Language/Burmese/Vocabulary/Education
Hi Burmese learners! 😊
In this lesson, we will focus on learning Burmese vocabulary related to education. Education is very important in Burmese culture, and many families perceive it as a way to break the cycle of poverty. The Burmese government has made significant investments in education, with over 16% of the national budget allocated to the education sector.
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Basic Education[edit | edit source]
In Burmese education system, basic education means that a student must at least pass from Grade 1 to Grade 10.
| Burmese | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| တက္ကသိုလ် | tak-ka-thi-lou | Primary School |
| အထက်လှည်း | a-tha-lhain | Elementary School |
| အမှတ်သားလေး | a-hmat-sar-lae | Middle School |
| ကျန်းမာရေးထက် | kyann-mar-eh-tak | High School |
Here is a dialogue to put these words into context:
- Person 1: ကျန်းမာရေးထက်မှာ ဘယ်ကောင်လဲ? (What grade are you in high school?)
- Person 2: ၂ပေါင်းရဲ့၊ အခုလောက်ကို ပြိုင်ရွှေ့ပါ။ (I am in Grade 10, and I am studying for exams now.)
Higher Education[edit | edit source]
After completing basic education, students will move on to higher education or vocational training. Here are some Burmese words for higher education.
| Burmese | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| တက္ကသိုလ် | tak-ka-thi-lou | University |
| တက္ကသိုလ်စတင်ရေး | tak-ka-thi-lou-set-taing-yae | College |
| သက်တမ်းကျောင်း | sait-ta-ma-kaung | Graduate school |
| အရှေ့ဘက်တော် | a-shay-ba-gya-taw | Seminar |
A dialogue for higher education:
- Person 1: သင်တက္ကသိုလ်မှာ အောင်လုပ်သမျှကို ဘယ်လိုလိုက်ရလဲ။ (What major are you studying in university?)
- Person 2: ကွန်ပျူတာတက္ကသိုလ်မှာ မင်္ဂလာပါ။ (In computer science)
Other Words You Need to Know[edit | edit source]
Here are some other Burmese words related to education:
| Burmese | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| စာကြည့်တိုက် | sa-gaun-tui | Read |
| စုပ်ပါး | su-pa | Lesson |
| ကျောင်းသား | kyauk-sar | Student |
| ကျောင်းသူစာ | kyauk-su-sa | Student ID Card |
| ကိုယ်ရေးတက် | koe-ye-taik | Homework |
| ရှာဖွေမည့်သူ | shay-pweh-ma-ne-than | Examiner |
| သင်တန်း | sing-tan | Classroom |
A dialogue to put these words into context:
- Person 1: စာကြည့်လို့ သတင်းတွေ ဖတ်ပြီးသွားလို့သေချာလဲ။ (Did you read today's news stories?)
- Person 2: ဟုတ်ကဲ့ ပြောခဲ့တယ်။ စုပ်ပါးတစ်ခု ဖတ်လိုက်ပါတယ်။ (Yes, I did. I read one lesson.)
Conclusion[edit | edit source]
By learning Burmese words related to education, you will be able to understand more about the culture and daily life of Burmese people. Keep practicing and learning new words every day!
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Sources[edit | edit source]
- Burmese Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
- English-Burmese vocabulary - Trees | Learn thai language ...
- Burmese cat - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
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