A1 Collocation خنثی

နားထောင်

နထင

To listen

معنی

The act of listening.

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زمینه فرهنگی

Listening is a sign of 'Ah-nar-de' (consideration/deference). To listen without interrupting is a key social skill. Listening to the Dhamma (တရားနာခြင်း) is one of the ten meritorious deeds. It is believed to bring wisdom and peace. Modern Myanmar youth use 'Nar Htaung' for Western pop, K-pop, and local 'Anyeint' music equally. In villages, the community radio or loudspeaker often broadcasts news. People gather to 'listen' together.

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The 'Pay' Trick

Always add 'Pay' (နားထောင်ပေး) when you want to sound like a supportive friend. It shows you are giving your time to listen.

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Don't say 'Nar Htaung' to a Monk

Use 'Nar Sin' or 'Tay Nar' instead. It shows you know the religious etiquette.

معنی

The act of listening.

🎯

The 'Pay' Trick

Always add 'Pay' (နားထောင်ပေး) when you want to sound like a supportive friend. It shows you are giving your time to listen.

⚠️

Don't say 'Nar Htaung' to a Monk

Use 'Nar Sin' or 'Tay Nar' instead. It shows you know the religious etiquette.

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Obedience is Key

Remember that 'listening' in Myanmar is the highest form of being a 'good person.' Use it often when talking about family.

خودت رو بسنج

Fill in the blank with the correct form of 'to listen'.

ကျွန်တော် သီချင်း _______ နေတယ်။

✓ درسته! ✗ نه دقیقاً. پاسخ صحیح: နားထောင်

You 'listen' (နားထောင်) to music; you don't just passively hear it.

Which sentence means 'Please listen to the teacher'?

Choose the correct sentence:

✓ درسته! ✗ نه دقیقاً. پاسخ صحیح: ဆရာပြောတာ နားထောင်ပါ။

The particle 'ပါ' makes it a polite request to listen.

Match the phrase to the situation.

Situation: A mother telling her child to be good.

✓ درسته! ✗ نه دقیقاً. پاسخ صحیح: စကားနားထောင်ပါ။

'စကားနားထောင်' (listening to words) is the idiom for being obedient.

Complete the dialogue.

A: ဘာလုပ်နေတာလဲ။ B: ဖုန်းထဲက video ကို _______ နေတာ။

✓ درسته! ✗ نه دقیقاً. پاسخ صحیح: နားထောင်

While you 'watch' (ကြည့်) a video, you also 'listen' (နားထောင်) to it.

🎉 امتیاز: /4

ابزارهای بصری یادگیری

Active vs. Passive

နားထောင် (Active)
Intentional Listening to a song
ကြား (Passive)
Accidental Hearing a noise

بانک تمرین

4 تمرین‌ها
Fill in the blank with the correct form of 'to listen'. جای خالی A1

ကျွန်တော် သီချင်း _______ နေတယ်။

✓ درسته! ✗ نه دقیقاً. پاسخ صحیح: နားထောင်

You 'listen' (နားထောင်) to music; you don't just passively hear it.

Which sentence means 'Please listen to the teacher'? Choose A1

Choose the correct sentence:

✓ درسته! ✗ نه دقیقاً. پاسخ صحیح: ဆရာပြောတာ နားထောင်ပါ။

The particle 'ပါ' makes it a polite request to listen.

Match the phrase to the situation. situation_matching A2

Situation: A mother telling her child to be good.

✓ درسته! ✗ نه دقیقاً. پاسخ صحیح: စကားနားထောင်ပါ။

'စကားနားထောင်' (listening to words) is the idiom for being obedient.

Complete the dialogue. dialogue_completion A1

A: ဘာလုပ်နေတာလဲ။ B: ဖုန်းထဲက video ကို _______ နေတာ။

✓ درسته! ✗ نه دقیقاً. پاسخ صحیح: နားထောင်

While you 'watch' (ကြည့်) a video, you also 'listen' (နားထောင်) to it.

🎉 امتیاز: /4

سوالات متداول

14 سوال

Yes, literally it uses the word for ear, but figuratively it means to obey or follow advice.

Usually, you use 'Kyi' (watch) for TV, but if you are just listening to the audio, you can use 'Nar Htaung'.

'Nar Htaung' is everyday; 'Nar Sin' is formal, royal, or for performances.

Say 'Nar htaung nay tal' (နားထောင်နေတယ်။).

No, it's neutral. But adding 'par' (နားထောင်ပါ့မယ်) makes it polite.

You can, but 'Chaung Nar Htaung' (spy-listen) is more specific.

'Sakar' means words. It literally means 'listening to words,' which is the idiom for being obedient.

Yes, add 'khae' (နားထောင်ခဲ့တယ်) or just use context with 'tal'.

Yes, it's the perfect word for podcasts and audiobooks.

Say 'Ma kyar buu' (I don't hear you), not 'Ma nar htaung buu' (which means I refuse to listen).

Not really a slang word, but dropping the particles makes it very casual.

Say 'Da nar htaung kyi!' (Listen to this and see!).

Constantly! It's a staple in romantic songs about wanting someone to listen to your heart.

'Nar ma htaung buu' (not listening) or 'Sakar kyi tal' (stubborn).

عبارات مرتبط

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နားစွင့်

similar

To eavesdrop or listen intently

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နားဆင်

specialized form

To listen (formal/royal)

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နားလည်

builds on

To understand

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ကြား

contrast

To hear

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နားငြီး

contrast

To be tired of listening

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