Signification
Items worn on the body.
Contexte culturel
Modesty is paramount. Even when using the general term 'အဝတ်အစား', there is an implicit understanding that it should be 'Yinn-kyay' (civilized/modest). The Longyi is the national အဝတ်အစား. It is a cylindrical cloth worn by both genders, but tied differently. Monks do not use the word 'အဝတ်အစား' for their robes. They use the sacred term 'သင်္ကန်း' (Thin-gann). In cities like Yangon, 'အဝတ်အစား' often refers to 'T-shirt and Jeans' for youth, but they will switch to traditional wear for Friday office days or weddings.
The 'Tway' Rule
Add 'တွေ' (tway) to make it plural (clothes) if you are talking about a pile of laundry or a whole shop's inventory.
Pagoda Etiquette
Always ensure your 'အဝတ်အစား' is respectful before entering religious sites. No shorts or tank tops!
Signification
Items worn on the body.
The 'Tway' Rule
Add 'တွေ' (tway) to make it plural (clothes) if you are talking about a pile of laundry or a whole shop's inventory.
Pagoda Etiquette
Always ensure your 'အဝတ်အစား' is respectful before entering religious sites. No shorts or tank tops!
Shortening
In a hurry? Just say 'အဝတ်' (A-wut). Everyone will understand you mean clothes.
Complimenting
Saying 'အဝတ်အစား လှတယ်' (Your clothes are beautiful) is a very common and appreciated icebreaker in Myanmar.
Teste-toi
Fill in the blank with the correct word for clothes.
ကျွန်တော် ဈေးမှာ _____ ဝယ်တယ်။
You buy 'clothes' (အဝတ်အစား) at the market in this context.
Which verb is most commonly used with 'အဝတ်အစား' when you are putting them on?
အဝတ်အစား ____ တယ်။
'ဝတ်' (wut) means to wear or put on.
Match the Burmese phrase with its English translation.
1. အဝတ်အစား လဲတယ်, 2. အဝတ်အစား လျှော်တယ်, 3. အဝတ်အစား ဝယ်တယ်
လဲ (change), လျှော် (wash), ဝယ် (buy).
Complete the dialogue.
A: အဝတ်အစားတွေ ဘယ်မှာလဲ။ B: _____ ထဲမှာ ရှိတယ်။
Clothes are kept in a wardrobe.
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Aides visuelles
Types of အဝတ်အစား
Top
- • အင်္ကျီ (Shirt)
- • တီရှပ် (T-shirt)
Bottom
- • လုံချည် (Longyi)
- • ဘောင်းဘီ (Pants)
Full
- • ဂါဝန် (Dress)
- • ဝတ်စုံ (Suit)
Banque d exercices
4 exercicesကျွန်တော် ဈေးမှာ _____ ဝယ်တယ်။
You buy 'clothes' (အဝတ်အစား) at the market in this context.
အဝတ်အစား ____ တယ်။
'ဝတ်' (wut) means to wear or put on.
Associez chaque element a gauche avec son pair a droite :
လဲ (change), လျှော် (wash), ဝယ် (buy).
A: အဝတ်အစားတွေ ဘယ်မှာလဲ။ B: _____ ထဲမှာ ရှိတယ်။
Clothes are kept in a wardrobe.
🎉 Score : /4
Questions fréquentes
10 questionsNo, it specifically refers to garments. Shoes are 'ဖိနပ်' (phi-nut).
It is neutral and can be used in any context, from a palace to a kitchen.
Use 'အဝတ်အစား လဲနေတယ်' (A-wut-a-sar le-nay-tal).
Technically no, you'd use 'ခြေအိတ်' (socks). အဝတ်အစား is collective.
Use 'ထည်' (htal) for single items and 'စုံ' (son) for sets.
Not a direct slang word, but youth often use 'အထည်' (htal) or the English loanword 'fashion'.
အဝတ်အစား အပေတွေ (A-wut-a-sar a-pay-tway) or အဝတ်ညစ်တွေ (A-wut-nyit-tway).
Yes, just add 'ကလေး' (ka-lay) in front: ကလေး အဝတ်အစား.
အဝတ်အစား is general 'clothes'; ဝတ်စုံ is a specific 'outfit' or 'suit'.
ဝတ်စရာ အဝတ်အစား မရှိဘူး (Wut-sa-yar a-wut-a-sar ma-shi-bu).
Expressions liées
အင်္ကျီ
specialized formShirt/Top
လုံချည်
specialized formTraditional Sarong
ဖက်ရှင်
similarFashion
အဝတ်အထည်
synonymGarments/Textiles
ဝတ်စုံ
builds onOutfit/Suit
