Signification
Capturing an image with a camera.
Contexte culturel
When taking photos at pagodas, ensure you are dressed modestly (shoulders and knees covered). Never point your feet towards a Buddha statue while posing for a photo. Like many Asian countries, the 'peace' or 'V' sign is the most common pose for photos in Myanmar, especially among young people. Locals often post photos of their donations or religious visits to Facebook to allow others to say 'Sadu' (Well done) and share in the merit. It is considered polite to ask an elder's permission before taking their photo. A slight bow of the head while asking is appreciated.
The 'Pay Par' Rule
Whenever you ask someone to take a photo, always use 'yaik pay par'. Without 'pay', it sounds like a command.
Sacred Spaces
Some inner chambers of temples forbid photography. Look for a camera icon with a red slash.
Signification
Capturing an image with a camera.
The 'Pay Par' Rule
Whenever you ask someone to take a photo, always use 'yaik pay par'. Without 'pay', it sounds like a command.
Sacred Spaces
Some inner chambers of temples forbid photography. Look for a camera icon with a red slash.
Smile!
Burmese people are very friendly. If you take a photo of someone, showing them the result on the screen is a great way to build rapport.
Teste-toi
Fill in the missing verb to say 'I want to take a photo.'
ကျွန်တော် ဓာတ်ပုံ _______ ချင်တယ်။
The correct collocation for taking a photo is 'yaik'.
Which sentence is the most polite way to ask a stranger to take your photo?
Choose the best option:
'Pay par' makes it a request, and 'u' adds extra politeness.
Match the Burmese phrase with its English meaning.
Match them up:
These show the different tense markers in Burmese.
Complete the dialogue at a pagoda.
A: ဒီမှာ ဓာတ်ပုံရိုက်လို့ရလား။ B: _________။
'Ya par tal' means 'It's okay/You can'.
🎉 Score : /4
Aides visuelles
Types of Photos
Casual
- • Selfie
- • Food
- • Friends
Formal
- • Wedding
- • Graduation
- • News
Banque d exercices
4 exercicesကျွန်တော် ဓာတ်ပုံ _______ ချင်တယ်။
The correct collocation for taking a photo is 'yaik'.
Choose the best option:
'Pay par' makes it a request, and 'u' adds extra politeness.
Associez chaque element a gauche avec son pair a droite :
These show the different tense markers in Burmese.
A: ဒီမှာ ဓာတ်ပုံရိုက်လို့ရလား။ B: _________။
'Ya par tal' means 'It's okay/You can'.
🎉 Score : /4
Questions fréquentes
10 questionsYes, you can say 'video yaik', but 'yaik ku' is more formal for filming.
You can say 'selfie yaik' or 'ko bar ko yaik' (take it myself).
'Dat pon' is the full word for photograph. 'Pon' just means picture/image and is more casual.
You can say 'Dat pon ma yaik par nae' (Please don't take photos).
Say 'Tit, Nit, Thone!'
No, for scanning use 'scan phat' or 'scan yaik' (informal).
Yes! It's used for typing, calling on the phone, and hitting a ball.
Say 'Dee dat pon ko bal thu yaik tar lal?'
Say 'Dat pon ka war nay tal'.
Generally yes, but it is polite to ask first and avoid using flash in their faces.
Expressions liées
ဆဲလ်ဖီရိုက်
specialized formTo take a selfie
ဗီဒီယိုရိုက်
similarTo record a video
ဓာတ်ပုံရိုက်ကူး
specialized formTo film/photograph professionally
ပုံဆွဲ
contrastTo draw a picture
ဓာတ်ပုံဆရာ
builds onPhotographer
