နေ့ရက်များ
ne ryat myar
The Burmese word for "days" is နေ့ရက်များ (ne ryat myar).
နေ့ရက်များ is used to refer to a period of twenty-four hours or a specific date.
What does it mean word for word?
The word is composed of နေ့ (day), ရက် (date/day) and များ (plural marker).
Which one should you use?
The singular form of 'days' is နေ့.
How does it change in a sentence?
The suffix များ is used to indicate plurality for the noun နေ့ရက်.
How do you pronounce it?
ne ryat myar
Did you know?
- The way 'days' are named in Burmese is tied to the eight-day week of the traditional zodiac, where Wednesday is split into two distinct 'days' called morning and afternoon.
- In traditional Burmese astrology, each နေ့ is associated with a specific planet, color and day of the week. For example, Tuesday is associated with the planet Mars and the color red.
- Burmese speakers often use the word ရက် specifically when counting the number of 'days' elapsed. Using နေ့ alone can sometimes refer specifically to the daylight hours rather than the 24-hour cycle.
Examples in context
- နေ့ရက်များစွာ ကြာပါမည်။nay yat myar swar kyar par dte.It will take many days.
Example conversation
Two friends are talking about a trip.
- အောင်အောင် Aung Aungခရီးသွားဖို့ နေ့ရက်များ သတ်မှတ်ပြီးပြီလား ခိုင်ခိုင်။kha yee thwar pho nay yet myar that hmat pee pyi lar khine khine.Have you decided on the days for the trip, Khine Khine?
- ခိုင်ခိုင် Khine Khineမသတ်မှတ်ရသေးဘူး အောင်အောင်။ma that hmat ya thay buu aung aung.I haven't decided yet, Aung Aung.
- အောင်အောင် Aung Aungလာမယ့်လထဲက နေ့ရက်များက ပိုအဆင်ပြေလိမ့်မယ်။lar mae la htal ka nay yet myar ka po a sin pyay leint mal.The days in next month will be more convenient.
- ခိုင်ခိုင် Khine Khineဟုတ်တယ်၊ အဲဒါမှ ပိုကောင်းမယ်။hote tal, ae dar mha po kaung mal.That's true, that would be better.
