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Introduction

Welcome to the "Complete 0 to A1 Burmese Course"! In this lesson, we will focus on introducing yourself and asking someone's name in Burmese, along with basic phrases for meeting new people. This is an essential lesson as it is the starting point for most conversations. You will learn how to greet others politely and introduce yourself with confidence.

Basic Greetings

Before we dive into introducing yourself, let's start with basic greetings in Burmese. It is crucial to understand and use these greetings for starting conversations and showing respect to others.

Common Greetings in Burmese

Here are some of the most common greetings in Burmese:

Burmese	Pronunciation	English
မင်္ဂလာပါ (mingalar ba)	[miŋɡəlà ba]	Hello/good morning
နေ့လည်ပါ (nei la ba)	[nè:lá ba]	Good afternoon
ညေနေပါတယ် (naynay pathe)	[nèi̯ɲèi̯ pʰətʰɛ̀]	Good night
ကော်လံမှာတော့မယ် (kawlawm hmar tau may)	[kaʊʔlàʊɴ m̥áʊðɛ́ mɛ̀]	How are you?
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ် (chau zu tin pa te)	[tɕáʊ zù tɪ̀ɴ pʰətʰɛ̀]	I'm fine, thank you
သွားသွားရွှေ့ပါ (swar swar shwe ba)	[sʰwà sʰwà ʃwè pʰətʰɛ̀]	Bye

Introducing Yourself

Now that we have covered basic greetings let's move on to introducing yourself. One of the first things you might want to do when meeting someone new is to introduce yourself. It's polite to tell them your name and ask for theirs.

Introducing Yourself in Burmese

To say "My name is" in Burmese, you would say "ကျွန်တော့် အမည်ဖြစ်ပါတယ်" (chone taw ei mae pyaw ba te).

Let's break that down:

- ကျွန်တော့် (chone taw ei): This means "I" or "me" in Burmese. - အမည် (mae): This is the word for "name" in Burmese. - ဖြစ်ပါတယ် (pyaw ba te): This is a polite way of saying "is" in Burmese.

So "ကျွန်တော့် အမည်ဖြစ်ပါတယ်" (chone taw ei mae pyaw ba te) translates to "My name is".

Here is an example dialogue you can use:

- A: မင်္ဂလာပါ ကျွန်တော့် အမည်ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ (mingalar ba chone taw ei mae pyaw ba te) - Hello, my name is... - B: နာမည်လေးကို မှတ်ပါ။ (namae lei ko hmat) - Please tell me your name - A: ကျွန်တော့်အမည်ရှိ ပါ။ (chone taw ei mae sho ba) - My name is ...

Asking Someone's Name in Burmese

To ask someone's name in Burmese, you would say "နာမည်လေးကို မှတ်ပါ" (namae lei ko hmat).

Let's break that down:

- နာမည် (namae): This means "name" in Burmese. - လေး (lei): This is a colloquial word for "you" in Burmese. - ကို (ko): This is used as an object marker in Burmese. It indicates that the speaker is referring to the person being addressed. - မှတ်ပါ (hmat): This means "please tell me" or "I would like to know" in Burmese.

So "နာမည်လေးကို မှတ်ပါ" (namae lei ko hmat) translates to "Please tell me your name".

Here is an example dialogue you can use:

- A: မင်္ဂလာပါ။ (mingalar ba) - Hello - B: မင်္ဂလာပါ။ (mingalar ba) - Hello - A: ကျွန်တော့်နာမည်လေးကို မှတ်ပါ။ (chone taw ei namae lei ko hmat) - What is your name? - B: အခြေအနေ [pronunciation of their name] ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ (akhya ane [their name] pyaw ba te) - My name is [their name]

Other Useful Phrases for Introducing Yourself

Here are some other useful phrases for introducing yourself in Burmese:

- မင်းက ဘာတွေလဲ (min ga bahtway le) - What are your hobbies? - သင်တို့ ကြိုဆိုပါသလား (sing lay ko zu soe hmat lar) - Where are you from? - ဘယ်လို အလှံုးမလုပ်ချင်သလဲ (beh lei ou ahlham malup chet hmat lar) - What is your occupation?

Conclusion

Congratulations, you have learned the basics of introducing yourself in Burmese! By practicing these phrases, you will be able to greet others and introduce yourself with ease. In the next lesson, we will focus on the structure of simple sentences in Burmese. Keep learning!

Table of Contents - Burmese Course - 0 to A1

• Course Presentation

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Greetings and Introductions

• Basic Greetings
• Introducing Yourself

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Sentence Structure

• Simple Sentences
• Nouns and Pronouns

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Numbers and Dates

• Numbers 1-10
• Days of the Week

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Verbs and Tenses

• Regular Verbs
• Irregular Verbs

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Common Activities

• Daily Routines
• Hobbies and Interests

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Adjectives and Adverbs

• Describing People and Things
• Expressing Manner and Frequency

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Food and Drink

• Meals and Dining
• Ordering at a Restaurant

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Burmese Customs and Etiquette

• Greetings and Politeness
• Visiting a Burmese Home

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Prepositions and Conjunctions

• Location and Direction
• Connecting Ideas

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Travel and Transportation

• Modes of Transportation
• Asking for Directions

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Festivals and Celebrations

• Burmese New Year
• Other Important Festivals

Related Lessons

• Greetings
• Hobbies and Interests
• Numbers 1 10
• Clothes
• Modes of Transportation
• Health
• Cardinal Directions
• Express Surprise
• Colors

Sources

• Learn Burmese Language - Introduce yourself - YouTube
• Describing yourself in Burmese
• Burmese Phrases: Self Introduction 5 (What do you do?) I am a ...