Significado
Promising to wait for someone.
Contexto cultural
The concept of 'Ah-nar-de' is central. Saying 'I'll wait' is a way to protect the other person's feelings. In Myanmar, it's common to wait for elders to start eating. You might say 'စောင့်နေမယ်' to show you won't eat until they arrive. Religious patience: Waiting is often linked to the Buddhist virtue of 'Khanti' (patience). Social Media: On Facebook, people often comment 'စောင့်နေမယ်' on posts about upcoming events or songs.
Add 'naw' for warmth
Always add 'နော်' (naw) when talking to friends to sound like a native speaker.
Watch the tone
If you say it too loudly or quickly, it can sound impatient. Keep it soft and slow.
Significado
Promising to wait for someone.
Add 'naw' for warmth
Always add 'နော်' (naw) when talking to friends to sound like a native speaker.
Watch the tone
If you say it too loudly or quickly, it can sound impatient. Keep it soft and slow.
The 'Ah-nar-de' shield
Use this phrase even if you are slightly annoyed; it maintains social harmony.
Ponte a prueba
Fill in the missing part to say 'I will be waiting.'
ကျွန်တော် ဒီမှာ စောင့်___မယ်။
'နေ' (nay) is the continuous marker needed to complete the phrase.
Which phrase is the most polite to say to a teacher?
ဆရာ့ကို...
The particle 'ပါ' (par) makes the sentence polite for a teacher.
Complete the dialogue.
A: ငါ ၅ မိနစ်လောက် နောက်ကျမယ်။ B: ရပါတယ်၊ ________။
The context of being late requires a promise to wait.
Match the phrase to the situation.
You are texting a close friend that you are already at the cinema.
'Naw' is the best choice for a close friend in a casual setting.
🎉 Puntuación: /4
Ayudas visuales
Where to Wait
Places
- • အိမ် (Home)
- • ဆိုင် (Shop)
- • မှတ်တိုင် (Bus stop)
People
- • သူငယ်ချင်း (Friend)
- • ဆရာ (Teacher)
- • အမေ (Mother)
Banco de ejercicios
4 ejerciciosကျွန်တော် ဒီမှာ စောင့်___မယ်။
'နေ' (nay) is the continuous marker needed to complete the phrase.
ဆရာ့ကို...
The particle 'ပါ' (par) makes the sentence polite for a teacher.
A: ငါ ၅ မိနစ်လောက် နောက်ကျမယ်။ B: ရပါတယ်၊ ________။
The context of being late requires a promise to wait.
You are texting a close friend that you are already at the cinema.
'Naw' is the best choice for a close friend in a casual setting.
🎉 Puntuación: /4
Preguntas frecuentes
10 preguntasYes, it works for both 5 minutes and 5 years. The 'nay' aspect covers any duration.
Yes, the phrase itself is neutral. You only change gender by adding 'ကျွန်တော်' (male) or 'ကျွန်မ' (female) at the beginning.
The second one is more polite because of the 'par' particle. Use it with strangers or elders.
It's better to use the formal written form 'စောင့်ဆိုင်းနေပါမည်' in emails.
You say 'မစောင့်တော့ဘူး' (Ma saunt taw bu).
Yes, it's very common. 'ဒီမှာ စောင့်နေမယ်' (I'll be waiting here).
It can be, depending on the context and tone, but it's mostly just a practical social phrase.
'Naw' is a softening particle that seeks agreement and adds a friendly tone.
Use 'စောင့်နေတာ ကြာပြီ' (Saunt nay tar kyar pyi).
Usually, you'd just say 'ကားစောင့်နေတယ်' (I am waiting for the bus). 'စောင့်နေမယ်' is more for a promise to a person.
Frases relacionadas
စောင့်နေပါ
similarPlease wait.
စောင့်ဆိုင်း
specialized formTo wait (formal).
စောင့်မျှော်
similarTo wait with anticipation.
စောင့်ဦးမယ်
builds onI will wait a bit longer.
မစောင့်နိုင်တော့ဘူး
contrastI can't wait anymore.
