Burmese Nouns

Welcome to the third Burmese lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Burmese to help you practice your daily phrases.

potatoes ar lu myar

tomatoes kha yan chin thee myar

onions kyat thun ni myar

carrots mon lar u ni myar

fruits thit thee myar

apples pan thee myar

bananas nghat pyaw thee myar

oranges lain maw thee myar

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Burmese
do you have milk? [verb + noun] thint si hmar nwar noh shi ba tha lar
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] kyun note hmar near noh nei coffe shi ba de
he has three apples [number + plural noun] thu hmar pan thee thone lone shi de
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] thu ma hmar pan thee ta lone hti shi de
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] kyun note doh ain thay lay ta lone hti twin ne ba thie
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] kyun note doh ye nan nat sa ko kyun note kyaik ba thie

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread paung mont

milk nwar noh

butter htaw but

cheese cheese

coffee coffee

sandwich sandwich

meat a thar

chicken kyat

fish ngar

breakfast nan nat sa

lunch nay le sa

dinner nya sa

Conversation in Burmese

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Burmese
Do you speak (English/ Burmese)? thin ingalait/ bamar sagar pyaw ba tha lar
Just a little ne ne ba be
I like Burmese kyun note bamar sagarr ko kyaik ba de
Can I practice with you? kkyun note thin ne le kyint loh ya ma lar
How old are you? thint a thet be laut shi pyi le
I'm thirty three years old kyun note a thet thone se shi ba pyi
It was nice talking to you thin ne sagar pyaw ya da kaung ba de

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