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Burmese Slang and Informal Speech

Casual and colloquial Burmese expressions used in everyday speech, not typically taught in textbooks. Front: the Burmese word or phrase (with romanization). Back: English meaning.

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ဟင် (Han)
Huh? (casual filler expressing surprise or questioning)
ဟေ့ (Hey)
Hey! (casual way to call someone's attention)
ကြိုက်တယ်ဗျာ (Kyite te bya)
I like it (casual, male speaker)
ကောင်းသားပဲ (Kaung: thar: pell)
That's really good (casual praise)
ဟုတ်လားဟင် (Houk lar hin)
Really, huh? (casual surprise)
ရှက်စရာကြီး (Shet sa yar kyi:)
So embarrassing (casual)
စိတ်ညစ်တယ် (Seik nyit te)
Annoyed, fed up (casual)
ပျင်းလိုက်တာ (Pyin: laik tar)
So bored (casual)
ဒုက္ခပဲ (Doukkha pell)
What a hassle, what trouble (casual, from the Buddhist term for suffering)
ရူးနေပြီလား (Yu: nay pyi lar)
Are you crazy? (casual, can be teasing)
အရမ်းကောင်းတယ် (A yan: kaung: de)
Really great, awesome (casual intensifier)
ချစ်လိုက်တာ (Chit laik tar)
So lovable, so cute (casual)
ဟာသလုပ်နေတာလား (Har tha lote nay tar lar)
Are you joking? (casual)
တကယ်လား (Ta kae lar)
Really?, seriously? (casual)
အားနာတယ် (Ar: nar de)
To feel bad for imposing on someone (a common, culturally specific feeling)

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