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