Signification
Providing moral support to someone.
Contexte culturel
When a friend opens a business, it is culturally expected that you visit and 'Ar-pay' them within the first week. This isn't just about buying; it's about bringing 'good energy' to the new venture. During traditional dance or theater (Pwe), the audience 'Ar-pay' by shouting, clapping, and sometimes giving small cash gifts to the performers on stage. Burmese social media is very community-driven. If someone is being bullied online, others will post 'အားပေးပါတယ်' to show they stand with the victim. Burmese culture views 'strength' as something that can be depleted and replenished by others. This is why 'Ar-pay' is so central to social harmony.
The 'Shop' Secret
If you want to be polite to a shopkeeper, even if you don't buy anything, you can say 'နောက်တစ်ခါ လာအားပေးမယ်နော်' (I'll come support you next time).
Don't over-formalize
In casual friendships, just 'အားပေးတယ်' is better than 'အားပေးပါတယ်.' Adding 'par' can sometimes make it sound a bit distant.
Signification
Providing moral support to someone.
The 'Shop' Secret
If you want to be polite to a shopkeeper, even if you don't buy anything, you can say 'နောက်တစ်ခါ လာအားပေးမယ်နော်' (I'll come support you next time).
Don't over-formalize
In casual friendships, just 'အားပေးတယ်' is better than 'အားပေးပါတယ်.' Adding 'par' can sometimes make it sound a bit distant.
Fighting!
Younger Burmese people often say 'Fighting!' (ဖိုက်တင်း). It's okay to use this, but 'အားပေးတယ်' sounds more natural and heartfelt.
Teste-toi
Fill in the blank to tell your friend you will support their new cafe.
နင့်ရဲ့ ကော်ဖီဆိုင်သစ်ကို ငါ သွား ________ မယ်။
In Burmese, you 'go and support' (သွားအားပေး) a friend's business.
Which phrase is most appropriate to shout at a football match?
မြန်မာအသင်းကို ________!
'အားပေးကြပါ' means 'Everyone, please cheer/support!'
Complete the dialogue.
A: စာမေးပွဲအတွက် စိတ်ပူနေလား။ B: ဟုတ်ကဲ့။ A: စိတ်မပူနဲ့၊ ________။
'အားပေးပါတယ်' is the perfect way to comfort someone who is worried.
Match the phrase to the situation.
Situation: A celebrity releases a new movie and asks fans for support.
Celebrities use 'အားပေးပါဦး' to ask fans to watch their work.
🎉 Score : /4
Aides visuelles
Ar-pay vs. Koo-nyi
Banque d exercices
4 exercicesနင့်ရဲ့ ကော်ဖီဆိုင်သစ်ကို ငါ သွား ________ မယ်။
In Burmese, you 'go and support' (သွားအားပေး) a friend's business.
မြန်မာအသင်းကို ________!
'အားပေးကြပါ' means 'Everyone, please cheer/support!'
A: စာမေးပွဲအတွက် စိတ်ပူနေလား။ B: ဟုတ်ကဲ့။ A: စိတ်မပူနဲ့၊ ________။
'အားပေးပါတယ်' is the perfect way to comfort someone who is worried.
Situation: A celebrity releases a new movie and asks fans for support.
Celebrities use 'အားပေးပါဦး' to ask fans to watch their work.
🎉 Score : /4
Questions fréquentes
10 questionsYes! Supporting a charity with money or time is definitely 'Ar-pay.'
Yes, but use the polite form: 'အားပေးပါတယ်ရှင်/ခင်ဗျာ.' It shows you support their leadership.
There isn't a direct single word, but 'စိတ်ပျက်အောင်လုပ်တယ်' (to make someone disappointed/lose heart) is the opposite feeling.
Yes, 'ရုပ်ရှင်သွားအားပေးမယ်' means 'I'm going to support/watch the movie.'
No. 'Pay' (ပေး) means 'to give.' To pay money is 'Paik-san pay.'
Say 'အားပေးတဲ့အတွက် ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်' (Ar-pay-te-at-twet kyay-zoo-tin-par-tal).
It is neutral. It works in both a street market and a business meeting.
Absolutely. It's a very common way for parents to encourage children.
'Ar-pay' is moral/loyal support. 'Koo-nyi' is physical or practical help.
Yes, if they are performing or selling something, it's a very kind thing to say.
Expressions liées
အားနာ
similarTo feel reluctant to burden someone
အားကိုး
contrastTo rely on someone
အားရှိ
builds onTo have strength / To be nutritious
အားတက်
similarTo feel encouraged/uplifted
ပံ့ပိုး
specialized formTo provide/sponsor
