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Burmese Grammar - How to Use "Be"

Hi Burmese learners! 😊
In this lesson, we will learn how to use the verb "be" in Burmese. We will look at the different forms of the verb and how to use them in sentences.

The verb "be" is used to describe a state or condition. In Burmese, it is conjugated differently depending on the subject of the sentence. The verb "be" is conjugated as follows:

Subject	Pronunciation	English Translation
က်ြန္ေတာ္	kyun-tar	I
သူ	thu	you (singular)
သူငယ္	thu-nye	you (plural)
ဘာ	ba	he/she/it
အေတာ္မ်ား	atar-ma	we
သူမ်ား	thu-ma	you (plural)
ဘာမ်ား	ba-ma	they

The verb "be" is conjugated as follows:

Subject	Pronunciation	English Translation
က်ြန္ေတာ္	kyun-tar	I am
သူ	thu	you (singular) are
သူငယ္	thu-nye	you (plural) are
ဘာ	ba	he/she/it is
အေတာ္မ်ား	atar-ma	we are
သူမ်ား	thu-ma	you (plural) are
ဘာမ်ား	ba-ma	they are

Let's look at some examples of how to use the verb "be" in sentences.

• Person 1: က်ြန္ေတာ္ ဘယ္လိုေခၚခဲ့လား? (Kyun-tar ba-li-lo-kwa-gyi-lar?)

Translation: Am I welcome?

• Person 2: ဘယ္လိုေခၚခဲ့ပါ။ (Ba-li-lo-kwa-gyi-pa.)

Translation: Yes, you are welcome.

To improve your Burmese Grammar, you can also use the Polyglot Club website. Find native speakers and ask them any questions!

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