Significado
Negotiating the price of an item.
Contexto cultural
Bargaining is a social ritual. If you accept the first price, you might be seen as 'easy' or even slightly boring. It's a way to build rapport. Very similar to Myanmar. In markets like Chatuchak, bargaining is expected, but in malls, it is not. Bargaining is highly competitive and can be more intense than in Myanmar. It's often a long process of walking away and being called back. Bargaining is rare and often limited to high-value items like cars or houses, or used goods at flea markets.
The 'Walk Away' Technique
If the seller won't budge, politely say thank you and start to walk away. Often, they will call you back with a lower price.
Smile is Key
Never look angry while bargaining. It's a game. If you look stressed, you've already lost.
Significado
Negotiating the price of an item.
The 'Walk Away' Technique
If the seller won't budge, politely say thank you and start to walk away. Often, they will call you back with a lower price.
Smile is Key
Never look angry while bargaining. It's a game. If you look stressed, you've already lost.
Fixed Price Signs
Look for signs that say 'Fixed Price' or 'Zay Ma Sit Ya' (No bargaining). Respect these signs.
Ponte a prueba
Fill in the blank with the correct word for 'bargain'.
စျေးထဲမှာ စျေး____လို့ ရမလား?
'Zay Sit' is the collocation for bargaining.
Where is it appropriate to 'Zay Sit'?
ဘယ်နေရာမှာ စျေးဆစ်လို့ ရမလဲ?
Traditional markets are the primary place for bargaining.
Complete the dialogue.
Seller: 'ဒီအင်္ကျီ တစ်သောင်းပါ။' Buyer: 'အရမ်းများတယ်၊ နည်းနည်းလောက် ____ ပေးပါ။'
'Lhyawt' means to lower, used when asking for a discount.
Match the phrase to the situation.
Match: 1. စျေးဆစ်လို့ ရမလား? 2. စျေးမဆစ်ပါနဲ့။
You ask to bargain at vendors; you see 'don't bargain' at fixed shops.
🎉 Puntuación: /4
Ayudas visuales
Where to Zay Sit?
Yes ✅
- • Wet Markets
- • Street Stalls
- • Taxis
- • Souvenir Shops
No ❌
- • Supermarkets
- • Malls
- • Fast Food
- • Banks
Banco de ejercicios
4 ejerciciosစျေးထဲမှာ စျေး____လို့ ရမလား?
'Zay Sit' is the collocation for bargaining.
ဘယ်နေရာမှာ စျေးဆစ်လို့ ရမလဲ?
Traditional markets are the primary place for bargaining.
Seller: 'ဒီအင်္ကျီ တစ်သောင်းပါ။' Buyer: 'အရမ်းများတယ်၊ နည်းနည်းလောက် ____ ပေးပါ။'
'Lhyawt' means to lower, used when asking for a discount.
Match: 1. စျေးဆစ်လို့ ရမလား? 2. စျေးမဆစ်ပါနဲ့။
You ask to bargain at vendors; you see 'don't bargain' at fixed shops.
🎉 Puntuación: /4
Preguntas frecuentes
4 preguntasNot at all! In markets, it's expected. However, it's rude in supermarkets or if you are too aggressive.
Usually, start by asking for 30% off and aim to settle at 15-20% off the original price.
In wet markets for vegetables/meat, yes. In restaurants with menus, no.
You can use a calculator to show numbers, but saying 'Zay sit lo ya ma lar?' will get you a better 'local' reaction.
Frases relacionadas
စျေးလျှော့
similarTo lower the price.
အလျှော့အတင်း
builds onGive and take / Flexibility.
စျေးကိုင်
contrastTo hold a high price / Not budge.
စျေးကြီး
similarExpensive.
