Learn Myanmar - Myeik Tongue

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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
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