Significado
Not knowing the way or direction.
Contexto cultural
Burmese people often use 'lan pyauk' to express humility when they don't understand a complex topic in a group discussion. The 'Path' is a sacred metaphor. Helping someone who is 'lan pyauk' is seen as a high form of 'dana' (giving). In the chaotic traffic and unnumbered streets of Yangon, 'lan pyauk' is a daily reality and a common icebreaker. On social media, 'lan pyauk' is used in memes to describe the confusion of modern dating or changing technology.
Use 'Nay' for current state
Always add 'nay' (လမ်းပျောက်နေတယ်) if you are currently standing there lost. It sounds more natural.
Don't use for objects
Remember: 'Lan' means road. Don't use it for your lost cat or keys!
Significado
Not knowing the way or direction.
Use 'Nay' for current state
Always add 'nay' (လမ်းပျောက်နေတယ်) if you are currently standing there lost. It sounds more natural.
Don't use for objects
Remember: 'Lan' means road. Don't use it for your lost cat or keys!
Ask for help
Burmese people find it very natural to help someone who is lost. Don't be afraid to use this phrase!
Ponte a prueba
Fill in the blank to say 'I got lost in the forest.'
တောထဲမှာ ကျွန်တော် ____ သွားတယ်။
'လမ်းပျောက်သွားတယ်' is the correct way to say you got lost in a place like a forest.
Which sentence means 'I feel lost in my life'?
Choose the correct sentence:
'ဘဝမှာ လမ်းပျောက်တယ်' is the standard metaphorical use for feeling lost in life.
Match the Burmese phrase to its English context.
Match the following:
Each phrase has a specific context in Burmese.
Complete the dialogue.
A: ဘာလို့ နောက်ကျတာလဲ။ B: စာတိုက်ကို ရှာတာ ____ လို့ပါ။
'လမ်းပျောက်နေလို့ပါ' explains the current state that caused the delay.
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Banco de ejercicios
4 ejerciciosတောထဲမှာ ကျွန်တော် ____ သွားတယ်။
'လမ်းပျောက်သွားတယ်' is the correct way to say you got lost in a place like a forest.
Choose the correct sentence:
'ဘဝမှာ လမ်းပျောက်တယ်' is the standard metaphorical use for feeling lost in life.
Empareja cada elemento de la izquierda con su par de la derecha:
Each phrase has a specific context in Burmese.
A: ဘာလို့ နောက်ကျတာလဲ။ B: စာတိုက်ကို ရှာတာ ____ လို့ပါ။
'လမ်းပျောက်နေလို့ပါ' explains the current state that caused the delay.
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Preguntas frecuentes
10 preguntasNo, use 'ခွေးပျောက်တယ်' (Khway pyauk te).
Yes, it is a neutral, factual statement. Adding 'par' makes it more polite.
လမ်းပျောက်သည် (Lan pyauk thee).
လမ်းနည်းနည်း ပျောက်နေတယ်။ (Lan nee nee pyauk nay te).
No, for losing a game use 'ရှုံးတယ်' (shone te).
Literally, yes. But it always implies the person cannot find it.
You can say 'လမ်းပျောက်ပြီ' (Lan pyauk pyi) to mean 'I'm screwed/lost'.
လမ်းပျောက်နေတာလား။ (Lan pyauk nay tar lar?)
Yes, 'အတွေးထဲမှာ လမ်းပျောက်တယ်' (Lost in thought).
လမ်းသိတယ် (Lan thi te - I know the way).
Frases relacionadas
လမ်းပြတယ်
contrastTo show the way
မျက်စိလည်တယ်
similarTo be disoriented
လမ်းမှားတယ်
similarTo take the wrong road
လမ်းစရှာတယ်
builds onTo look for a clue/way out
ဦးတည်ချက်ပျောက်တယ်
specialized formTo lose one's objective
