Signification
Expressing admiration for beauty.
Contexte culturel
Compliments are often indirect. Instead of 'You are beautiful,' people might say 'Your Longyi is beautiful' to be more polite. When praising religious art, use 'Thappal' (majestic) instead of 'Hla' to show deeper respect. Burmese netizens use 'Hla lite tar' extensively. It is the most positive and safe comment you can leave on anyone's post. If you receive this compliment, it's common to deflect it or say 'Ma-hla-par-boo' (I'm not beautiful) to show you aren't arrogant.
Use it on Social Media
If you want to make Burmese friends online, this is the safest and most appreciated comment you can leave.
Don't use for food
Even if food looks beautiful, use 'Sarr-lo-kaung-lite-tar' (How delicious!) to compliment the chef.
Signification
Expressing admiration for beauty.
Use it on Social Media
If you want to make Burmese friends online, this is the safest and most appreciated comment you can leave.
Don't use for food
Even if food looks beautiful, use 'Sarr-lo-kaung-lite-tar' (How delicious!) to compliment the chef.
The Modesty Rule
If someone says this to you, don't just say 'Thanks.' Smile shyly or say 'Ma-hla-par-boo' to sound more native.
Teste-toi
Fill in the blank to say 'How beautiful!'
ပန်းကလေးတွေ ____ လိုက်တာ။
'Hla' means beautiful. The sentence says 'The little flowers are so beautiful.'
Which is the most natural way to exclaim about a beautiful view?
ရှုခင်းက...
'Hla lite tar' is the specific exclamatory form for 'How beautiful!'
Match the Burmese phrase to its English meaning.
Match the following:
All these follow the Adjective + lite tar pattern.
Complete the dialogue.
A: ဒီအင်္ကျီလေး ဝတ်ကြည့်ပါ။ B: ဝါး! ____ လိုက်တာ။
B is reacting to the shirt, so 'Hla' (beautiful) is the correct fit.
🎉 Score : /4
Aides visuelles
Banque d exercices
4 exercicesပန်းကလေးတွေ ____ လိုက်တာ။
'Hla' means beautiful. The sentence says 'The little flowers are so beautiful.'
ရှုခင်းက...
'Hla lite tar' is the specific exclamatory form for 'How beautiful!'
Associez chaque element a gauche avec son pair a droite :
All these follow the Adjective + lite tar pattern.
A: ဒီအင်္ကျီလေး ဝတ်ကြည့်ပါ။ B: ဝါး! ____ လိုက်တာ။
B is reacting to the shirt, so 'Hla' (beautiful) is the correct fit.
🎉 Score : /4
Questions fréquentes
4 questionsYes, but it means 'pretty.' For 'handsome,' use 'Chaw lite tar.'
Yes, it's a very polite and common way to start a friendly interaction.
'Hla tal' is a statement (It is beautiful). 'Hla lite tar' is an exclamation (How beautiful!).
Add 'shin' (if you are female) or 'byar' (if you are male) at the end.
Expressions liées
ချောလိုက်တာ
similarHow handsome!
ချစ်စရာလေး
similarHow cute!
သပ္ပာယ်လိုက်တာ
specialized formHow majestic!
ယဉ်လိုက်တာ
similarHow elegant!
ခန့်လိုက်တာ
similarHow smart/dashing!
