Signification
Stating that something was forgotten.
Contexte culturel
Forgetting is often excused if you use a polite tone. It's common to blame 'busy-ness' (a-louk myar lo). In business, 'forgetting' is seen as a lack of 'tha-di' (attention). It's better to say you are 'still processing' than to say you 'forgot'. When you forget a name, it's polite to use the 'lo par' ending to soften the blow to the other person's ego.
The 'Lo' trick
Always add 'lo' (မေ့သွားလို့) when giving it as an excuse. It sounds much more natural and less blunt.
Don't just say 'Me'
Saying just 'Me' is like saying 'Forget' in English. It's grammatically incomplete in Burmese conversation.
Signification
Stating that something was forgotten.
The 'Lo' trick
Always add 'lo' (မေ့သွားလို့) when giving it as an excuse. It sounds much more natural and less blunt.
Don't just say 'Me'
Saying just 'Me' is like saying 'Forget' in English. It's grammatically incomplete in Burmese conversation.
Body Language
A small scratch of the head or a smile while saying this helps convey that you are genuinely sorry for the lapse.
Teste-toi
Fill in the blank to say 'I forgot the phone.'
ဖုန်း _______ တယ်။
The standard phrase is 'မေ့သွားတယ်'.
Which one is a polite apology for forgetting?
Select the best option:
Adding 'lo par' makes it a polite explanation/apology.
Match the Burmese to the English.
Match the following:
These are common noun + me thwar tal combinations.
Complete the dialogue.
A: ထမင်းစားဖို့ သတိရလား? B: ဟာ၊ _______!
B is reacting to forgetting to eat.
🎉 Score : /4
Aides visuelles
Banque d exercices
4 exercicesဖုန်း _______ တယ်။
The standard phrase is 'မေ့သွားတယ်'.
Select the best option:
Adding 'lo par' makes it a polite explanation/apology.
Associez chaque element a gauche avec son pair a droite :
These are common noun + me thwar tal combinations.
A: ထမင်းစားဖို့ သတိရလား? B: ဟာ၊ _______!
B is reacting to forgetting to eat.
🎉 Score : /4
Questions fréquentes
10 questionsTechnically yes, but it sounds like you forgot they existed. For 'getting over' someone, use 'me lite pi'.
Both are okay. 'Tal' is a general statement. 'Pi' emphasizes that it has already happened.
နို့ဝယ်ဖို့ မေ့သွားတယ် (Noe we pho me thwar tal).
It's not rude, but you should add 'par' (မေ့သွားလို့ပါခင်ဗျာ) to be respectful.
မှတ်မိတယ် (Hmat mi tal) - I remember.
Yes, 'Password မေ့သွားတယ်' is very common.
It's an auxiliary verb that shows the action is finished and the memory has 'gone'.
မမေ့နဲ့ (Ma me ne).
In very casual speech, just 'မေ့လို့' (Me lo).
No, that's 'pyauk thwar tal'. 'Me thwar tal' is only for memory.
Expressions liées
သတိရတယ်
contrastTo remember / To miss someone
မေ့ကျန်ခဲ့တယ်
specialized formTo forget and leave behind
မေ့လျော့တယ်
similarTo be neglectful
မှတ်မိတယ်
contrastTo recognize / To remember
