Burmese

တာ့တာ is the Burmese way to say bye. တာ့တာ is a short way to say goodbye.

In Burmese, ‘darling’ is expressed as အချစ်. The term is used as an affectionate term of address for someone who is very dear to you.

To say “happy birthday” in Burmese, use မွေးနေ့မှာ ပျော်ရွှင်ပါစေ.

The English phrase “common words” is translated into Burmese as အသုံးများသော စကားလုံးများ.

The English phrase “ok” can be expressed in Burmese as ဟုတ်ကဲ့.

The Burmese word for wife is ဇနီး. Both forms are used to refer to a female partner in a marriage.

The Burmese word for girlfriend is ရည်းစား. ရည်းစား is used to refer to a female partner in a romantic relationship. This Burmese term is gender-neutral.

To say ‘sit down’ in Burmese, use ထိုင်ပါ (htaing ba). This phrase is used to instruct someone to assume a sitting position from a standing position.

The Burmese word for water is ရေ. The term ရေ is used for all forms of water, such as drinking water, river water or rainwater.

ဘာလုပ်နေလဲ is the Burmese way to say “what are you doing?”. This phrase is a question used to ask someone about the activity they are currently performing.