意味
Male parent.
文化的背景
Fathers are traditionally the 'Ein-Oo-Nat'. It is common for children to not use their father's name directly out of respect, referring to him only as 'A-hpay'. In Buddhist teachings, parents are 'Brahmas' to their children. The word 'A-hpay' carries a sense of moral debt (Kyay-zu) that children owe. In cities like Yangon, English terms like 'Daddy' are becoming symbols of a modern, international upbringing, but 'A-hpay' remains the soulful choice. In villages, 'A-hpay' is often used for any man in the community who is of a certain age, creating a sense of a 'village family'.
The Respectful Bow
When talking about your father to an elder, a slight downward tilt of the head shows great character.
Avoid Names
Never call your father by his first name. It is considered extremely rude in Myanmar culture.
意味
Male parent.
The Respectful Bow
When talking about your father to an elder, a slight downward tilt of the head shows great character.
Avoid Names
Never call your father by his first name. It is considered extremely rude in Myanmar culture.
The 'Doh' Plural
Use 'အဖေတို့' (A-hpay-doh) to mean 'My father and his friends/family'—it's a very native-sounding shortcut.
Ein-Oo-Nat
Remember that the father is the 'spirit of the house'. This explains why the word is treated with such weight.
自分をテスト
Fill in the blank with the correct word for 'father'.
ဒါ ကျွန်တော့် _______ ပါ။
The sentence means 'This is my father.' 'A-may' is mother and 'Nyi-lay' is younger brother.
Which word is most appropriate for a formal birth certificate?
မွေးစာရင်းတွင် မည်သည့်စကားလုံးကို သုံးသနည်း။
'Phak-khin' is the formal/literary term used in official documents.
Complete the dialogue.
A: အဖေ အိမ်မှာ ရှိလား။ B: _______ အပြင်သွားတယ်။
The question asks if father is home, so the answer should refer to father.
Match the word to the situation.
Calling your father to dinner at home.
'Phay-phay' is the most natural and affectionate way to address your father at home.
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ビジュアル学習ツール
Ways to say Father
Informal
- • ဖေဖေ
- • ပါးပါး
- • ဒယ်ဒီ
Neutral
- • အဖေ
Formal
- • ဖခင်
- • ခမည်းတော်
練習問題バンク
4 問題ဒါ ကျွန်တော့် _______ ပါ။
The sentence means 'This is my father.' 'A-may' is mother and 'Nyi-lay' is younger brother.
မွေးစာရင်းတွင် မည်သည့်စကားလုံးကို သုံးသနည်း။
'Phak-khin' is the formal/literary term used in official documents.
A: အဖေ အိမ်မှာ ရှိလား။ B: _______ အပြင်သွားတယ်။
The question asks if father is home, so the answer should refer to father.
Calling your father to dinner at home.
'Phay-phay' is the most natural and affectionate way to address your father at home.
🎉 スコア： /4
よくある質問
10 問A-hpay is for referring to him (e.g., 'My father is...'), while Phay-phay is for addressing him (e.g., 'Dad, come here!').
Usually, you use 'အဖေ' or 'ဖေဖေ' for your father-in-law too, to show you've accepted him as your own family.
It is neutral. 'Phak-khin' is formal, and 'Phay-phay' is informal.
You say 'ပထွေး' (Pa-htway), but in person, many still use 'A-hpay' to be polite.
This is a modern influence from English/Chinese and is common in urban middle-class families.
Often 'က' (ga) is used as a subject marker: 'အဖေက ပြောတယ်' (Father said).
No, use 'ဘုန်းဘုန်း' (Bhone-bhone) for monks.
It means 'Grand-father' in some dialects or 'Big Dad' (eldest uncle) in others.
Yes, but it is often celebrated through religious acts like offering food to monks in honor of one's father.
It is written as အဖေ.
関連フレーズ
အမေ
similarMother
မိဘ
builds onParents
ဖိုးဖိုး
similarGrandfather
ဦးလေး
similarUncle
အဖေတူသား
specialized formLike father, like son
