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ဝယ်

To buy

At the A1 level, 'ဝယ်' (way) is introduced as a basic action verb. Students learn it to survive daily interactions. You use it in the simplest SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) sentences. At this stage, the focus is on physical objects: food, water, and basic clothing. You learn to pair it with 'te' (present/past) and 'mal' (future). For example, 'I buy water' (Kyun-taw yay way-te). The goal is to be able to point at something in a market and say 'Way-me' (I will buy it). You also learn the negative form 'Ma-way-bu' (Don't buy) to decline offers from street vendors. This level is all about the 'concrete'—buying things you can see and touch.
At the A2 level, learners begin to use 'ဝယ်' in more complex social contexts, specifically bargaining. You learn to combine 'ဝယ်' with quantity expressions and classifiers. Instead of just 'buying an apple,' you learn to say 'I want to buy three apples' (Pan-thee thone lone way-chin-te). You also start using the word in the context of 'shopping' as a hobby (zay-way-ta). A2 learners should be able to ask where things can be bought using 'way-lo-ya-tha-le' and understand the difference between buying for oneself and 'way-pay' (buying for someone else). The vocabulary expands to include more varied items like electronics or bus tickets.
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By B1, the use of 'ဝယ်' extends to planning and describing experiences. Learners can use the verb in subordinate clauses, such as 'The book I bought yesterday is good' (Ma-nay ga way-te sa-oak kaung-de). You begin to use the more formal 'way-yu' in appropriate contexts, like writing a simple email or reading a basic news headline. B1 speakers can discuss the process of buying, including payment methods (paying by card vs. cash) and returning items. You also start to encounter 'ဝယ်' in common compound words and set phrases related to commerce and household management.
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At the B2 level, 'ဝယ်' is used in more abstract and professional discussions. You might talk about 'buying' insurance, 'buying' shares in a company, or the 'purchasing power' (way-naing-swan) of a population. Learners can handle complex sentence structures involving 'ဝယ်,' such as conditional sentences ('If I had enough money, I would buy...'). You also become sensitive to the register, knowing when to use 'ah-pay' to be polite to a seller or 'way-yu' in a business proposal. The verb is no longer just about the market; it’s about economics and personal finance.
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C1 learners use 'ဝယ်' with stylistic nuance. You can understand and use the word in metaphorical senses—such as 'buying into' an argument or 'buying time.' You are comfortable with literary uses found in Burmese prose where 'ဝယ်' might be used to describe acquiring qualities or experiences. You can discuss the ethics of consumption, consumerism, and market trends using sophisticated grammatical constructions. Your use of 'ဝယ်' is indistinguishable from a native speaker's in terms of placement, particle choice, and accompanying honorifics or emotional markers (like 'way-lite-ta' to show excitement about a purchase).
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At the C2 level, 'ဝယ်' is a tool for precise and evocative expression. You can interpret the deepest nuances in classical Burmese literature where 'ဝယ်' might appear in archaic or poetic forms. You understand the historical evolution of the word and its role in the development of the Burmese language. You can use 'ဝယ်' in high-level diplomatic or legal drafting where the exact meaning of 'acquisition' must be legally sound. You can also play with the word in puns, wordplay, and complex idioms, fully grasping the cultural weight the act of 'buying' carries in the Myanmar psyche.
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Beispiele Notizen & Tipps

ဝယ် in 30 Sekunden

  • ဝယ် (way) is the standard Burmese verb for 'to buy,' essential for all daily transactions and social interactions.
  • It follows the SOV word order, meaning the item you are buying comes before the word ဝယ် in a sentence.
  • The word can be used casually as 'way' or more formally as 'way-yu' in business and media contexts.
  • It is a low-tone word that is foundational for learners at the A1 level and beyond.

The Burmese word ဝယ် (pronounced 'way' with a low, level tone) is the primary verb meaning 'to buy' or 'to purchase.' In the linguistic landscape of Myanmar, this word is foundational, appearing in the earliest stages of language acquisition. It describes the act of acquiring goods or services in exchange for money or, historically, through barter. Unlike some languages where the verb might change significantly based on the formality of the transaction, ဝယ် remains the core root used in everything from buying a single lime at a street stall to purchasing a multi-million dollar property in Yangon's Golden Valley.

Core Concept
The fundamental action of trade where ownership is transferred to the subject in exchange for currency. It is a transitive verb, meaning it almost always takes a direct object—the thing being bought.
Cultural Nuance
In Myanmar, 'buying' is often a social event. When you use the word ဝယ်, it implies a social interaction, often involving bargaining (ဈေးဆစ်ခြင်း) in traditional markets. Therefore, the word carries a connotation of engagement with the community.

ကျွန်တော် ပန်းသီး ဝယ်တယ်။ (I buy/bought an apple.)

The word is versatile. It can be used for physical items (food, clothes, electronics), intangible services (data plans, insurance), or even metaphorical concepts. However, its most frequent use is in the daily 'Zay' (market) culture. In Myanmar, where fresh produce is bought daily, the word ဝယ် is heard thousands of times a day in every neighborhood. It is one of the first ten verbs any learner should master because it facilitates basic survival and social integration. Whether you are at a high-end mall like Junction City or a dusty roadside stall in Bagan, this word is your primary tool for acquisition.

ဈေး ဝယ်တာ ဝါသနာပါတယ်။ (I enjoy shopping/buying things at the market.)

Grammatical Role
As a verb, it can be modified by various particles to indicate tense, mood, or politeness. For example, adding 'chin' (ဝယ်ချင်) makes it 'want to buy,' while 'nay' (ဝယ်နေ) makes it 'buying (present continuous).'

Furthermore, the word is often paired with 'yu' (to take) to form 'way-yu' (ဝယ်ယူ), which is a slightly more formal or complete version of the verb, often used in news reports or business transactions to signify the formal acquisition of something. In casual speech, however, the single syllable 'way' is almost always sufficient.

Using ဝယ် correctly requires an understanding of Burmese sentence structure, which is Subject-Object-Verb (SOV). The word ဝယ် will almost always appear at the end of the phrase, followed by a sentence-final particle that indicates the time or the speaker's certainty.

Present/Past Habitual
Use the particle 'te' (တယ်) in colloquial speech. Example: 'Kyun-taw phone way-te' (I buy/bought a phone). Burmese doesn't always distinguish between present and past tense through the verb itself; the context or time markers provide that information.

မနက်ဖြန်ကျရင် ကားအသစ် ဝယ်မယ်။ (I will buy a new car tomorrow.)

When expressing future intent, the particle changes to 'me' or 'mal' (မယ်). This is crucial for planning. If you are at a shop and decide to take an item, you would say 'Way-me' (I'll buy it). This signals to the shopkeeper that the transaction is moving forward. If you want to ask a question, you replace the final particle with 'la' (လား). For example, 'Way-ma-la?' (Will you buy it?).

Polite Requests
When asking someone else to buy something for you, you add 'pay' (to give) after the verb. 'Way-pay-ba' (Please buy it for me). The 'ba' adds a layer of politeness essential for social harmony in Myanmar.

ဒီစာအုပ်ကို ဘယ်မှာ ဝယ်လို့ရမလဲ။ (Where can I buy this book?)

Advanced learners should note that ဝယ် can also be used as a noun-forming root. 'A-way' (အဝယ်) refers to the act of buying or the purchase itself. For instance, 'A-way taw' (အဝယ်တော်) refers to a purchasing agent or a shopper. Understanding how to pivot from the verb to related grammatical forms allows for more complex expression, such as discussing procurement strategies or consumer behavior.

You will hear ဝယ် in virtually every corner of Myanmar life. However, the most vibrant place is the 'Zay' (market). In the early morning, as mist hangs over the streets of Yangon or Mandalay, you will hear housewives and restaurant owners discussing what to ဝယ် for the day's meals. The word is often shouted by vendors trying to attract attention: 'Way-ba-ohn!' (Please buy some!).

In the Market
'Balo way ma le?' (How will you buy it/How much do you want?). Vendors use this to ask about quantity. You might respond with 'Ta-pait-tha way-me' (I'll buy one viss).
Online Shopping
On Facebook (the primary internet platform in Myanmar), you'll see 'Way-yu-ရန်' (To buy) or 'Way-yu-naing-bi' (Available to buy now) on almost every commercial post. The word has successfully migrated from the wet market to the digital screen.

လက်မှတ် ဝယ်ဖို့ တန်းစီနေကြတယ်။ (They are queuing to buy tickets.)

In television advertisements, the tone of ဝယ် changes. It becomes more persuasive and is often coupled with 'yu' to sound more professional. You'll hear 'Way-yu-အားပေးကြပါ' (Please support us by buying). This reflects the Burmese cultural value of 'ah-nar-de' (consideration), where buying is seen as an act of support for the seller.

Finally, in more formal settings like a bank or a corporate office, the word appears in the context of 'buying' currency or 'buying' shares. Even in these high-level financial discussions, the simple root ဝယ် remains the functional heart of the sentence, proving its indispensability across all socio-economic strata of Myanmar society.

For English speakers, the most common mistake when using ဝယ် is word order. English uses Verb-Object (buy apples), but Burmese uses Object-Verb (apples buy). Beginners often say 'Way pan-thee' instead of 'Pan-thee way,' which sounds jarring to native ears. Another significant pitfall is confusing ဝယ် (way - buy) with its antonym ရောင်း (yaung - sell). Because they are often taught together, students frequently flip them, leading to confusing situations at the market where they accidentally offer to sell their own belongings instead of buying new ones!

The Tone Trap
'Way' (ဝယ်) is a low tone. If you pronounce it with a high, sharp tone, it might be mistaken for other words. While context usually saves you, mastering the low, breathy 'way' is key to sounding natural.

❌ ကျွန်တော် ဝယ် ပန်းသီး။ (Incorrect SVO order)
✅ ကျွန်တော် ပန်းသီး ဝယ်တယ်။ (Correct SOV order)

Another mistake involves the use of particles. Many learners forget to add the sentence-final particle like 'te' or 'mal.' In Burmese, a verb standing alone like ဝယ် sounds like a command ('Buy!') rather than a statement of fact. To say 'I buy,' you must include the particle. Furthermore, learners often struggle with the 'way-yu' vs 'way' distinction. While using 'way' is rarely 'wrong,' using it in a formal written contract might seem slightly too casual.

Lastly, there is the confusion between 'buying' an item and 'paying' for an item. To pay is 'pay-de' (ပေးတယ်). While in English we might say 'I bought this for 5 dollars,' in Burmese, you often describe the act of buying and the act of paying as distinct steps or use specific particles to link the price to the verb ဝယ်. Avoid simply translating English idioms of 'buying' directly into Burmese without checking if the specific context allows it.

While ဝယ် is the most common way to say 'buy,' several alternatives exist depending on the context and level of formality. Understanding these can help you move from A1 to more advanced levels of Burmese proficiency. The most common variation is ဝယ်ယူ (way-yu), which combines 'buy' and 'take.' This is used in more formal settings, news broadcasts, and written Burmese.

ဝယ်ယူ (Way-yu)
A more formal version. Used in business: 'Kumpany ga sa-oak myar way-yu-the' (The company purchased books).
အားပေး (Ah-pay)
Literally 'to give strength' or 'to support.' In a commercial context, this is a polite euphemism for buying. A shopkeeper might say 'Ah-pay-ba-ohn' (Please buy/support us).

ဒီပစ္စည်းကို ဝယ်ယူခြင်းဖြင့် ကူညီနိုင်ပါတယ်။ (You can help by purchasing this item.)

Another related word is ဝယ်ခြမ်း (way-chann), which often refers to buying groceries or household supplies in a more comprehensive sense (similar to 'doing the shopping'). For high-level or legal contexts, you might encounter ပိုင်ဆိုင် (paing-saing), which means 'to own' or 'to acquire ownership,' though it is not a direct synonym for the act of buying itself.

In slang or very casual speech, you might hear people use English loanwords like 'shopping' (ရှော့ပင်), especially among the youth in Yangon. 'Shopping twat mal' (I'm going shopping) is common. However, even these speakers will return to ဝယ် when specifying the actual item: 'Shopping thwar yin gaung-pauk way-me' (When I go shopping, I will buy a blouse). Understanding these layers of vocabulary allows the learner to navigate different social environments with ease.

Wusstest du?

The Burmese word for 'shopping' is literally 'market-buy' (ဈေးဝယ်). This reflects the historical reality that all commerce happened in centralized markets rather than individual shops.

Aussprachehilfe

UK /wɛ̀/
US /wɛ̀/
Single syllable; emphasis is even but the tone must remain low to distinguish it from other meanings.
Reimt sich auf
တယ် (te) မယ် (me) ဘယ် (be) နယ် (ne) လယ် (le) ဝယ် (way) ငယ် (nge) ကျယ် (kye)
Häufige Fehler
  • Pronouncing it with a high tone, which can sound like other unrelated words.
  • Pronouncing it too quickly like 'way' in English (which sounds like the Burmese word for 'far').
  • Adding a 'y' sound at the end like 'wayyy'.
  • Confusing the vowel with 'ay' as in 'pay'. It is 'eh' as in 'met'.
  • Not breathy enough; Burmese low tones are often slightly breathy.
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Beispiele nach Niveau

1

ကျွန်တော် ရေ ဝယ်တယ်။

I buy water.

Subject (I) + Object (Water) + Verb (Buy) + Particle (Present/Past).

2

မေမေ ပန်းသီး ဝယ်တယ်။

Mother buys apples.

Basic SOV structure.

3

ဒါ ဝယ်မလား။

Will you buy this?

Question form using 'ma-la'.

4

ကျွန်တော် မဝယ်ဘူး။

I don't buy / I won't buy.

Negative construction: ma + verb + bu.

5

ဘယ်နှစ်ခု ဝယ်မလဲ။

How many will you buy?

Interrogative with quantity.

6

ကြက်ဥ ဝယ်မယ်။

I will buy eggs.

Future intent with 'mal'.

7

ထမင်း ဝယ်စားမယ်။

I will buy and eat rice.

Compound verb: buy + eat.

8

ဖောင်တိန် ဝယ်ချင်တယ်။

I want to buy a pen.

Expressing desire with 'chin'.

1

ဈေးဝယ်သွားမလို့။

I'm going to go shopping.

Zay-way (market-buy) is the common term for shopping.

2

ဒီအင်္ကျီကို ဘယ်မှာ ဝယ်တာလဲ။

Where did you buy this shirt?

Asking about location of purchase.

3

ကျွန်တော့်အတွက် ဝယ်ပေးပါ။

Please buy it for me.

Benefactive 'pay' added to the verb.

4

အများကြီး မဝယ်ပါနဲ့။

Please don't buy a lot.

Negative request 'ma... pa ne'.

5

ဖိနပ် အသစ် ဝယ်ရမယ်။

I must buy new shoes.

Necessity 'ya-mal'.

6

ဈေးကြီးရင် မဝယ်ဘူး။

If it is expensive, I won't buy it.

Conditional 'yin' clause.

7

လက်ဆောင် ဝယ်ချင်လို့ပါ။

Because I want to buy a gift.

Explaining reason with 'lo-ba'.

8

မုန့် ဝယ်စားကြစို့။

Let's buy and eat snacks.

Suggestive 'ca-so'.

1

မနေ့က ဝယ်တဲ့ စာအုပ်က အရမ်းကောင်းတယ်။

The book I bought yesterday is very good.

Relative clause using 'te' to modify a noun.

2

အွန်လိုင်းကနေ ဝယ်တာ ပိုသက်သာတယ်။

Buying from online is more economical.

Comparing methods of buying.

3

လက်မှတ် ဝယ်ဖို့ တန်းစီရတာ ကြာတယ်။

It took a long time to queue to buy tickets.

Using 'pho' (for/to) to indicate purpose.

4

သူက ပစ္စည်းအသစ်ဆို အမြဲ ဝယ်တာပဲ။

He always buys it if it's a new item.

Habitual action description.

5

ဝယ်ပြီးသား ပစ္စည်းကို ပြန်လဲလို့ရလား။

Can I exchange the item already bought?

'Way-pyi-thar' means 'already bought'.

6

ဈေးဝယ်စင်တာမှာ လူတွေ အများကြီးပဲ။

There are so many people in the shopping center.

Compound noun 'zay-way-sin-ta'.

7

နိုင်ငံခြားကနေ မှာဝယ်ရတာ ခက်တယ်။

It is difficult to order/buy from abroad.

Compound verb 'mhar-way' (order-buy).

8

ဒီမှာ ဝယ်တာထက် ဟိုမှာ ဝယ်တာ ပိုကောင်းတယ်။

Buying there is better than buying here.

Comparison of actions.

1

အိမ်ဝယ်ဖို့အတွက် ငွေစုနေရတယ်။

I am saving money to buy a house.

Complex purpose clause with financial context.

2

ကုမ္ပဏီက စက်ပစ္စည်းအသစ်တွေ ဝယ်ယူဖို့ ဆုံးဖြတ်လိုက်တယ်။

The company decided to purchase new machinery.

Formal 'way-yu' in a corporate context.

3

ဝယ်လိုအားနဲ့ ရောင်းလိုအား မမျှတဘူး။

Demand (buying-desire) and supply (selling-desire) are not balanced.

Economic terminology: way-lo-ah (demand).

4

အရည်အသွေးကောင်းတာကိုပဲ ရွေးဝယ်သင့်တယ်။

One should only choose and buy good quality items.

Recommendation using 'thint-te'.

5

သူ့စကားကို လူတွေက လွယ်လွယ်နဲ့ မဝယ်ကြဘူး။

People don't easily buy (believe) what he says.

Metaphorical use of 'buy' meaning 'to believe/accept'.

6

ဒုတိယလက်ပတ် ကားဝယ်တာ သတိထားရမယ်။

One must be careful when buying a second-hand car.

Advisory context with compound nouns.

7

အဝယ်တော်တွေက ဈေးနှုန်းကို ညှိနှိုင်းနေကြတယ်။

The purchasing agents are negotiating the price.

Noun form 'a-way-taw' (purchaser).

8

အစုရှယ်ယာတွေ ဝယ်ယူခြင်းက ရင်းနှီးမြှုပ်နှံမှု တစ်ခုပါ။

Purchasing shares is a form of investment.

Formal gerund 'way-yu-chin'.

1

စားသုံးသူတွေရဲ့ ယုံကြည်မှုကို ဝယ်ယူဖို့ မလွယ်ကူပါဘူး။

It is not easy to buy (win) the trust of consumers.

Abstract usage in marketing/psychology.

2

အချိန်ကို ငွေနဲ့ ဝယ်လို့ မရနိုင်တာ အမှန်ပဲ။

It is true that time cannot be bought with money.

Philosophical/Literary usage.

3

အစိုးရက လယ်သမားတွေဆီက စပါးကို ဈေးနှုန်းသတ်မှတ်ပြီး ဝယ်ယူနေတယ်။

The government is purchasing paddy from farmers at a fixed price.

Formal administrative language.

4

ဒီလုပ်ငန်းကို ဝယ်ယူလိုက်ခြင်းက မဟာဗျူဟာမြောက် ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်ဖြစ်တယ်။

Acquiring this business was a strategic decision.

High-level business terminology.

5

သူ့ရဲ့ ထောက်ခံမှုကို ဝယ်ယူဖို့ ကြိုးစားခဲ့ကြပေမယ့် မအောင်မြင်ခဲ့ဘူး။

They tried to buy his support, but they didn't succeed.

Context of bribery or political influence.

6

ဝယ်ယူသူတွေရဲ့ စိတ်ကျေနပ်မှုက အဓိက အချက်ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။

Customer satisfaction is the key factor.

Formal noun 'way-yu-thu' (purchaser/customer).

7

အမှန်တရားကို ဘယ်တော့မှ ငွေနဲ့ ဝယ်လို့ မရဘူး။

Truth can never be bought with money.

Moral/Ethical assertion.

8

ခေတ်သစ် ကမ္ဘာမှာ အချက်အလက်တွေကို ဝယ်ယူရောင်းချနေကြတယ်။

In the modern world, data is being bought and sold.

Passive/General truth about modern economy.

1

သမိုင်းကြောင်း တစ်လျှောက်မှာ နယ်မြေတွေကို ဝယ်ယူ သိမ်းပိုက်ခဲ့ကြတယ်။

Throughout history, territories were purchased and occupied.

Historical/Geopolitical context.

2

သူ့ရဲ့ တိတ်ဆိတ်မှုကို ဝယ်ယူဖို့ ကြိုးစားခြင်းက အရာမထင်ခဲ့ဘူး။

Trying to buy his silence proved futile.

Nuanced idiomatic usage.

3

ဝယ်ယူခြင်း အနုပညာဟာ စိတ်ပညာပေါ်မှာ အခြေခံပါတယ်။

The art of purchasing is based on psychology.

Academic/Theoretical discussion.

4

အသိပညာကို ဝယ်ယူလို့ မရပေမယ့် သင်ယူလို့တော့ ရပါတယ်။

Knowledge cannot be bought, but it can be learned.

Proverbial/Rhetorical structure.

5

နိုင်ငံတော်၏ အချုပ်အခြာအာဏာကို မည်သည့်အရာနှင့်မျှ ဝယ်ယူ၍ မရနိုင်ပါ။

The sovereignty of the state cannot be bought with anything.

Constitutional/Legal register.

6

နှလုံးသားကို ဝယ်ယူဖို့ ကြိုးစားခြင်းက အချည်းနှီးသာ ဖြစ်တယ်။

Trying to buy a heart is in vain.

Poetic/Metaphorical depth.

7

ဈေးကွက် စီးပွားရေး စနစ်တွင် ဝယ်ယူသူသည် အရှင်သခင် ဖြစ်သည်။

In a market economy system, the buyer is king.

Formal economic theory.

8

သူသည် မိမိ၏ အမှားကို ဖုံးကွယ်ရန် သက်သေများကို ဝယ်ယူခဲ့သည်။

He bought witnesses to hide his mistake.

Context of legal corruption/narrative.

Häufige Kollokationen

ဈေးဝယ်
လက်မှတ်ဝယ်
အိမ်ဝယ်
အဝယ်တော်
ဝယ်လိုအား
ပြန်ဝယ်
ရွေးဝယ်
မှာဝယ်
လက်လီဝယ်
လက်ကားဝယ်

Häufige Phrasen

ဝယ်လို့ရလား

ဝယ်ရတာ တန်တယ်

မဝယ်နဲ့တော့

ဝယ်ပြီးပြီ

ဝယ်စရာရှိတယ်

ဝယ်ပေးမယ်

ဘယ်မှာ ဝယ်တာလဲ

ဝယ်ဖို့ လိုတယ်

ဝယ်ချင်စရာလေး

အလကား ဝယ်တာ

Redewendungen & Ausdrücke

"မျက်စိမှိတ်ဝယ်"

To buy something without looking or checking carefully (blindly).

သူကတော့ မျက်စိမှိတ်ဝယ်တာပဲ။ (He just buys things blindly.)

Informal

"ဈေးကို ဝယ်တာ"

To buy based only on price (not quality).

ဈေးကိုပဲ ဝယ်ရင် ခဏပဲ ခံမယ်။ (If you only buy for the price, it won't last long.)

Colloquial

"ဝယ်လို့မရတဲ့ အရာ"

Something money can't buy (love, time, health).

ပျော်ရွှင်မှုက ဝယ်လို့မရတဲ့ အရာပါ။ (Happiness is something money can't buy.)

Literary

"အရှုံးဝယ်"

To buy something that results in a loss (bad investment).

ဒီကားကတော့ အရှုံးဝယ်လိုက်တာပဲ။ (Buying this car was just buying a loss.)

Informal

"စိတ်ကို ဝယ်"

To win someone's heart or mind (metaphorical buy).

သူ့စိတ်ကို ဝယ်ဖို့ မလွယ်ဘူး။ (It's not easy to win/buy his heart.)

Poetic

"လူဝယ်"

To bribe someone (literally 'to buy a person').

သက်သေကို လူဝယ်ထားတယ်။ (The witness has been bought/bribed.)

Slang/Dark

"နားဝယ်"

To listen or 'buy' into what is being said (archaic/literary).

သူ့စကား နားဝယ်မဝင်ဘူး။ (His words don't enter/buy into my ears.)

Archaic

"ဝယ်ရင်းဈေး"

Cost price (the price it was bought for).

ဝယ်ရင်းဈေးနဲ့ပဲ ပြန်ရောင်းမယ်။ (I'll sell it back at the cost price.)

Business

"အဝယ်တော် ဆင်း"

To go on a big shopping spree (often for others).

ဒီနေ့ အဝယ်တော် ဆင်းရမယ်။ (I have to go on a shopping mission today.)

Colloquial

"ဝယ်မရောင်း"

To not be able to buy or sell (stagnant market).

အခုတလော ဝယ်မရောင်း ဖြစ်နေတယ်။ (Lately, nothing is being bought or sold.)

Business

Wortfamilie

Substantive

Verben

Adjektive

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Einprägen

Eselsbrücke

Think of 'Way'. When you buy something, you are finding a 'way' to get it. Or, 'I went all the WAY to the market to buy (ဝယ်) this.'

Visuelle Assoziation

Imagine a person handing over a 'W' shaped coin to a vendor. The low tone is like the person bowing slightly as they hand over the money.

Word Web

ဝယ် (Buy) ရောင်း (Sell) ဈေး (Market)

Wortherkunft

The word 'ဝယ်' is of Tibeto-Burman origin. It has been a part of the Burmese core vocabulary since the Pagan era (9th-13th century). In old inscriptions, the root for exchange and acquisition is consistent with the modern form.

Ursprüngliche Bedeutung: To exchange goods or to acquire through trade.

Sino-Tibetan > Tibeto-Burman > Lolo-Burmese > Burmish > Burmese.
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