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Introduction

Welcome to the "Complete 0 to A1 Burmese Course"! In this lesson, you will learn the basic structure of simple sentences in Burmese, including subject-verb-object order and how to form questions.

If you are a beginner to the Burmese language, this lesson is perfect for you. It will provide a solid foundation for your language learning journey.

Let's get started!

With the completion of this lesson, consider investigating these related pages: Give your Opinion & Plurals.

Subject-Verb-Object Order

In Burmese, the basic sentence structure is Subject-Verb-Object (SVO). This means that the subject of the sentence comes first, followed by the verb, and then the object. For example:

Burmese	Pronunciation	English Translation
ခေါင်း	kaung	He/She/It
ကျွန်တော်	kyawn-daw	is eating
ပဲ	pe	rice
ဖြစ်သည်။	pyet-thin	.
ခေါင်း ကျွန်တော် ပဲ ဖြစ်သည်။	kaung kyawn-daw pe pyet-thin	He/She/It is eating rice.

As you can see in the example above, the sentence structure in Burmese is quite straightforward. Here are a few more examples:

Burmese	Pronunciation	English Translation
ကျောင်းသို့	kyaw-ngu-thay	To school
သင့်	ning	You
သွားပါ။	h-twah-ba	go.
ကျောင်းသို့ သင့် သွားပါ။	kyaw-ngu-thay ning h-twah-ba	You go to school.
ကြည့်ရှုရန်	kyany-sho yan	To drink
မိတ်ဆွေ	mit-sway	Water
ပိတ်ပင်ထားပါ။	pet-pyin-tar-ba	Please.
ကြည့်ရှုရန် မိတ်ဆွေ ပိတ်ပင်ထားပါ။	kyany-sho yan mit-sway pet-pyin-tar-ba	Please give me water to drink.

Forming Questions

To form a question in Burmese, you simply add the word မဟုတ်ဘူး (ma-hote bu) at the end of a sentence. This word means "right?" or "isn't it?" For example:

Burmese	Pronunciation	English Translation
ချင်းစီး ရှာပါ။	chinn-sei sha-ba	You like tea.
ချင်းစီး ရှာပါ မဟုတ်ဘူး။	chinn-sei sha-ba ma-hote bu	You like tea, right?

If you want to ask a "wh-" question (who, what, when, where, why, how), you simply add the relevant word at the beginning of the sentence, followed by the rest of the sentence in SVO order. Here are a few examples:

Burmese	Pronunciation	English Translation
အရေးကြီးပြုတ်တဲ့ လူ ဘယ်လိုချင်းလဲ။	a-ye gyi-pyu-tat-tae lu-be-jor-lo chinn-lar	What kind of person do you want to be?
နောက်ထပ် မှာယူနိုင်သလို။	naw-kaht htat-yu-nin sa-lor	Where can I get it?
ဘယ်စားလဲ။	be-jar-sal-lar	What are you eating?
ဘယ်ရုံးကို လိုချင်တော့မလဲ။	be-jor-yone-ko lo-chin-taw-maw-lar-ma	Which place do you want to go?

Conclusion

In this lesson, you have learned the basic structure of simple sentences in Burmese, including subject-verb-object order and how to form questions.

Remember that the Burmese language is quite straightforward, but it uses its own unique script. If you haven't already, be sure to learn the script and practice writing it to help you learn the language more quickly.

Practice using the examples in this lesson to form your own simple sentences and questions. You will be speaking Burmese with ease in no time!

Finished this lesson? Check out these related lessons: Irregular Verbs & Nouns and Pronouns.

Table of Contents - Burmese Course - 0 to A1

Course Presentation

Greetings and Introductions

Sentence Structure

Numbers and Dates

Verbs and Tenses

Common Activities

Adjectives and Adverbs

Food and Drink

Burmese Customs and Etiquette

Prepositions and Conjunctions

Travel and Transportation

Festivals and Celebrations

Other Lessons

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