Signification
Saying something cannot happen.
Contexte culturel
Directly saying 'Ma phit naing buu' to a superior can be seen as aggressive. It is better to use 'Khet mal htin tal' (I think it will be difficult). In business negotiations, this phrase is used to signal that a price or term is a 'deal-breaker.' It is a firm boundary. On social media, 'Ma phit naing buu' is often used sarcastically under posts that are clearly fake news or 'clickbait.' In Buddhist discussions, the phrase is used to discuss the laws of Karma—certain results are 'impossible' without the correct causes.
The 'Par' Rule
Always use 'Ma phit naing par buu' with people you don't know well. It sounds much more educated.
Don't be too blunt
If a friend shares a dream, avoid this phrase. Use 'Khet mal' (It will be hard) instead to be supportive.
Signification
Saying something cannot happen.
The 'Par' Rule
Always use 'Ma phit naing par buu' with people you don't know well. It sounds much more educated.
Don't be too blunt
If a friend shares a dream, avoid this phrase. Use 'Khet mal' (It will be hard) instead to be supportive.
Emphasis
Stretch out the 'buu' sound (Ma phit naing buuuuu!) to show you are really shocked.
Teste-toi
Choose the correct phrase to say 'It is impossible' politely.
စိန်က ရေထဲမှာ ပျော်သွားဖို့ ______။
Adding 'par' (ပါ) makes the statement polite, which is the best choice for a general fact.
Fill in the missing parts of the phrase.
မ_____နိုင်_____
The standard phrase is မ + ဖြစ် + နိုင် + ဘူး.
Match the situation to the correct response.
Situation: Someone tells you they won the lottery, but they never bought a ticket.
When something is logically impossible, 'Ma phit naing buu' is the natural reaction.
Complete the dialogue.
A: မနက်ဖြန် အလုပ်ပြီးမလား။ B: ________။ အလုပ်တွေ အများကြီး ကျန်သေးတယ်။
Since there is a lot of work left, it is impossible to finish tomorrow.
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Aides visuelles
Banque d exercices
4 exercicesစိန်က ရေထဲမှာ ပျော်သွားဖို့ ______။
Adding 'par' (ပါ) makes the statement polite, which is the best choice for a general fact.
မ_____နိုင်_____
The standard phrase is မ + ဖြစ် + နိုင် + ဘူး.
Situation: Someone tells you they won the lottery, but they never bought a ticket.
When something is logically impossible, 'Ma phit naing buu' is the natural reaction.
A: မနက်ဖြန် အလုပ်ပြီးမလား။ B: ________။ အလုပ်တွေ အများကြီး ကျန်သေးတယ်။
Since there is a lot of work left, it is impossible to finish tomorrow.
🎉 Score : /4
Questions fréquentes
10 questionsIt can be blunt. To make it softer, add 'htin tal' (I think) at the end.
No, use 'Ma koo naing buu'. 'Ma phit naing buu' is for situations, not skills.
The second one is more polite because of the 'par' particle.
Yes, but use the formal version 'Ma phit naing par buu' or 'Ma phit naing par'.
Use 'Ma phit naing lauk buu'.
Yes, 'Ma phit naing tar gyee' is a common slangy way to say 'That's so impossible!'
Yes, it is the most common translation for 'No way!' in Burmese.
No, that would be very rude. Use 'Ya par tal' (It's okay/I'm fine) instead.
Very often! Many Burmese pop songs use it to describe an impossible love.
It means 'to happen', 'to be', or 'to become'.
Expressions liées
ဖြစ်နိုင်တယ်
contrastIt is possible.
မဖြစ်နိုင်တာ
similarImpossible thing / No way!
မရဘူး
similarCannot / Not allowed.
မလွယ်ဘူး
similarNot easy.
