Bedeutung
Expressing surprise or seeking confirmation.
Kultureller Hintergrund
In Burmese culture, showing interest in others' lives is a sign of affection. Using 'တကယ်လား' is a way to show you care. Similar to Thai or Lao, Burmese uses particles to soften questions. 'တကယ်လား' is polite and non-confrontational. In Western cultures, 'Really?' can sometimes sound skeptical. In Burmese, it is usually interpreted as genuine interest. This phrase is a universal conversational tool. It helps maintain the flow of dialogue across almost all cultures.
Use your eyes!
When you say 'တကယ်လား', widen your eyes to show you are genuinely surprised.
Don't overthink it
It's a very casual phrase. Don't worry about being perfectly grammatical.
Bedeutung
Expressing surprise or seeking confirmation.
Use your eyes!
When you say 'တကယ်လား', widen your eyes to show you are genuinely surprised.
Don't overthink it
It's a very casual phrase. Don't worry about being perfectly grammatical.
Teste dich selbst
Fill in the blank with the correct phrase.
သူက ဒီနေ့ ထွက်သွားတော့မယ်။ - ________!
This is the correct phrase to express surprise at news.
Choose the best response to the situation.
Your friend tells you they won a prize. What do you say?
It's the most natural way to show excitement and surprise.
Match the Burmese phrase to its English meaning.
Match: တကယ်လား
တကယ်လား means 'Is it true?' or 'Really?'.
Complete the dialogue.
A: မနက်ဖြန် ကျောင်းပိတ်မယ်။ B: ________?
This confirms the information provided by A.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Visuelle Lernhilfen
Aufgabensammlung
4 Aufgabenသူက ဒီနေ့ ထွက်သွားတော့မယ်။ - ________!
This is the correct phrase to express surprise at news.
Your friend tells you they won a prize. What do you say?
It's the most natural way to show excitement and surprise.
Ordne jedem Element links seinen Partner rechts zu:
တကယ်လား means 'Is it true?' or 'Really?'.
A: မနက်ဖြန် ကျောင်းပိတ်မယ်။ B: ________?
This confirms the information provided by A.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Häufig gestellte Fragen
3 FragenYes, if you have a friendly relationship. If it's a very formal meeting, avoid it.
No, it's very common and polite in most situations.
You can say 'ဟုတ်တယ်' (Yes) or 'တကယ်ပါ' (Really).
Verwandte Redewendungen
ဟုတ်လား
similarIs that so?
သေချာလား
similarAre you sure?
မယုံနိုင်ဘူး
builds onI can't believe it.
တကယ်ပဲ
builds onReally/Truly.
