Expressing Desires: Saying 'Want' and 'Like'
Chapter in 30 Seconds
Master the art of expressing your personal desires and preferences in everyday Burmese conversation.
- Formulate sentences to express what you want to do and what you need.
- Describe your likes and dislikes clearly.
- Ask polite questions about someone else's preferences.
तुम क्या सीखोगे
Discover how to articulate your wants and preferences using specific verb constructions. This chapter allows you to share your desires and interests.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
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By the end you will be able to: Express personal needs and desires confidently in a restaurant or social setting.
टिप्स और ट्रिक्स (3)
Drop the Subject
Keep it simple
The Sandwich Rule
मुख्य शब्दावली (5)
Real-World Preview
At a Cafe
Review Summary
- Verb + ချင်တယ်
- Noun + လိုချင်တယ်
- Noun/Verb + ကြိုက်တယ်
- မ + Verb + ဘူး
- Sentence + လား
- Noun + လိုတယ်
सामान्य गलतियाँ
You cannot use the action-desire marker (-ချင်) with a noun. You must use 'လိုချင်' for objects.
Use -ချင် for verbs, not 'လိုချင်'. 'လိုချင်' is strictly for nouns.
This is actually correct! Ensure you use the tone correctly to show it is a question.
इस अध्याय के नियम (6)
Next Steps
You are doing amazing! Keep building your Burmese vocabulary and you'll be fluent in no time.
Write 5 sentences about what you want to do this weekend.
त्वरित अभ्यास (10)
Find and fix the mistake:
သူ စား လိုချင်တယ်
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Expressing 'Want to do' (Verb + ချင်တယ်)
Find and fix the mistake:
ကြိုက်တယ် ကော်ဖီ
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Expressing 'Like' (ကြိုက်တယ်)
ကျွန်တော် ရေ ___ ချင်တယ် (drink)
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Expressing 'Want to do' (Verb + ချင်တယ်)
I don't like rice.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Expressing 'Like' (ကြိုက်တယ်)
စား___ လိုတယ်
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Expressing 'Need' (လိုတယ်)
What is the negative of 'ရေ လိုတယ်'?
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Expressing 'Need' (လိုတယ်)
ကျွန်တော် ကော်ဖီ ___ ။
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Expressing 'Like' (ကြိုက်တယ်)
I don't want water.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Expressing 'Want (a noun)' (Noun + လိုချင်တယ်)
Which is correct?
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Expressing 'Dislike' (မကြိုက်ဘူး)
ကျွန်တော် ဒီစာအုပ်ကို ___ ကြိုက်တယ်။
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Expressing 'Like' (ကြိုက်တယ်)
Score: /10