တွေ့ရတာဝမ်းသာပါတယ်
tway ra tar wam thar par tal
တွေ့ရတာဝမ်းသာပါတယ် (tway ra tar wam thar par tal) is the Burmese way to say 'nice to meet you'.
This phrase is used to express pleasure upon meeting someone for the first time.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is built from the parts for 'meeting' (တွေ့ရတာ), 'happy' (ဝမ်းသာ) and a polite particle (ပါတယ်).
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
This is the standard polite way to say 'nice to meet you' in social or professional settings.
How does it change in a sentence?
The particle ပါတယ် (par tal) at the end of the expression makes the sentence grammatically complete and polite.
How do you pronounce it?
tway ra tar wam thar par tal
Did you know?
- The word ဝမ်းသာ ('happy') used in this phrase specifically refers to a feeling of joy that fills the 'belly' or 'gut', as ဝမ်း means 'bowels' or 'intestines'.
- If you are meeting someone significantly older, it is more culturally appropriate to use a title like အန်ကယ် ('uncle') or အဒေါ် ('aunt') before the phrase, even if you are not related.
- The word for 'meet' in this phrase, တွေ့ (tway), is also used in Burmese to describe 'to find' something that was lost.
Examples in context
- တွေ့ရတာဝမ်းသာပါတယ်ရှင်။twe ya dar wan thar par tal shin.Nice to meet you.
Example conversation
Two people introduce themselves at a social gathering.
- ခိုင်ခိုင် Khine Khineမင်္ဂလာပါ၊ ကျွန်မနာမည် ခိုင်ခိုင်ပါ။min ga lar par, kyun ma nar mae khine khine par.Hello, my name is Khine Khine.
- ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyawမင်္ဂလာပါ၊ ကျွန်တော် ကျော်ကျော်ပါ။ တွေ့ရတာဝမ်းသာပါတယ်။min ga lar par, kyun taw kyaw kyaw par. tway ya dar wan thar par tal.Hello, I am Kyaw Kyaw. Nice to meet you.
- ခိုင်ခိုင် Khine Khineကျွန်မလည်း တွေ့ရတာဝမ်းသာပါတယ်။kyun ma lal tway ya dar wan thar par tal.Nice to meet you too.
- ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyawခင်ဗျားက ဘယ်ကလာတာလဲ။khin byar ka bal ka lar tar lal.Where are you from?
