Useful phrases in Burmese

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English	ဗမာစကား (Burmese)
Welcome
Hello / Good morning /  Good afternoon / Good evening	မဂႆလာပၝ (min ga la ba)
How are you? I'm well	ခင်ဗျားေနေကာင်းရဲ့လား။  (k'amyà ne-kaùn-yéh-là?) >m ၡင်ေနေကာင်းရဲ့လား။ (shin ne-kaùn-yéh-là?) >f
	ေနေကာင်းပါတယ်။ (ne-kaùn-ba-deh)
Long time no see
What's your name? My name is ...	ခင်ဗျားနာမည်ဘယ်လို ေခါ်သလဲ။ (k'amyà ne-meh beh-lo k'aw-dhǎlèh?) >m ၡင်နာမည်ဘယ်လို ေခါ်သလဲ။ (shin ne-meh beh-lo k'aw-dhǎlèh?) >f
	ကျွန်ေတာ့် ... လို့ေခါ်ပါတယ်။ (cǎnáw ... ló k'aw-ba-deh) m ကျွန်မ ... လို့ေခါ်ပါတယ်။ (cǎmá ... ló k'aw-ba-deh) f
Where are you from? I'm from ...
Pleased to meet you	ေတွ ရတာ ဝမ်းသာပါတယ်။  (twé-yá-da wùn-tha-ba-deh)
Good morning	mengla ma-net khin ba
Good afternoon	mengla ne' lare khin ba
Good evening	mengla nya nay khin ba
Good night
Goodbye
Good luck	kan kaung ba zay
Cheers/Good health!
Have a nice day
Bon appetit
Bon voyage
I don't understand	နားမလည္ပၝဘူး။ (nà-mǎleh-ba-bù)
Please speak more slowly	pyay pyay pyaw ba
Please say that again	ြပန်ေြဟပါအံုး။ (pyan-pyàw-ba-oùn)
Please write it down	yay pya ba
Do you speak Burmese? I only speak a little	ဗမာစကား လို ေြဟတတ်သလား။ (bǎma-zǎgà lo pyàw-daq-thalà?)
	နဲနဲေြဟတတ်ပါတယ်။ (nèh-nèh pyàw-daq-ba-deh)
How do you say ...  in Burmese?	bama loh......go balo pyaw da-leh?
Excuse me	ခင္ဗဵာ? (ka mya?) m / shin? (f)
How much is this?	diha balao leh?
Sorry	ဝမ်းနဲပါတယ်။ (wùn-nèh-ba-deh)
Thank you - a smile  is often used Response	ေက်းဇူးတန္ပါတယ္။ (cè-zù tin-ba-deh)
	ရပါတယ်။ (ya-ba-deh)
Where's the toilet?	ain-ta beh ma leh?
This person will pay for everything	di lu pasan akong shin meh
Would you like to dance with me?
I love you	cha-ma chin go chit-teh (m)  cha-nor kin-mya go chit-teh (f)
Get well soon
Leave me alone!
Help! Fire! Stop!	ကယ်ပါ။ (keh-ba) ရပ်။ (yaq) / yet
Call the police!	ye' kor like
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Happy Easter
Happy Birthday	muay net mar pyaw chin ba zay