Lesson 1: Hello There
You have just landed in Myeik, this is the first time you are visiting your local host. Let's strike up a basic conversation.
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Flashcard
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To Come လာ
လာ
This is our first word for you. It consists of 2 parts. The first part is a consonant လ with the sound /l/; and the second part is a vowel ာ /à/. Put together it is လာ /là/.
Myanmar has 3 basic tones:
- The "low tone", လာ /là/ sounds similar to the sixth musical note 'lah', and is used in this recording, la la la tai, come and sit down.
- The "creaky tone", လ , without the vowel. It means moon.
- The "high tone",လား , like 'laugh" without the final /f/ sound. It is made by combining လ and း .
Use this to transform a sentence into a 'yes or no' question.
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Transcript
English | Rough Phonics | Myeik |
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Host: Hello | mingalabar | မင်္ဂလာပါ |
You: Hello | mingalabar | မင်္ဂလာပါ |
Host: How are you? | ni kao la | နေကောင်းလား |
You: I'm fine | kaun eh | ကောင်း အယ် |
You: What about you? | ah mah ni kau la | အစ်မ နေကောင်းလား |
Host: I am fine, I am fine | Kaun eh kaun eh | ကောင်း အယ် ၊ ကောင်း အယ် |
Host: Come, come and take a seat | la la la tai | လာလာ ၊ လာထိုင် |
You: Ok, sure | hoke kimbya | ဟုတ်ကဲ့ ၊ ခင်ဗျား |
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