ပြဿနာမရှိပါဘူး
pyat-tha-nar ma shi par bu
The Burmese phrase for "no problem" is ပြဿနာမရှိပါဘူး (pyat-tha-nar ma shi par bu).
This phrase is used to indicate that no apology is necessary.
Meaning: no apology is necessary (intj)
What does it mean word for word?
The word ပြဿနာ (pyat-tha-nar) literally means "problem".
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
You can make the phrase informal by dropping the polite particle ပါ (par) to say ပြဿနာမရှိဘူး (pyat-tha-nar ma shi bu).
How do you pronounce it?
pyat-tha-nar ma shi par bu
Did you know?
- While ပြဿနာမရှိပါဘူး (pyat-tha-nar ma shi par bu) is grammatically correct, using it to respond to a small social gaffe can sometimes sound overly dramatic, as if a major crisis has been averted.
- Because Burmese is a tonal language, the way you stretch the final syllable of ပါဘူး (par bu) can change whether you sound like you are genuinely forgiving someone or are actually annoyed.
- In Myanmar, if you want to sound more humble when accepting a thank you or an apology, you might say ရပါတယ် (ya ba de), which literally means 'it is possible' or 'it is okay'.
Example conversation
Kyaw Kyaw accidentally bumps into Hnin Hnin in a hallway.
- နှင်းနှင်း Hnin Hninအားနာလိုက်တာ၊ တောင်းပန်ပါတယ်ရှင်။ar nar laik tar, taung pan par tal shinI'm so sorry.
- ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyawပြဿနာမရှိပါဘူး၊ နှင်းနှင်း။pyat-tha-na ma-shi ba-bu, Hnin HninNo problem, Hnin Hnin.
- နှင်းနှင်း Hnin Hninကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်ရှင်။kyay zu tin par tal shinThank you.
- ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyawရပါတယ်၊ အေးအေးဆေးဆေးပါ။ya par tal, ay ay say say parIt's fine, no worries.
