Signification
The act of sitting for a test.
Contexte culturel
The 'Matriculation Exam' is the most stressful time for Burmese teenagers, determining their university major and future career. Students often visit the Shwedagon Pagoda to offer water and flowers to the 'Wednesday corner' or their birthday corner for exam luck. It is common for neighbors to keep noise levels down during exam months (February/March) out of respect for students studying. Some students avoid eating eggs before an exam because an egg looks like a zero ('0'), fearing they will get zero marks.
Verb First
Remember that in Burmese, the verb 'Pyay' comes at the end of the phrase.
Don't say 'Take'
Avoid using the Burmese word for 'take' (ယူ). It sounds very unnatural to native speakers.
Signification
The act of sitting for a test.
Verb First
Remember that in Burmese, the verb 'Pyay' comes at the end of the phrase.
Don't say 'Take'
Avoid using the Burmese word for 'take' (ယူ). It sounds very unnatural to native speakers.
Formal Writing
When writing an essay or a formal letter, always use 'ဖြေဆို' instead of 'ဖြေ'.
Encouragement
If someone tells you they are taking an exam, always reply with 'Fighting!' or 'Good luck!'
Teste-toi
Fill in the blank with the correct form of 'to take an exam'.
ကျွန်တော် မနက်ဖြန် အင်္ဂလိပ်စာ ________မယ်။
In Burmese, you 'answer' (ဖြေ) an exam. 'စစ်' is for teachers, 'ယူ' and 'လုပ်' are literal translations from other languages.
Which sentence means 'He is currently taking an exam'?
Choose the correct sentence:
The suffix '-နေတယ်' indicates a continuous action happening now.
Match the phrase to the person who would say it.
Who says 'စာမေးပွဲစစ်မယ်' (Sa-may-pwe sit-mal)?
Teachers 'check/examine' (စစ်) the exam, while students 'answer' (ဖြေ) it.
Complete the dialogue.
A: စာမေးပွဲ ________လား။ B: ဟုတ်ကဲ့၊ ဖြေပြီးပါပြီ။
The answer 'ဖြေပြီးပါပြီ' (already finished) implies the question was 'Have you finished taking the exam?'.
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Aides visuelles
Formal vs Informal
Banque d exercices
4 exercicesကျွန်တော် မနက်ဖြန် အင်္ဂလိပ်စာ ________မယ်။
In Burmese, you 'answer' (ဖြေ) an exam. 'စစ်' is for teachers, 'ယူ' and 'လုပ်' are literal translations from other languages.
Choose the correct sentence:
The suffix '-နေတယ်' indicates a continuous action happening now.
Who says 'စာမေးပွဲစစ်မယ်' (Sa-may-pwe sit-mal)?
Teachers 'check/examine' (စစ်) the exam, while students 'answer' (ဖြေ) it.
A: စာမေးပွဲ ________လား။ B: ဟုတ်ကဲ့၊ ဖြေပြီးပါပြီ။
The answer 'ဖြေပြီးပါပြီ' (already finished) implies the question was 'Have you finished taking the exam?'.
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Questions fréquentes
10 questionsYes, but for very small quizzes, people might just say 'Quiz ဖြေတယ်'. For anything formal, 'စာမေးပွဲဖြေ' is better.
Yes, 'ဖြေ' covers both written and oral exams. You can specify 'နှုတ်ဖြေ' (oral answer) if needed.
'ဖြေဆို' is more formal and is typically used in writing or formal speeches. 'ဖြေ' is for everyday talk.
You say 'စာမေးပွဲကျတယ်' (Sa-may-pwe kya-tal).
No, for a medical checkup, use 'ဆေးစစ်တယ်' (Say-sit-tal).
Students often say 'စာမေးပွဲမှောက်တယ်' (Sa-may-pwe hmaut-tal) if they did very poorly, literally 'overturning the exam'.
You can say 'စာမေးပွဲဖြေဖို့ ရင်ခုန်နေတယ်' (My heart is pounding to take the exam).
In casual speech, no. In formal writing, you might add 'ကို' (object marker): 'စာမေးပွဲကို ဖြေဆိုသည်။'
Major school exams are usually in February and March.
Only if there is a written or formal test involved. For the interview itself, use 'အင်တာဗျူးဖြေတယ်'.
Expressions liées
စာမေးပွဲအောင်
builds onTo pass an exam
စာမေးပွဲကျ
contrastTo fail an exam
စာမေးပွဲစစ်
similarTo give/check an exam
စာကျက်
similarTo study/memorize
မေးခွန်း
specialized formExam question
