Signification
Paying to use a vehicle.
Contexte culturel
When you 'ကားငှားတယ်' for a long trip, it is customary to pay for the driver's meals or provide a small allowance for them. In Yangon, taxis do not use meters. 'ကားငှားတယ်' always involves a quick negotiation before you enter the car. In Mandalay, 'ကားငှားတယ်' might refer to a motorcycle taxi (Oway) or a Tuk-Tuk more often than a sedan. During major festivals, hiring a car must be done weeks in advance as demand is extremely high.
Negotiate First
Always agree on the price before you start the journey when hiring a car on the street.
Driver Included
Remember that 'hiring a car' in Myanmar almost always includes a driver. If you want to drive yourself, you must specify 'Self-drive'.
Signification
Paying to use a vehicle.
Negotiate First
Always agree on the price before you start the journey when hiring a car on the street.
Driver Included
Remember that 'hiring a car' in Myanmar almost always includes a driver. If you want to drive yourself, you must specify 'Self-drive'.
Use Apps for Fair Prices
Use the Grab app to check the 'standard' price for a route before negotiating with a street taxi.
Polite Suffixes
Add 'ပါ' (par) to 'ကားငှားချင်ပါတယ်' to sound more polite to elders or strangers.
Teste-toi
Fill in the blank with the correct verb to say 'I want to hire a car'.
ကျွန်တော် ကား_______ချင်ပါတယ်။
'ငှား' (Nhyar) means to rent/hire. 'ဝယ်' is buy, 'ရောင်း' is sell, and 'စား' is eat.
Which sentence means 'I will hire a car tomorrow'?
Choose the correct sentence:
'မယ်' (mal) is the future tense marker for 'tomorrow'.
Match the Burmese phrase with its English meaning.
Match the following:
These are common variations of the base phrase.
Complete the dialogue.
A: ဘယ်လိုသွားမလဲ။ B: ___________ သွားမယ်။
'ကားငှားပြီး' means 'after hiring a car'. It fits the context of travel.
🎉 Score : /4
Aides visuelles
Hire vs. Buy vs. Ride
Banque d exercices
4 exercicesကျွန်တော် ကား_______ချင်ပါတယ်။
'ငှား' (Nhyar) means to rent/hire. 'ဝယ်' is buy, 'ရောင်း' is sell, and 'စား' is eat.
Choose the correct sentence:
'မယ်' (mal) is the future tense marker for 'tomorrow'.
Associez chaque element a gauche avec son pair a droite :
These are common variations of the base phrase.
A: ဘယ်လိုသွားမလဲ။ B: ___________ သွားမယ်။
'ကားငှားပြီး' means 'after hiring a car'. It fits the context of travel.
🎉 Score : /4
Questions fréquentes
10 questionsNo, it usually means you are the passenger who hired the car and driver.
Yes, you can say 'ကားငှားတယ်' for any four-wheeled vehicle, though 'ထရပ်ကား' (truck) is more specific.
Say 'သုံးရက်စာ ကားငှားချင်တယ်' (Thone-yet-sar kar nhyar chin tal).
It is spelled with the 'ng' and 'h' medial, pronounced as an aspirated nasal 'ng'.
The formal version is 'သည်' (Thi).
For street taxis, no. For long-term rentals, usually yes.
It is not mandatory but very much appreciated, especially for long trips.
No, for a boat you use 'လှေငှားတယ်' (Hlay Nhyar Tal).
You use the same verb: 'အိမ်ငှားတယ်' (Eain Nhyar Tal).
Yes, it is the universal word for automobiles in Myanmar.
Expressions liées
ကားစီးတယ်
similarTo ride a car
ကားမောင်းတယ်
similarTo drive a car
ကားဝယ်တယ်
contrastTo buy a car
တက္ကစီခေါ်တယ်
synonymTo call a taxi
ကားစင်းလုံးငှား
specialized formPrivate charter
