A1 Idiom غیر رسمی

လက်တိုလက်တောင်း

လကတလကတင

Errand runner

معنی

Someone who helps with small tasks.

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زمینه فرهنگی

The role of a 'lat-to-lat-taung' is essential during 'Ah-lu' (donation ceremonies). It's seen as a way for young people to gain merit. In small Burmese businesses, the 'lat-to-lat-taung' often becomes the most trusted person because they know all the small details of the operation. The youngest child is traditionally the 'lat-to-lat-taung' for the whole family, a role that comes with both chores and extra affection. In modern apartments, neighbors often act as 'lat-to-lat-taung' for elderly residents, reflecting the 'neighborly spirit' (A-ni-sat-thaw-sway).

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Use with 'Little Brother/Sister'

It's very natural to use this when talking about younger siblings helping out.

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Avoid with Bosses

Never use this for someone higher in rank than you.

معنی

Someone who helps with small tasks.

💡

Use with 'Little Brother/Sister'

It's very natural to use this when talking about younger siblings helping out.

⚠️

Avoid with Bosses

Never use this for someone higher in rank than you.

💬

The 'A-nar-de' Connection

Using this term makes it easier to ask for help without feeling guilty.

خودت رو بسنج

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

မောင်လေးက အိမ်မှာ ______ လုပ်ပေးတယ်။

✓ درسته! ✗ نه دقیقاً. پاسخ صحیح: လက်တိုလက်တောင်း

The idiom is fixed as 'လက်တိုလက်တောင်း'.

Match the situation to the usage.

Which situation is appropriate for using 'လက်တိုလက်တောင်း'?

✓ درسته! ✗ نه دقیقاً. پاسخ صحیح: Describing a helpful younger cousin at a party

It is an informal term for a helper.

Fill in the verb often used with this idiom.

သူ့ကို လက်တိုလက်တောင်း ______ ရတာ အဆင်ပြေတယ်။

✓ درسته! ✗ نه دقیقاً. پاسخ صحیح: ခိုင်း

'ခိုင်း' (to order/ask to do) is the standard verb for using an errand-runner.

Complete the dialogue.

A: ပွဲမှာ ကူညီမယ့်သူ လိုနေလား? B: အင်း၊ ______ လုပ်ပေးမယ့်သူ တစ်ယောက်လောက်တော့ လိုတယ်။

✓ درسته! ✗ نه دقیقاً. پاسخ صحیح: လက်တိုလက်တောင်း

The context of needing help at an event fits the idiom.

🎉 امتیاز: /4

ابزارهای بصری یادگیری

بانک تمرین

4 تمرین‌ها
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence. Choose A1

မောင်လေးက အိမ်မှာ ______ လုပ်ပေးတယ်။

✓ درسته! ✗ نه دقیقاً. پاسخ صحیح: လက်တိုလက်တောင်း

The idiom is fixed as 'လက်တိုလက်တောင်း'.

Match the situation to the usage. situation_matching A2

Which situation is appropriate for using 'လက်တိုလက်တောင်း'?

✓ درسته! ✗ نه دقیقاً. پاسخ صحیح: Describing a helpful younger cousin at a party

It is an informal term for a helper.

Fill in the verb often used with this idiom. جای خالی B1

သူ့ကို လက်တိုလက်တောင်း ______ ရတာ အဆင်ပြေတယ်။

✓ درسته! ✗ نه دقیقاً. پاسخ صحیح: ခိုင်း

'ခိုင်း' (to order/ask to do) is the standard verb for using an errand-runner.

Complete the dialogue. dialogue_completion A2

A: ပွဲမှာ ကူညီမယ့်သူ လိုနေလား? B: အင်း၊ ______ လုပ်ပေးမယ့်သူ တစ်ယောက်လောက်တော့ လိုတယ်။

✓ درسته! ✗ نه دقیقاً. پاسخ صحیح: လက်တိုလက်တောင်း

The context of needing help at an event fits the idiom.

🎉 امتیاز: /4

سوالات متداول

10 سوال

Generally no, it's a common and often affectionate term. However, don't use it for superiors.

Yes, but 'အိမ်အကူ' (home helper) is more common for a paid professional.

It refers to a small basket used for errands or the act of requesting.

No, the phrase stays the same for one or many people.

Yes! You can say 'ကျွန်တော် လက်တိုလက်တောင်း လုပ်ပေးမယ်' (I will help with errands).

Rarely. It's mostly for speech and informal writing like stories or texts.

'Helper' is general; this idiom specifically implies small, varied errands.

Yes, it's very common to describe children helping their parents this way.

No, it implies the opposite—that they are busy and helpful.

No, it's a traditional idiom used by all ages.

عبارات مرتبط

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ဝေယျာဝစ္စ

synonym

Social service or chores

🔗

အစေအပါး

similar

Servant or attendant

🔗

ခြေတိုလက်တို

similar

Busy running around

🔗

အကူ

builds on

Helper

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