Signification
Feeling fear.
Contexte culturel
Fear is often linked to respect (gaw-yaw) for elders. Fear of bad karma (akusala) is a common moral motivator. Fear of spirits (nats) is a historical part of rural life. Fear of missing out (FOMO) is expressed using the same word.
Particle Power
Always remember the 'ကို' particle before 'ကြောက်တယ်' to indicate what you are afraid of.
Respect vs Fear
Don't be surprised if a Burmese person says they 'fear' their boss; it often means they have deep respect for them.
Signification
Feeling fear.
Particle Power
Always remember the 'ကို' particle before 'ကြောက်တယ်' to indicate what you are afraid of.
Respect vs Fear
Don't be surprised if a Burmese person says they 'fear' their boss; it often means they have deep respect for them.
Teste-toi
Fill in the blank with the correct form.
ငါ ခွေး____ ကြောက်တယ်
The particle 'ကို' marks the object of the fear.
Which sentence is correct?
Choose the correct sentence.
Standard Subject-Object-Verb order.
Match the Burmese to the English.
Match: 1. ကြောက်တယ်, 2. မကြောက်ဘူး, 3. ကြောက်စရာ
Basic vocabulary matching.
🎉 Score : /3
Aides visuelles
Banque d exercices
3 exercicesငါ ခွေး____ ကြောက်တယ်
The particle 'ကို' marks the object of the fear.
Choose the correct sentence.
Standard Subject-Object-Verb order.
Associez chaque element a gauche avec son pair a droite :
Basic vocabulary matching.
🎉 Score : /3
Questions fréquentes
2 questionsYes, it is the most common way to express fear.
Add 'ပါ' to the end: 'ကြောက်ပါတယ်'.
Expressions liées
ကြောက်စရာ
similarScary
ကြောက်ရွံ့
synonymFearful
ကြောက်စိတ်
builds onFeeling of fear
မကြောက်ဘူး
contrastNot afraid
