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Most Common Burmese Words
ááźááşááŹááŹááŹ
Essential Burmese vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| áá° | person | LU |
| ááááşá¸á | woman | MAIN-ma |
| áááąá¸ | child | ka-LAY |
| áĄáááş | house | AIN |
| ááą | water | YAY |
| áĄá Ꮰ| food | a-SA |
| ááźáą | land / earth | MYAY |
| áááşáááş | sea | pin-LAY |
| ááąáŹááş | mountain | TAUNG |
| ááąáŹáá áşááąáŹ | forest | TAUT-thi-tau |
| ááą | sun / day | NAY |
| ááááş | night | nya-BEK |
| ááąáˇ | day | NAY |
| ááááŹá¸á ᯠ| family | mi-THA-zu |
| ááŹááŹá ááŹá¸ | language | BA-tha-za-GA |
| ááťá áşááźááşá¸ | love | chit-CHING |
| ááąá¸ááŽá | music | TAY-gi-ta |
| ááźáááşá¸ááťááşá¸ááąá¸ | peace | nyain-CHAN-yay |
| áážááŻáśá¸ | heart | hna-LONE |
| áážá áş | year | HNIT |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| áá˝áŹá¸áááş | to go | THWA-the |
| ááŹáááş | to come | LA-the |
| á áŹá¸áááş | to eat | SA-the |
| ááąáŹááşáááş | to drink | THAUT-the |
| áĄáááşáááş | to sleep | AIT-the |
| ááźááşáááş | to see | MYIN-the |
| ááźáŹá¸áááş | to hear | JA-the |
| ááźáąáŹáááş | to speak | PYAW-the |
| ááźá áşáááş | to be | PHYIT-the |
| ááťá áşáááş | to love | CHIT-the |
| áĄááŻááşááŻááşáááş | to work | a-lut-LUT-the |
| ááąá¸áááş | to give | PAY-the |
| áá°áááş | to take | YU-the |
| ááźááˇáşáááş | to look | JI-the |
| áá˝áąá¸áááş | to think | TWAY-the |
| ááŹá¸áááşáááş | to understand | na-LAY-the |
| áááşáááş | to stand | YAT-the |
| áááŻááşáááş | to sit | HTAIN-the |
| ááźáąá¸áááş | to run | PYAY-the |
| áá áŹá¸áááş | to play | ka-ZA-the |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| ááźáŽá¸ | big / great | JI |
| ááąá¸ | small | THAY |
| ááąáŹááşá¸ | good | KAUNG |
| áááąáŹááşá¸ | bad | ma-KAUNG |
| áĄáá áş | new | a-THIT |
| ááąáŹááşá¸ | old | HAUNG |
| áĄááźá° | white | a-PHYU |
| áĄáááş | black | a-NET |
| áĄáᎠ| red | a-NI |
| áĄááźáŹ | blue | a-PYA |
| áážááş | long | SHAY |
| ááᯠ| short | TO |
| ááąá¸ | heavy | LAY |
| ááąáŤáˇ | light / easy | PAW |
| ááźááş | fast | MYAN |
| áážáąá¸ | slow | HNAY |
| áááŻááşáᏠ| strong | KHAIN-ma |
| áá° | hot | PU |
| áĄáąá¸ | cold | AY |
| ááž | beautiful | HLA |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| ááᯠ| now | ya-KHU |
| áááąáˇá | yesterday | ma-NAY-ga |
| ááááşááźááş | tomorrow | ma-NET-phyan |
| ááŽáážáŹ | here | DI-hma |
| áááŻáážáŹ | there | HO-hma |
| ááŻááşáá˛áˇ | yes | hut-KAY |
| áááŻááşáá°á¸ | no / not | ma-HUT-bu |
| áááşá¸ | also / too | LAY |
| áááŻáˇááąáŹáş | but / however | THO-thau |
| áážááˇáş | and / with | HNIN |
| áĄáá˝ááş | very | a-LWUN |
| áááşá¸áááşá¸ | a little | NAY-NAY |
| áĄááźá˛ | always | a-MYAY |
| áááşááąáŹáˇááž á | never | beh-TAW-hma ma |
| áááźáŹáááźáŹ | often | ma-JA-ma-ja |
| áá áşááŤáá áşááś | sometimes | tit-KHA-tit-yan |
| ááźáŽá¸ááŹá¸ | already | PYI-THA |
| ááąá¸ááąá¸ | still / yet | THAY-thay |
| áááŻáˇááźáąáŹááˇáş | therefore / so | THO-jauN |
| ááźá áşáááŻááşáááş | perhaps / maybe | PHYIT-NAIN-day |