Signification
The act of having a wedding.
Contexte culturel
Weddings are rarely held during Buddhist Lent (July-October). It's considered an inauspicious time for new beginnings. In cities like Yangon, hotel weddings are the norm, often held in the morning with a tea party style. Village weddings often last for days and involve the whole community cooking together. While Burmese weddings are secular, many couples go to a monastery to offer food to monks before the ceremony.
The 'Pwal' Addition
If you want to talk about the party specifically, add 'pwal' (ပွဲ) to get 'Mingalar saung pwal'.
Don't skip the 'Saung'
Just saying 'Mingalar' is not a verb. You must say 'Mingalar saung' to mean the act of marrying.
Signification
The act of having a wedding.
The 'Pwal' Addition
If you want to talk about the party specifically, add 'pwal' (ပွဲ) to get 'Mingalar saung pwal'.
Don't skip the 'Saung'
Just saying 'Mingalar' is not a verb. You must say 'Mingalar saung' to mean the act of marrying.
Gift Etiquette
When you go to a 'Mingalar saung', it's common to give cash in an envelope as a 'Let-pwae' (gift).
Teste-toi
Fill in the blank with the correct form of 'get married' in the future tense.
ကျွန်တော် နောက်လမှာ ___________။
'နောက်လ' (next month) indicates a future action, so we use 'mal'.
Which phrase is most appropriate for a wedding invitation?
ဖိတ်စာမှာ ဘယ်လို ရေးမလဲ။
'Mingalar saung chin' is the formal noun form used for ceremonies.
Match the phrase to the situation.
Situation: You are telling a friend that your sister got married last year.
'Kae tal' is the past tense marker.
Complete the dialogue.
A: ဘယ်တော့ မင်္ဂလာဆောင်မှာလဲ။ B: ___________။
'When' (ဘယ်တော့) asks for a time. 'Wa-kyut yin' (After Lent) is a common time-based answer.
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Aides visuelles
Ceremony vs Legal
Banque d exercices
4 exercicesကျွန်တော် နောက်လမှာ ___________။
'နောက်လ' (next month) indicates a future action, so we use 'mal'.
ဖိတ်စာမှာ ဘယ်လို ရေးမလဲ။
'Mingalar saung chin' is the formal noun form used for ceremonies.
Situation: You are telling a friend that your sister got married last year.
'Kae tal' is the past tense marker.
A: ဘယ်တော့ မင်္ဂလာဆောင်မှာလဲ။ B: ___________။
'When' (ဘယ်တော့) asks for a time. 'Wa-kyut yin' (After Lent) is a common time-based answer.
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Questions fréquentes
10 questionsNo, it's the general term for any wedding in Myanmar, regardless of religion, though its roots are Buddhist.
Yes! 'Kyun-taw/Kyun-ma mingalar saung mal' is the standard way to announce your own wedding.
'Let htat' is the traditional ritual of joining hands; 'Mingalar saung' is the broader term for the auspicious ceremony.
You say 'မင်္ဂလာဆောင်ပြီးပြီ' (Mingalar saung pyi pyi).
In Myanmar, this is a very common social question, even if you aren't close friends. It's not considered rude.
No, the verb 'Mingalar saung' is the same for both genders.
A guest is 'Fait-kyar-khan-ya-thu' (the invited one), but usually, you just say 'Mingalar saung lar-tae-thu'.
Yes, it applies to any wedding ceremony.
The opposite (divorce) is 'Kwa-shin-tal' (ကွာရှင်းတယ်).
It is 'မင်္ဂလာဆောင် နှစ်ပတ်လည်' (Mingalar saung hnit-pat-lal).
Expressions liées
လက်ထပ်တယ်
synonymTo get married (focus on the act of joining)
အိမ်ထောင်ပြုတယ်
similarTo start a family/household
ဖိတ်စာ
builds onInvitation card
မင်္ဂလာဦး
specialized formHoneymoon/Early marriage
