ကျွန်တော့် နာမည် …ပါ။
/t͡ɕʊ̀ɴdɔ̰ nàmjì pà/word by word
In Burmese, "my name is" is said as ကျွန်တော့် နာမည် …ပါ။ Wiktionary also lists ကျွန်မ နာမည် …ပါ။ and ကျွန်တော် …လိုခေါ်ပါတယ်။
Meaning: a way to identify oneself (phrase)
Ways to say it
| Burmese | IPA |
|---|---|
| ကျွန်တော့် နာမည် …ပါ။ | /t͡ɕʊ̀ɴdɔ̰ nàmjì pà/ (word by word) |
| ကျွန်မ နာမည် …ပါ။ | /t͡ɕʊ̀ɴma̰ nàmjì pà/ (word by word) |
| ကျွန်တော် …လိုခေါ်ပါတယ်။ | |
| ကျွန်မ …လိုခေါ်ပါတယ်။ |
These phrases are used to identify yourself to others. While နာမည် is the common word for name, the more formal term is အမည်.
What does it mean word for word?
In the phrase ကျွန်တော့် နာမည် …ပါ။, နာမည် means "name".
Which one should you use?
The forms differ based on the gender of the speaker. A male speaker should use ကျွန်တော့် နာမည် …ပါ။ or ကျွန်တော် …လိုခေါ်ပါတယ်။, whereas a female speaker should use ကျွန်မ နာမည် …ပါ။ or ကျွန်မ …လိုခေါ်ပါတယ်။
How does it change in a sentence?
In the masculine form ကျွန်တော့် နာမည် …ပါ။, ကျွန်တော့် is the possessive form of the masculine pronoun for "I", meaning "my". In the feminine form ကျွန်မ နာမည် …ပါ။, the feminine pronoun for "I" is used to express "my".
How do you pronounce it?
/tɕʊ̀ɴdɔ̰ nàmjì pà/
Did you know?
- Burmese names typically do not have surnames or family names, so when you say ကျွန်တော့် နာမည်…, you are providing your only name.
- The feminine pronoun ကျွန်မ contains the word for 'slave' or 'servant', a linguistic remnant of historical social hierarchies.
- When introducing oneself, it is common to accompany the phrase with a slight bow or a nod to show respect to the listener.
Example sentences for Burmese are not verified yet.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “my name is” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- IPA marked “word by word” joins the Wiktionary pronunciations of each word (ကျွန်တော့်, နာမည်, ပါ, ကျွန်မ) and can differ in connected speech.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries ကျွန်တော်, ကျွန်မ, နာမည်, CC BY-SA 4.0.
