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Asking Basic Questions: 'What?' and 'Who?'

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Chapter in 30 Seconds

Unlock meaningful conversations by mastering the art of asking questions in Burmese.

  • Construct basic interrogative sentences
  • Identify essential question markers
  • Formulate simple responses to inquiries
Ask, discover, and connect with the world in Burmese.

ما ستتعلمه

Learn to ask fundamental questions like 'What is this?' and 'Who is that?' using Burmese question words and particles. This opens up your ability to inquire about your surroundings.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

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    By the end you will be able to: Formulate basic 'What' and 'Who' questions confidently.

نصائح وحيل (4)

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Listen for the tone

Native speakers often raise their pitch at the end of a 'လား' question.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: The Question Particle (လား)
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Keep it simple

Don't overthink the grammar. Just place 'ဘာ' where the answer would be.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Asking 'What?' (ဘာ)
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In-situ placement

Don't move 'ဘယ်သူ' to the front. Keep it where the person's name would be.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Asking 'Who?' (ဘယ်သူ)
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Rising Pitch

Always raise your pitch slightly at the end to sound natural.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Yes/No Questions (ဟုတ်တယ် / မဟုတ်ဘူး)

المفردات الرئيسية (6)

ဘာ What ဘယ်သူ Who လား Question marker ဟုတ်တယ် Yes/It is မဟုတ်ဘူး No/It is not တော့ Topic marker

Real-World Preview

shopping-cart

At the Market

Review Summary

  • Statement + လား
  • ဘာ + လဲ
  • ဘယ်သူ + လဲ
  • ဟုတ်တယ် / မဟုတ်ဘူး
  • Noun + တော့

أخطاء شائعة

Do not double-question. 'ဘာ' already implies a question, so you don't need 'လား' at the end.

Wrong: ဒါ ဘာလဲ လား
صحيح: ဒါ ဘာလဲ

Use 'ဘယ်သူ' (who) for people and 'ဘာ' (what) for objects.

Wrong: သူက ဘာလဲ
صحيح: သူက ဘယ်သူလဲ

The question particle always comes at the end, not the beginning.

Wrong: လား ဒါ စာအုပ်
صحيح: ဒါ စာအုပ်လား

Next Steps

You have done an amazing job today! Keep questioning and keep learning.

Practice asking 'What is this?' for 5 items in your room

Continue to: Everyday Survival: Essential Phrases and Numbers

تدريب سريع (10)

Which is for people?

What is for people?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ဘယ်သူ
Use 'ဘယ်သူ' for people.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Asking 'What?' (ဘာ)

Choose the correct sentence.

Which is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ဒါ ဘာလဲ
Correct word order.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Asking 'What?' (ဘာ)

Fill in the blank.

မင်း ___ စားမလဲ။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ဘာ
Use 'ဘာ' for objects.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Asking 'What?' (ဘာ)

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

သွားဘူး။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: မသွားဘူး
Negative requires 'မ' and 'ဘူး'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Responding to Questions (ဖြေဆိုနည်း)

Add the correct particle.

မင်း လာ___?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: လား
Yes/no question needs 'လား'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: The Question Particle (လား)

Fix the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

အဲဒါ ဘယ်သူလဲ (referring to a cat)

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Use 'ဘာ' for animals/things.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Asking 'Who?' (ဘယ်သူ)

Choose the correct sentence.

Which is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: b
Requires the nominalizer 'တာ'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Asking 'Who?' (ဘယ်သူ)

Choose the correct sentence.

Which is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Particle must be at the end.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Yes/No Questions (ဟုတ်တယ် / မဟုတ်ဘူး)

Fix the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

မင်း ဘာစားသလား။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: မင်း ဘာစားသလဲ
Open-ended questions use 'လဲ'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: The Question Particle (လား)

Fill in the blank.

မင်း စား___။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
The correct particle is 'လား'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Yes/No Questions (ဟုတ်တယ် / မဟုတ်ဘူး)

Score: /10

أسئلة شائعة (6)

No, only for yes/no questions.
At the very end of the sentence.
No, use 'ဘယ်သူ' for people.
No, it is gender-neutral.
Yes, just add 'တွေ' to get 'ဘယ်သူတွေ'.
It marks the sentence as a question.
الفصل السابق
Building Simple Sentences: Nouns and the 'Is/Are' Particle
الفصل التالي
Everyday Survival: Essential Phrases and Numbers
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