Signification
The beginning of a new year.
Contexte culturel
New Year is a time for 'Satuditha'—offering free food to passersby. It's common to see stalls on the street giving away vermicelli soup or sweet snacks. In Yangon, the International New Year is celebrated with massive EDM music festivals and countdowns at the People's Park. Many people spend the first day of the New Year at a monastery to keep the eight precepts, seeking a peaceful start to the year. Paying respects to parents and grandparents (Gadaw) is the most important family ritual during the New Year transition.
Use 'Mingalar'
If you want to sound very educated and polite, always add 'Mingalar' to your greeting.
April vs January
Always clarify which New Year you mean if you are talking in March or April!
Signification
The beginning of a new year.
Use 'Mingalar'
If you want to sound very educated and polite, always add 'Mingalar' to your greeting.
April vs January
Always clarify which New Year you mean if you are talking in March or April!
The 'Cool' Wish
Burmese people love the word 'Aye Chan' (Cool and Peaceful). Wishing someone a 'cool' New Year is a huge compliment.
Social Media
Use the abbreviation 'HNY' in chats, but stick to the full Burmese for posts.
Teste-toi
Complete the New Year greeting.
နှစ်သစ်ကူးမှာ ________ ပါစေ။
The standard greeting is 'Be happy (Pyaw Shwin) in the New Year.'
Which word means 'to cross' in the phrase?
နှစ်သစ်ကူး
'Ku' means to cross or pass over.
What is the best response to 'Happy New Year'?
A: နှစ်သစ်ကူးမှာ ပျော်ရွှင်ပါစေ။ B: ________
It is polite to return the wish by saying 'Same to you' (Atu tu pal).
Match the phrase to the date.
မြန်မာ့နှစ်သစ်ကူး (Myanmar New Year)
The traditional Myanmar New Year is celebrated in April during Thingyan.
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Aides visuelles
New Year Activities
Religious
- • Pagoda visit
- • Merit making
- • Respects to elders
Social
- • Parties
- • Gifts
- • Dinner
Banque d exercices
4 exercicesနှစ်သစ်ကူးမှာ ________ ပါစေ။
The standard greeting is 'Be happy (Pyaw Shwin) in the New Year.'
နှစ်သစ်ကူး
'Ku' means to cross or pass over.
A: နှစ်သစ်ကူးမှာ ပျော်ရွှင်ပါစေ။ B: ________
It is polite to return the wish by saying 'Same to you' (Atu tu pal).
မြန်မာ့နှစ်သစ်ကူး (Myanmar New Year)
The traditional Myanmar New Year is celebrated in April during Thingyan.
🎉 Score : /4
Questions fréquentes
14 questionsNo, use 'Mway Nay' for birthdays. 'Hnit Thit Ku' is only for the calendar year.
It is neutral. It's used in both news reports and casual chats.
Say 'Hnit Thit Ku hma pyaw shwin par say.'
It means 'to cross over,' like crossing a bridge.
Yes, especially in big cities, but the April festival is bigger.
Yes, 'Mont Lone Yay Paw' (rice balls) are famous during the New Year.
Yes, that is a very polite and beautiful way to say it.
No, it's an aspirated 'n', like a forceful breath through the nose.
Usually 'hma' (in) is used: 'Hnit Thit Ku hma...'
Yes, for fiscal year transitions and holiday announcements.
It is called 'Hnit Thit Ku A-kyo Nyat'.
Yes, you would say 'Tayoke Hnit Thit Ku'.
Yes, in casual conversation, it's very common.
To wash away the bad luck of the old year before 'crossing' into the new one.
Expressions liées
သင်္ကြန်
similarThe water festival
နှစ်သစ်
synonymNew Year
ဆုတောင်း
builds onTo wish/pray
မင်္ဂလာ
builds onAuspicious
အကြိုည
specialized formEve
