတ်က ဘယ်မှာလဲ。
解説→→（bat sa kar (bus) si (ride) gate (stop) ka (topic marker) be mar (where) le (question particle) ※ Bat sa kar si gate refers to a bus stop or terminal.）
Where is the bus stop?
【77】ရထားစီးဂိတ်က ဘယ်မှာလဲ。
解説→→（ya thar (train) si (ride) gate (platform) ka (topic marker) be mar (where) le (question particle) ※ Ya thar si gate refers to the train boarding area or platform.）
Where is the train platform?
【78】ဘတ်စ်ကားက မလာပါဘူး。
解説→→（bat sa kar (bus) ka (subject marker) ma (not) lar (come) pa bu (polite negative ending) ※ Ma + lar + pa bu is the polite negative of ‘to come’.）
The bus is not coming.
【79】ရထားက မလာပါဘူး。
解説→→（ya thar (train) ka (subject marker) ma (not) lar (come) pa bu (polite negative ending) ※ Ya thar means train. Ma…pa bu negates lar (‘come’).）
The train is not coming.
【80】တက္ကစီက မလာပါဘူး。
解説→→（tak si (taxi) ka (subject marker) ma (not) lar (come) pa bu (polite negative ending) ※ Tak si ka ma lar pa bu means the taxi has not arrived yet.）
The taxi is not coming.
【81】ဘယ်တော့လဲ。
解説→→（be daw (when) le (question particle) ※ Be daw is used to ask ‘when’ for events.）
When is it?
【82】နောက် ဘယ်နှစ်မိနစ် စောင့်ရမလဲ。
解説→→（now (more / next) be hnit (how many) mi nit (minutes) sawng (wait) ya ma le (must I / should I) ※ Sawng ya ma le asks ‘how long must/should I wait?’.）
How many minutes should I wait?
【83】တစ်နာရီတောင် စောင့်နေပါပြီ。
解説→→（ta nar yi (one hour) tawn (even / as long as) sawng (wait) nay pa pyi (have been doing) ※ Tawn emphasizes time duration (‘for as long as an hour’).）
I have been waiting for an hour.
【84】မြန်တဲ့ဟာက ကောင်းပါတယ်။
解説→→（myan te (fast) har (one / option) ka (subject marker) kawng (good) pa de (polite sentence ending) ※ Myan te har turns ‘fast’ into a nominalized phrase (‘the fast one’).）
Faster is better.
【85】ဒီကားက မြန်ပါသလား。
解説→→（di (this) kar (car / vehicle) ka (topic marker) myan (fast) pa tha lar (polite question ending) ※ Di kar ka myan pa tha lar asks if this vehicle is fast.）
Is this car fast?
【86】နှေးလည်း ကိစ္စမရှိပါဘူး。
解説→→（hne (slow) le (even if) keik sa ma shi pa bu (no problem) ※ Hne le means ‘even if slow’. Keik sa ma shi pa bu means ‘it doesn’t matter’.）
It doesn’t matter if it’s slow.
【87】ဘတ်စ်ကားနဲ့ နှေးပါသလား。
解説→→（bat sa kar (bus) ne (by / with) hne (slow) pa tha lar (polite question ending) ※ Ne marks transportation mode (‘by bus’).）
Is it slow by bus?
【88】ဒီမှာကနေ ဝေးပါတယ်နော်။
解説→→（di mar (here) ka ne (from) way (far) pa de (polite sentence ending) naw (right?) ※ Naw at the end of a sentence seeks listener agreement (‘isn’t it?’).）
It’s far from here.
【89】ဒီဟိုတယ်ကနေ ဝေးပါသလား。
解説→→（di (this) ho tei (hotel) ka ne (from) way (far) pa tha lar (polite question ending) ※ Ka ne means ‘from’. Di ho tei ka ne means ‘from this hotel’.）
Is it far from this hotel?
【90】ဒီမှာကနေ နီးပါတယ်နော်。
解説→→（di mar (here) ka ne (from) ni (near) pa de (polite sentence ending) naw (right?) ※ Ni means near or close in distance.）
It’s close to here.
【91】ဒီဟိုတယ်ရဲ့ နီးနီးမှာလား。
解説→→（di (this) ho tei (hotel) ye (of) ni ni mar (nearby) lar (question particle) ※ Ni ni mar means ‘in the close vicinity of’.）
Is it near this hotel?
【92】လမ်းလျှောက်သွားနိုင်ပါသလား。
解説→→（lam hsyaw (walk) thwar (go) naing (can) pa tha lar (polite question ending) ※ Lam hsyaw thwar means ‘go on foot’. Naing asks about capability.）
Can I walk there?
【93】ABC အထိ သွားချင်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（ABC (ABC) a hti (up to / until) thwar (go) chin (want to) pa de (polite sentence ending) ※ A hti marks destination limit (‘up to ABC’).）
I want to go to ABC.
【94】ဒီမှာကနေ နီးပါသလား。
解説→→（di mar (here) ka ne (from) ni (near) pa tha lar (polite question ending) ※ Di mar ka ne specifies starting point ‘from here’.）
Is it close from here?
【95】ဘယ်လောက် အချိန်ကြာသလဲ。
解説→→（be lowk (how much) a hchein (time) kyar (take time) tha le (question particle) ※ Be lowk a hchein kyar tha le asks for required time duration.）
How long does it take?
【96】အဲဒီအထိ ဘယ်လောက် ကျသလဲ。
解説→→（e di (there) a hti (up to / to) be lowk (how much) kya (cost) tha le (question particle) ※ Kya in monetary context means ‘to cost’ or ‘amount to’.）
How much does it cost to get there?
【97】ဈေးကြီးပါတယ်။
解説→→（zay (price) kyi (high / big) pa de (polite sentence ending) ※ Zay kyi literally means ‘big price’, meaning expensive.）
The price is high.
【98】ဈေးပေါပါတယ်။
解説→→（zay (price) paw (cheap) pa de (polite sentence ending) ※ Zay paw means cheap or inexpensive.）
It’s cheap.
【99】နည်းနည်း ဈေးကြီးပါတယ်နော်။
解説→→（ne ne (a little) zay (price) kyi (expensive) pa de (polite sentence ending) naw (isn’t it?) ※ Ne ne softens the statement (‘a bit expensive’).）
It’s a bit expensive.
【100】ဈေးလျှော့ပေးနိုင်မလား。
解説→→（zay (price) hlyaw (reduce) pay (give) naing ma lar (can you) ※ Hlyaw pay naing ma lar is a standard request for a price discount.）
Can you make it cheaper?
【101】စီးဂိတ်က ဘယ်မှာရှိသလဲ။
解説→→（si get (boarding gate) ka (subject marker) bae hma (where) shi (be located) tha lae (question particle) ※ Use ‘tha lae’ at the end of WH-questions in formal speech.）
Where is the boarding area?
【102】ဒီကနေ အနီးဆုံးဘူတာက ဘယ်မှာလဲ။
解説→→（di ka ne (from here) a ni sone (nearest) bu ta (station) ka (topic marker) bae hma (where) lae (question particle) ※ The suffix ‘-sone’ attaches to an adjective to form the superlative degree.）
Where is the nearest station?
【103】အောက်မြေရထားဘူတာက ဘယ်မှာလဲ။
解説→→（auk myae ya htar (subway) bu ta (station) ka (topic marker) bae hma (where) lae (question particle) ※ ‘Auk myae ya htar’ literally translates to ‘underground train’.）
Where is the subway station?
【104】ဒီရထားက ABC ကို သွားသလား။
解説→→（di (this) ya htar (train) ka (subject marker) ABC (ABC) ko (to) thwar (go) tha lar (question particle) ※ Attach ‘tha lar’ to the verb stem to form polite yes/no questions.）
Does this train go to ABC?
【105】ဒီဘတ်စ်ကားက ABC ကို သွားသလား。
解説→→（di (this) bat kar (bus) ka (subject marker) ABC (ABC) ko (to) thwar (go) tha lar (question particle) ※ The particle ‘ko’ marks the destination of movement verbs like ‘thwar’ (go).）
Does this bus go to ABC?
【106】ပြောင်းစီးဖို့ လိုအပ်ပါသလား။
解説→→（pyaung si (transfer) pho (to) lo at (be necessary) pa (polite particle) tha lar (question particle) ※ Combining ‘pho’ with ‘lo at’ creates the phrase ‘is it necessary to’.）
Do I need to transfer?
【107】ဘယ်မှာ ပြောင်းစီးရမလဲ။
解説→→（bae hma (where) pyaung si (transfer) ya (must) ma lae (question particle) ※ The auxiliary verb ‘ya’ expresses obligation or necessity (‘have to’).）
Where do I transfer?
【108】နောက်မှာ ဆင်းပါမယ်။
解説→→（naut hma (at next stop) hsin (get off) pa mae (will) ※ ‘Hsin’ is the verb used for getting off vehicles.）
I will get off at the next stop.
【109】ဒီမှာ ဆင်းပါမယ်။
解説→→（di hma (here) hsin (get off) pa mae (will) ※ Use ‘di hma’ to specify ‘here’ as the location of an action.）
I will get off here.
【110】တံခါးကို ဖွင့်ပေးပါ။
解説→→（ta gar (door) ko (object marker) hwin (open) pae (for someone) pa (polite marker) ※ Adding ‘pae’ after a verb expresses doing a favor for someone.）
Please open the door.
【111】လက်မှတ် ပျောက်သွားပါပြီ။
解説→→（lat hmat (ticket) pyauk (be lost) thwar (completion marker) pa byi (completed action marker) ※ ‘Thwar’ after a verb often indicates an irreversible or undesirable result.）
I lost my ticket.
【112】ဒီပိုက်ဆံနဲ့ လုံလောက်ရဲ့လား。
解説→→（di (this) paik san (money) nae (with) lone lauk (be enough) yeat lar (question particle) ※ ‘Yeat lar’ is used at sentence end to confirm a state or situation.）
Is this enough money?
【113】ပိုက်ဆံ မရှိပါဘူး。
解説→→（paik san (money) ma (not) shi (have) pa bu (negative ending) ※ Standard Burmese negation wraps around the verb with ‘ma-‘ before and ‘-pa bu’ after.）
I don’t have any money.
【114】ခရက်ဒစ်ကတ် သုံးလို့မရပါဘူး
解説→→（kha re dit kat (credit card) thone (use) lo (verb connector) ma (not) ya (can) pa bu (negative ending) ※ The pattern ‘lo ma ya pa bu’ means ‘cannot’ or ‘it is not possible to’.）
My credit card doesn’t work.
【115】စက္ကူပိုက်ဆံနဲ့ ပေးလို့ရမလား。
解説→→（sat ku paik san (cash) nae (with) pae (pay) lo (verb connector) ya (can) ma lar (question particle) ※ Ask ‘lo ya ma lar?’ to politely check if an action is allowed.）
Can I pay with cash?
【116】ကားနဲ့ သွားပါမယ်။
解説→→（kar (car) nae (by) thwar (go) pa mae (will) ※ The particle ‘nae’ indicates the means or instrument used for travel.）
I will go by car.
【117】ရထားနဲ့ သွားပါမယ်။
解説→→（ya htar (train) nae (by) thwar (go) pa mae (will) ※ End a sentence with ‘pa mae’ to politely express a future intention.）
I will go by train.
【118】ဒါပေမဲ့ လမ်းလျှောက်သွားပါမယ်။
解説→→（dar bae mae (actually) lam shauk (walk) thwar (go) pa mae (will) ※ ‘Lam shauk’ specifically means ‘to walk on foot’.）
On second thought, I will walk.
【119】အဆင်ပြေပါတယ်၊ အချိန်မီပါတယ်။
解説→→（a sin pyae (fine) pa dae (statement ending) a chein (time) mi (be on time) pa dae (statement ending) ※ ‘A chein mi’ means to arrive or finish on time.）
It’s fine, I will make it in time.
【120】၁၁ နာရီမှာ အချိန်မမီပါဘူး။
解説→→（se et (11) na yi (o’clock) hma (at) a chein (time) ma (not) mi (be on time) pa bu (negative ending) ※ ‘Hma’ attaches to a specific time expression to mean ‘at’.）
I won’t make it by 11:00.
【121】၉ နာရီမှာ အချိန်မီပါသလား။
解説→→（ko (9) na yi (o’clock) hma (at) a chein (time) mi (be on time) pa tha lar (question particle) ※ Use ‘pa tha lar’ to ask polite yes/no questions.）
Can I make it by 9:00?
【122】၁၂ နာရီ ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（se hne (12) na yi (o’clock) hpyit (be) pa dae (statement ending) ※ ‘Hpyit pa dae’ functions as a polite assertion (‘it is’).）
It is 12 o’clock.
【123】နောက် ၁၀ မိနစ်ပဲ လိုပါတော့တယ်။
解説→→（naut (more) ta se (10) mi nit (minutes) bae (only) lo (remain) pa (polite particle) taw (now) dae (statement particle) ※ The particle ‘bae’ adds the limiting nuance of ‘only’ or ‘just’.）
Ten more minutes.
【124】ဘယ်လောက်မိနစ် နောက်မှာလဲ。
解説→→（bae lauk (how many) mi nit (minutes) naut hma (later) lae (question particle) ※ ‘Bae lauk’ asks about quantities or durations.）
How many minutes later?
【125】နောက် ဘယ်လောက်မိနစ်မှာ ရောက်မလဲ။
解説→→（naut (more) bae lauk (how many) mi nit (minutes) hma (in) yauk (arrive) ma lae (question particle) ※ ‘Ma lae’ forms future questions with question words like ‘bae lauk’.）
In how many minutes will we arrive?
【126】ဘယ်လောက်နာရီ ကြာမလဲ。
解説→→（bae lauk (how many) na yi (hours) chya (take time) ma lae (question particle) ※ The verb ‘chya’ means ‘to take time’ or ‘to last’.）
How many hours later?
【127】လမ်းပျောက်သွားပါပြီ။
解説→→（lam (road) pyauk (be lost) thwar (completion marker) pa byi (completed action marker) ※ ‘Lam pyauk’ is the standard Burmese idiom for losing one’s way.）
I am lost.
【128】ဒီမှာ ဘယ်မှာလဲဆိုတာ မသိပါဘူး။
解説→→（di hma (here) bae hma (where) lae (question particle) so dar (that) ma (not) thi (know) pa bu (negative ending) ※ ‘So dar’ turns an embedded question into a nominal clause (‘where it is’).）
I don’t know where I am.
【129】ဒီကို သွားနည်းကို ပြောပြနိုင်မလား。
解説→→（di ko (to here) thwar nei (how to go) ko (object marker) pyaw pya (tell) nine (can) ma lar (question particle) ※ Adding ‘-nei’ to a verb forms a noun phrase meaning ‘how to [verb]’.）
Could you tell me how to get here?
【130】ဒီမြေပုံပေါ်မှာ ရေးပေးပါ။
解説→→（di (this) myae bone (map) paw hma (on) yei (write) pae (for me) pa (polite marker) ※ The compound postposition ‘paw hma’ means ‘on’ or ‘on top of’.）
Please write it on this map.
【131】ရှေ့တည့်တည့်ကို သွားပါ။
解説→→（shae (ahead) tet tet (straight) ko (to) thwar (go) pa (polite marker) ※ ‘Shae tet tet’ combines ‘front’ and ‘straight’ to mean ‘straight ahead’.）
Please go straight.
【132】ညာဘက်ကို ကွေ့ပါ။
解説→→（nya bet (right side) ko (to) kway (turn) pa (polite marker) ※ ‘Nya bet’ translates to ‘right side’ or ‘right’.）
Please turn right.
【133】ဘယ်ဘက်ကို ကွေ့ပါ။
解説→→（bae bet (left side) ko (to) kway (turn) pa (polite marker) ※ ‘Bae bet’ translates to ‘left side’ or ‘left’.）
Please turn left.
【134】ဒီမှာ ရပ်ပေးပါ။
解説→→（di hma (here) yat (stop) pae (for me) pa (polite marker) ※ Use ‘yat’ when instructing a driver to stop a vehicle.）
Please stop here.
【135】ဒီမှာပါ၊ ရောက်ပါပြီ။
解説→→（di hma (here) pa (polite particle) yauk (arrive) pa byi (completed action marker) ※ ‘Yauk pa byi’ signals that you have reached the destination.）
Here it is, we have arrived.
【136】မရောက်သေးပါဘူးလား。
解説→→（ma (not) yauk (arrive) thei (yet) pa bu (negative ending) lar (question particle) ※ The adverb ‘thei’ means ‘yet’ when paired with negative verbs.）
Haven’t we arrived yet?
【137】လွန်သွားလို့ ပြန်သွားပေးပါ။
解説→→（lun (pass by) thwar (completion marker) lo (because) pyan (back) thwar (go) pae (for me) pa (polite marker) ※ ‘Lo’ acts as a causal conjunction meaning ‘because’ or ‘so’.）
We passed it, so please go back.
【138】လမ်းဝေးအောင် မသွားပါနဲ့။
解説→→（lam (way) way (far) aung (so as to) ma (don’t) thwar (go) pa nai (negative imperative) ※ ‘Ma … pa nai’ forms a negative command (‘don’t do…’).）
Please don’t take a detour.
【139】ရှေ့တည့်တည့်ကို သွားပေးပါ။
解説→→（shae (ahead) tet tet (straight) ko (to) thwar (go) pae (for me) pa (polite marker) ※ Adding ‘pae’ makes instructions sound more polite and gentle.）
Please keep going straight.
【140】အခကြေးငွေက အရမ်းကြီးလွန်းပါတယ်။
解説→→（a kha kyay ngwe (fare) ka (subject marker) a yam (very) kyi (high) lone (too much) pa dae (statement ending) ※ The suffix ‘-lone’ conveys an excess of degree (‘too much’).）
The fare is too high!
【141】မတိုင်မီ ကြားခဲ့တဲ့ ပိုက်ဆံနဲ့ မတူပါဘူး။
解説→→（ma taing mi (beforehand) char (hear) khae (past marker) tae (modifier marker) paik san (price) nae (with) ma (not) tu (match) pa bu (negative ending) ※ ‘Nae ma tu pa bu’ means ‘is different from’.）
It is different from the amount I heard before.
【142】လမ်းဝေးအောင် သွားခဲ့သလား。
解説→→（lam (way) way (far) aung (so as to) thwar (go) khae (past marker) tha lar (question particle) ※ The particle ‘khae’ highlights that the action took place in the past.）
Did you take a detour?
【143】အပြန်ပိုက်ဆံက မတူပါဘူး。
解説→→（a pyan paik san (change) ka (subject marker) ma (not) tu (match) pa bu (negative ending) ※ ‘A pyan paik san’ specifically means returned money or change.）
The change is wrong.
【144】ကားထဲမှာ ပစ္စည်း မေ့ခဲ့ပါတယ်။
解説→→（kar (car) hte hma (inside) pyit si (item) may (forget) khae (left behind marker) pa dae (statement ending) ※ ‘Khae’ after a verb can indicate leaving something behind.）
I left something in the vehicle.
【145】အိတ်ကို တက္ကစီမှာ မေ့ခဲ့ပါတယ်။
解説→→（eik (bag) ko (object marker) tet si (taxi) hma (in) may (forget) khae (left behind marker) pa dae (statement ending) ※ Use ‘may khae’ to express leaving an item behind somewhere.）
I left my bag in the taxi.
【146】ဖုန်းကို ရထားမှာ မေ့ခဲ့ပါတယ်။
解説→→（phone (phone) ko (object marker) ya htar (train) hma (on) may (forget) khae (left behind marker) pa dae (statement ending) ※ The particle ‘hma’ marks the location where the item was forgotten.）
I left my phone on the train.
【147】ဘယ်လို လုပ်ရင် ကောင်းမလဲ。
解説→→（bae lo (how) lote (do) yin (if) kaung (good) ma lae (question particle) ※ The structure ‘-yin kaung ma lae’ is used when asking for advice.）
What should I do?
【148】ဘယ်ကို သွားရင် ကောင်းမလဲ。
解説→→（bae (where) ko (to) thwar (go) yin (if) kaung (good) ma lae (question particle) ※ Use ‘bae ko thwar yin kaung ma lae’ to ask where you should head.）
Where should I go?
【149】ဘယ်သူ့ကို မေးရင် ကောင်းမလဲ。
解説→→（bae thu (whom) ko (object marker) may (ask) yin (if) kaung (good) ma lae (question particle) ※ ‘Bae thu’ means ‘who’ and takes object marker ‘ko’ when targeted.）
Who should I ask?
【150】မှားပြီး လက်မှတ်ကို ဝယ်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။
解説→→（hmar (make mistake) pyi (and) lat hmat (ticket) ko (object marker) wai (buy) khae (past marker) pa dae (statement ending) ※ The particle ‘pyi’ links the initial mistake to the main action ‘bought’.）
I bought the wrong ticket.
【151】ပြောင်းစီးနေရာကို မှားသွားပါပြီ။
解説→→（pyaungsi (transfer) neya (place) ko (object marker) hma (mistake) thwa (go / end up) pabi (polite completed state) ※ The combination ‘thwa pabi’ after a verb indicates an accidental or irreversible action.）
I made a mistake about where to transfer.
【152】စီးလွန်သွားပါပြီ။
解説→→（si (ride) lun (exceed / pass) thwa (go / end up) pabi (polite completed state) ※ The word ‘lun’ means to pass or exceed, used here for riding past a stop.）
I missed my stop.
【153】ဖျက်သိမ်းလို့ ရမလား။
解説→→（hpyatthein (cancel) lo (to) ya (can) malah (question marker) ※ ‘Lo ya malah?’ is a common pattern used to ask for permission or possibility.）
Can I cancel?
【154】ပိုက်ဆံပြန်ပေးလို့ ရမလား。
解説→→（paiksan (money) pyanpe (give back) lo (to) ya (can) malah (question marker) ※ ‘Pyan pe’ means to give back, forming the expression for asking for a refund.）
Can I get a refund?
【155】ထိုင်ခုံအကုန် ပြည့်နေပါတယ်။
解説→→（htainghkon (seat) akon (all) pye (full) ne (continuous state) pade (polite sentence ending) ※ ‘Pye ne pade’ indicates that something is currently fully occupied.）
The seats are full.
【156】ကြိုတင်မှတ်ထားတဲ့ ထိုင်ခုံမှာ တစ်ယောက်ယောက် ထိုင်နေပါတယ်။
解説→→（kyotein (in advance) hmat (reserve) hta (keep) te (modifier suffix) htainghkonhma (in seat) tahayawkhyawkh (someone) htaing (sit) ne (continuous state) pade (polite sentence ending) ※ ‘Hta’ attached to a verb indicates a prepared or lingering state.）
Someone is sitting in my reserved seat.
【157】ဒီမှာက ကျွန်တော်၏ ထိုင်ခုံ ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။
解説→→（dihmaka (here) kyanaw-e (my (male)) htainghkon (seat) hpit (be) pade (polite sentence ending) ※ ‘Kyanaw’ is the male pronoun for ‘I’, and ‘e’ is a formal possessive marker.）
This is my seat.
まとめ
How did it go? Learning a new language through listening is one of the fastest ways to get used to the natural rhythm and pronunciation of Burmese. Don’t worry if you can’t catch everything right away—the key is repetition. Try saving this list and playing the phrases over and over until they feel natural. By mastering these essentials for greetings and transit, your next journey through Myanmar will be much smoother and more rewarding. Keep practicing, and enjoy your Burmese learning journey!
