Unit 5: Taxis Flashcards
Where are you going?
Beh thwa maleh?
Where do you want to go?
Beh thwa Jin dhaleh?
Where to?
Beh go leh?
I’m going to the strand hotel
Sat’arin ho-teh thwa-meh
Get in
Teq-pa / teq teq
Road
Lan (light n, more like a french la)
Pagoda
P’ayà
Sule pagoda
S’u le paya
Shwedagon pagoda
Shwe dagoun paya
Office
Youn
Embassy
Than youn
British embassy
Bri-tish than youn
Airline office
Le yin youn
To have to give/pay
Pe ya deh
To be right/ true
Houq-teh
How much will I have to pay?
Beh lauq pe ya maleh?
Pay 200
Hnaya pe-ba
Ok, let’s go
Kaun ba bi, thwa meh
To give
Pe deh
To have to give
Pe ya deh
Too much / to be a lot
Mya-deh
To reduce / bring down
Shaw-deh
That’s a little too much
Neh neh mya ba deh
Can you reduce it a little?
Shaw ba oun la?
How much do you want to pay?
Beh lauq pe-Jin dhaleh?
How much will you pay?
Beh lauq pe-maleh?
I will pay 150, is that ok?
Taya nga-zeh pe meh? Ya Mala?
Please reduce it
Shaw ba
Please reduce it further
Shaw ba oun
How about reducing it further?
Shaw ba oun la?
Short polite version of k’in bya
Bya
To be a little / too little
Neh-deh
This much / so much
Di-lauq
To be able to reduce
Shaw nain deh
To make it/ put it at/ set it
T’a deh
I’ll give you K140 ok?
Taya le-zeh pe meh, ya mala?
I can’t do that
Maya bu bya
That’s too little
Neh-deh bya
I can’t drop it by that much
Di-lauq mashaw nain ba bu
How much will you take off?
Beh lauq shaw maleh?
Give me K170
Taya kun-naseh pe ba
Make it K170
Taya kun-naseh t’a-ba