Signification
Pointing out a location further away.
Contexte culturel
Pointing with the chin (မေးထိုးပြတာ) is a very common and polite way to indicate direction while saying 'Ho mhar'. When pointing toward a Buddha statue or a monk, never use your feet or a single finger. Use a full open hand. In villages, 'Ho mhar' might be followed by 'ဟိုး... ဟိုမှာ' (Hooo... ho mhar) with a long 'Hooo' to indicate extreme distance. In the city, 'Ho mhar' is often used rapidly with 'လေ' (lay) to keep up with the fast pace of city life.
Lengthen the 'Ho'
If something is really far away, say 'Hooooo mhar'. The longer the 'o', the further the distance!
Watch your fingers
Avoid pointing with your index finger at people; use your chin or whole hand instead.
Signification
Pointing out a location further away.
Lengthen the 'Ho'
If something is really far away, say 'Hooooo mhar'. The longer the 'o', the further the distance!
Watch your fingers
Avoid pointing with your index finger at people; use your chin or whole hand instead.
The 'Lay' Particle
Adding 'lay' (ဟိုမှာလေ) makes you sound much more friendly and natural.
Visual Cues
Always look in the direction you are pointing to help the listener follow your gaze.
Teste-toi
Fill in the blank to say 'The car is over there'.
ကားက _______ ရှိတယ်။
Since we want to say 'over there', 'ဟိုမှာ' is the correct choice.
Which phrase is most appropriate when pointing to a mountain in the distance?
တောင်ကြီးကို ကြည့်လိုက်ပါ။
A mountain is far away, so the distal 'Ho' is required.
Match the phrase to the situation.
You see your friend across the street.
Across the street is a distal location.
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Aides visuelles
When to use Ho Mhar
Objects
- • Apples
- • Keys
- • Bags
Places
- • Hospitals
- • Shops
- • Banks
People
- • Friends
- • Drivers
- • Waiters
Banque d exercices
3 exercicesကားက _______ ရှိတယ်။
Since we want to say 'over there', 'ဟိုမှာ' is the correct choice.
တောင်ကြီးကို ကြည့်လိုက်ပါ။
A mountain is far away, so the distal 'Ho' is required.
You see your friend across the street.
Across the street is a distal location.
🎉 Score : /3
Questions fréquentes
14 questionsNo, 'Ho mhar' is strictly for spatial locations. For time, you would use 'ဟိုတုန်းက' (Ho tone ka - back then).
The phrase itself is neutral, but the gesture of pointing with a finger can be rude. Use your chin to be polite.
'Ho mhar' is a specific point, while 'Ho bet mhar' means 'on that side' or 'over that way'.
You can say 'ဟိုနားလေးမှာ' (Ho narr lay mhar) or 'ဟိုမှာတင်' (Ho mhar tin).
Yes, 'Ho' is the distal demonstrative 'that'.
Yes, but 'ဟိုနေရာတွင်' (Ho nay yar twin) is more formal.
Yes, very frequently to describe distant lovers or beautiful landscapes.
If it's not visible, you might use 'ဟိုဘက်မှာ' to indicate the general direction behind something.
Mostly, but English 'there' can be used for things near the listener, while 'Ho mhar' is usually far from both.
Yes, 'ဟိုမှာ မောင်မောင်' (There is Maung Maung).
ဟိုမှာလား။ (Ho mhar lar?)
When indicating location, yes. Without it, 'Ho' just means 'that'.
Yes, but use a respectful gesture and perhaps add 'ဘုရား' (phayar) at the end.
'ဒီမှာ' (Di mhar), which means 'here'.
Expressions liées
ဒီမှာ
contrastHere
ဒါမှာ
similarRight here
ဟိုဘက်မှာ
specialized formOn that side
ဟိုနားမှာ
specialized formNear there
ဟိုးမှာ
builds onWay over there
