ဝါကျ
wa-kya./wɛʔt͡ɕa̰/
The Burmese word for "sentence" is ဝါကျ (wa-kya.).
ဝါကျ refers to a grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and a predicate.
Meaning: grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
The pronunciation is wa-kya. (IPA: /wɛʔtɕa̰/)
Did you know?
- Burmese writing does not use spaces between words, so a ဝါကျ appears as a continuous string of characters until a punctuation mark occurs.
- Burmese sentences often omit the subject entirely if it is understood from the context, leaving the ဝါကျ without a formal noun.
- In Burmese, the word order is subject-object-verb, meaning the 'sentence' ends with the action rather than the subject or object.
Examples in context
- Mingalarbar, ne kaung lar? (မင်္ဂလာပါနေကောင်းလား။)How are you?
- ဒီဝါကျက မှန်သလား။de wa kya ga hman tha lar?Is this sentence correct?
- ဝါကျတိုလေးတွေကို ရေးပါ။wa kya to lay dway ko yay par.Write short sentences.
Example conversation
Two students are studying grammar together.
- ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyawခိုင်ခိုင်၊ ဒီဝါကျက ဘာအဓိပ္ပာယ်လဲ။khine khine, di wa kya ka bar a dait pal lae.Khine Khine, what does this sentence mean?
- ခိုင်ခိုင် Khine Khineဒါက နှုတ်ဆက်တဲ့ ဝါကျပါ။da ka hnot sat tae wa kya par.This is a greeting sentence.
- ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyawဪ၊ အခုမှ နားလည်ပြီ။aw, a khu ma nar lal pyi.Oh, now I understand.
- ခိုင်ခိုင် Khine Khineနောက်ထပ် ဝါကျတစ်ခု ဖတ်ကြည့်ပါ။nout htat wa kya ta khu phat kyi par.Try reading another sentence.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “sentence” translations and entries ဝါကျ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
