1.2 Yes, it is.

Question 1

It’s hot isn’t it? Yes it is.

Answer 1

ပူတယ်နော်။

pu-deh-naw?

ဘုတ်က့။ ပူပါတယ်။

Houq-kéh. Pu-ba-deh.

Note: Houq-kéh literally “it is so”. Used like “yes” to agree with someone. Used alot when listening to a conversation on the phone.

Question 2

It’s cold isn’t it?Yes, it is.

Answer 2

အေးတယ်နော်။

È-deh-naw

ဟုတ်က့။ အေးပါတယ်။

Houq-kéh. É-ba-deh

Notes: -ba is added to be polite and courteous. It is not necessary in the question- only the response.

Notes: Voicing rule. When two syllables are joined together to forma compound word, there is often a change in the second syllable: its first consonant is “voiced”.

This row: k c t s p th

and this: k’ c’ t’ s’ p’

Voice to: g j d z b dh

Question 3

It’s good, isn’t it?

Answer 3

ကောသ်းတယ်နော်။

Kaùn-deh-naw?

ဟုတ်က့။ ကော်းပါတယ်။

Houq-kéh. Kaùn-ba-deh.

Question 4

It’s alright, isn’t it?Yes, it is.

Answer 4

ရတယ်နော်။

Yá-deh-naw?

ဟုတ်က့။ ရပါတယ်။

Houq-kéh. Yá-ba-deh

Question 5

Prounciation point: vowels e and eh

လေးတယ်၊ လဲတယ်

Answer 5

lé-deh

to be heavy

léh-deh

to fall over

Question 6

Pronouncation point: vowels e and eh

ဝေတယ်၊ ဝယ်တယ်

Answer 6

we-deh

to share out

weh-deh

to buy

Question 7

၄

လေး

Answer 7

4

lé

Question 8

၅

ငါး

Answer 8

5

ngà

Question 9

၆

ခြောက်

Answer 9

6

c’auq

Question 10

၇

ခုနှစ်

Answer 10

7

k’un-hniq

Question 11

၁ - ၂ - ၃ - ၄ - ၅ - ၆ - ၇

တစ် - နုစ် - သုံး - လေး - ငါး - ခြောက် - ခုနှစ်

Answer 11

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

tiq hniq thòun lé ngà c’aug k’un-hniq