ဒီကိုလာပါ
di ko lar par
To say 'come here' in Burmese, use ဒီကိုလာပါ (di ko lar par).
The phrase is used to request or command someone to move toward your current location.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase ဒီကိုလာပါ is composed of ဒီ (this), ကို (an object marker), လာ (come) and ပါ (a polite particle).
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
The addition of the particle ပါ at the end makes ဒီကိုလာပါ a polite request suitable for general use. Removing this particle results in the informal or blunt form ဒီကိုလာ, which is used with close friends or subordinates.
How does it change in a sentence?
The form ဒီကိုလာ is the informal version of the phrase, created by removing the polite particle ပါ.
How do you pronounce it?
di ko lar par
Did you know?
- The gesture for 'come here' involves waving the palm facing down and curling the fingers, which is the opposite of the palm-up gesture common in many Western cultures.
- While ဒီကိုလာပါ is a standard request, if you are speaking to a monk or a high-ranking person, you would never use the verb လာ (come). Instead, you would use the much more respectful term ကြွ (to approach/move) to acknowledge their status.
- In Burmese culture, pointing at someone with your index finger while saying ဒီကိုလာပါ can be perceived as extremely rude or aggressive. It is much more polite to use your whole hand or a subtle nod toward your location.
Examples in context
- ဒီကိုလာပါဦး။de ko lar par oon.Please come here for a moment.
- မြန်မြန် ဒီကိုလာပါ!myan myan de ko lar par!Come here quickly!
- သူ့ကို ဒီကိုလာပါလို့ ပြောလိုက်ပါ။thu ko de ko lar par lo pyaw lite par.Please tell him to come here.
Example conversation
Kyaw Kyaw is calling Myat Noe to show her something.
- ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyawမြတ်နိုး၊ ဒီကိုလာပါဦး။Myat Noe, de ko lar par oon.Myat Noe, please come here.
- မြတ်နိုး Myat Noeဘာဖြစ်လို့လဲ ကျော်ကျော်?bar phyit loe Kyaw Kyaw?What is it, Kyaw Kyaw?
- ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyawဒီမှာ ကြည့်စရာလေး ရှိလို့ပါ။de mhar kyi sayar lay shi lo par.Because there is something for you to see here.
- မြတ်နိုး Myat Noeအော်၊ ဟုတ်ကဲ့ လာပါပြီ။aw, hoke ke lar bar pyi.Oh, okay, I'm coming.
