A0 · Point Zéro Chapitre 4

Asking Basic Questions: 'What?' and 'Who?'

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Chapter in 30 Seconds

Unlock meaningful conversations by mastering the art of asking questions in Burmese.

  • Construct basic interrogative sentences
  • Identify essential question markers
  • Formulate simple responses to inquiries
Ask, discover, and connect with the world in Burmese.

Ce que tu vas apprendre

Learn to ask fundamental questions like 'What is this?' and 'Who is that?' using Burmese question words and particles. This opens up your ability to inquire about your surroundings.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

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    By the end you will be able to: Formulate basic 'What' and 'Who' questions confidently.

Conseils et astuces (4)

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Listen for the tone

Native speakers often raise their pitch at the end of a 'လား' question.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: The Question Particle (လား)
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Keep it simple

Don't overthink the grammar. Just place 'ဘာ' where the answer would be.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Asking 'What?' (ဘာ)
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In-situ placement

Don't move 'ဘယ်သူ' to the front. Keep it where the person's name would be.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Asking 'Who?' (ဘယ်သူ)
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Rising Pitch

Always raise your pitch slightly at the end to sound natural.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Yes/No Questions (ဟုတ်တယ် / မဟုတ်ဘူး)

Vocabulaire clé (6)

ဘာ What ဘယ်သူ Who လား Question marker ဟုတ်တယ် Yes/It is မဟုတ်ဘူး No/It is not တော့ Topic marker

Real-World Preview

shopping-cart

At the Market

Review Summary

  • Statement + လား
  • ဘာ + လဲ
  • ဘယ်သူ + လဲ
  • ဟုတ်တယ် / မဟုတ်ဘူး
  • Noun + တော့

Erreurs courantes

Do not double-question. 'ဘာ' already implies a question, so you don't need 'လား' at the end.

Wrong: ဒါ ဘာလဲ လား
Correct: ဒါ ဘာလဲ

Use 'ဘယ်သူ' (who) for people and 'ဘာ' (what) for objects.

Wrong: သူက ဘာလဲ
Correct: သူက ဘယ်သူလဲ

The question particle always comes at the end, not the beginning.

Wrong: လား ဒါ စာအုပ်
Correct: ဒါ စာအုပ်လား

Next Steps

You have done an amazing job today! Keep questioning and keep learning.

Practice asking 'What is this?' for 5 items in your room

Continue to: Everyday Survival: Essential Phrases and Numbers

Pratique rapide (10)

Fix the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

အဲဒါ ဘယ်သူလဲ (referring to a cat)

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Use 'ဘာ' for animals/things.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Asking 'Who?' (ဘယ်သူ)

Fix the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

ဘာ မင်း လုပ်လဲ

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: မင်း ဘာလုပ်လဲ
Subject first.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Asking 'What?' (ဘာ)

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

သွားဘူး။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: မသွားဘူး
Negative requires 'မ' and 'ဘူး'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Responding to Questions (ဖြေဆိုနည်း)

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

Do မင်း သွားလား

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Remove 'Do'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Yes/No Questions (ဟုတ်တယ် / မဟုတ်ဘူး)

Fix the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

မင်း ဘာစားသလား။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: မင်း ဘာစားသလဲ
Open-ended questions use 'လဲ'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: The Question Particle (လား)

Which is for people?

What is for people?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ဘယ်သူ
Use 'ဘယ်သူ' for people.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Asking 'What?' (ဘာ)

Which sentence is correct?

Choose the correct question.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: မင်း စားသလား
'လား' is the correct particle.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: The Question Particle (လား)

Fill in the blank.

လာမှာလား။ - ___မယ်။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: လာ
The verb in the question is 'လာ'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Responding to Questions (ဖြေဆိုနည်း)

Fill in the blank.

မင်း ___ စားမလဲ။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ဘာ
Use 'ဘာ' for objects.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Asking 'What?' (ဘာ)

Choose the correct answer.

စားမှာလား။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: စားမယ်
Affirmative future.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Responding to Questions (ဖြေဆိုနည်း)

Score: /10

Questions fréquentes (6)

No, only for yes/no questions.
At the very end of the sentence.
No, use 'ဘယ်သူ' for people.
No, it is gender-neutral.
Yes, just add 'တွေ' to get 'ဘယ်သူတွေ'.
It marks the sentence as a question.
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