မင်းကိုမုန်းတယ်
min ko mone tal
The phrase "i hate you" in Burmese is expressed as မင်းကိုမုန်းတယ် (min ko mone tal).
This phrase is used to express an intense dislike for another person.
Meaning: expression of intense dislike (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase မင်းကိုမုန်းတယ် is composed of min (you), ko (the object marker), mone (to hate) and tal (a sentence-ending particle).
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
An informal alternative is ငါနင့်ကိုမုန်းတယ်, which uses the pronouns nga (I) and nin (you). This informal version makes the expression of hatred sound more blunt, aggressive or intimate and casual.
How does it change in a sentence?
If you add the particle lo to the end of the phrase to create မင်းကိုမုန်းတယ်လို့, it turns the phrase into a noun clause meaning "that (I) hate you" (for example, in the context of "I said that I hate you").
How do you pronounce it?
min ko mone tal
Did you know?
- While 'I hate you' sounds purely negative, using the informal pronouns nga and nin can sometimes be used between very close friends or lovers in a playful or dramatic sense, mimicking a 'tsundere' style of affection.
- The word မင်း ('you') in မင်းကိုမုန်းတယ် was historically used for royalty, but in modern colloquial Burmese, it has shifted to become a casual or slightly condescending pronoun.
- If you were to say this to a superior or an elder, you would never use the version on this page. Using min (you) to a person of higher status would be considered an insult in itself, regardless of the word 'hate'.
Examples in context
- မင်းကိုမုန်းတယ်၊ လုံးဝမတွေ့ချင်တော့ဘူး။min ko mone tal, lone wa ma twat chin taw buu.I hate you, I don't want to see you at all.
- မင်းကိုမုန်းတယ်လို့ ငါပြောခဲ့တယ်လေ။min ko mone tal lo nga pyaw khae tal lay.I told you that I hate you.
Example conversation
A heated argument between two former friends in a park.
- ခိုင်ခိုင် Khine Khineမင်းကိုမုန်းတယ်၊ ငါ့ကိုအမြဲနှိပ်စက်လို့။min ko mone tal, nga ko a myal hneik sat lo.I hate you for always bullying me.
- အောင်အောင် Aung Aungငါ မင်းကိုလည်းမုန်းတယ်။nga min ko lal mone tal.I hate you too.
- ခိုင်ခိုင် Khine Khineဒါဆိုရင်လည်း ဘယ်တော့မှပြန်မလာနဲ့။dar so yin lal bal taw ma pyan ma lar nae.In that case, never come back.
- အောင်အောင် Aung Aungအေးပါ၊ ငါသွားတော့မယ်။ay par, nga thwar taw mal.Fine, I'm leaving.
