သတိရတယ်
thadi ya tal
The English phrase "I miss you" is translated into Burmese as သတိရတယ် (thadi ya tal).
In Burmese, the subject "I" and the object "you" are often omitted in this phrase when the context is clear, making သတိရတယ် a complete sentence.
Meaning: I miss you (phrase)
How does it change in a sentence?
Adding the continuous aspect marker နေ results in သတိရနေတယ်, which emphasizes the ongoing feeling of missing someone.
How do you pronounce it?
thadi ya tal
Did you know?
- The phrase သတိရတယ် is composed of the word သတိ, which means 'awareness' or 'mindfulness', and ရတယ်, meaning 'to obtain'.
- If a Burmese speaker wants to say they miss someone so much it hurts, they might use the word လွမ်း (lwan), which describes a deeper, more melancholic longing than the standard သတိရတယ်.
- The word သတိ is derived from the Pali word sati, which is a core concept in Buddhist meditation referring to the practice of staying present.
Examples in context
- မင်းကို သတိရတယ်min ko tha di ya deI miss you.
- ကျွန်တော် မင်းကို အရမ်း သတိရတယ်kyun taw min ko a yan tha di ya deI miss you very much.
- အဖေကို သတိရတယ်a hpay ko tha di ya deI miss my father.
Example conversation
Two friends are talking on the phone.
- အောင်အောင် Aung Aungနှင်းနှင်း၊ ငါ မင်းကို သတိရတယ်ာ။Hnin Hnin, nga min ko thadi ya talHnin Hnin, I miss you.
- နှင်းနှင်း Hnin Hninငါလည်း အောင်အောင်ကို သတိရတယ်ာ။nga lal Aung Aung ko thadi ya talI miss you too, Aung Aung.
- အောင်အောင် Aung Aungငါတို့ ဘယ်တော့ တွေ့မလဲ။nga toh bal taw tway ma lalWhen will we meet?
- နှင်းနှင်း Hnin Hninလာမတ်သတ်တပတ်မှာ တွေ့မယ်။la mat tha tat pat ma tway malLet's meet next week.
