意味
Doing laundry.
文化的背景
Men's and women's clothes are often washed separately due to the concept of 'Hpone' (spiritual power). Men's clothes are considered 'higher' and should not be mixed with women's lower garments like the htamain. In cities like Yangon, 'Dobi' shops are common. These are often run by families of Indian descent who have been in the laundry business for generations. Washing clothes at the river is still a common sight in villages, serving as a social time for women to catch up on village news. Self-service laundromats are a new trend in Yangon, popular among students and young professionals who live in apartments without space for a machine.
The 'Sh' Sound
Even though it's written with 'l' and 'y', 'လျှော်' is pronounced like 'Shaw'. This is a common Burmese spelling rule.
Verb Choice
Using 'လျှော်' for dishes will make people laugh. Stick to 'ဆေး' for dishes!
意味
Doing laundry.
The 'Sh' Sound
Even though it's written with 'l' and 'y', 'လျှော်' is pronounced like 'Shaw'. This is a common Burmese spelling rule.
Verb Choice
Using 'လျှော်' for dishes will make people laugh. Stick to 'ဆေး' for dishes!
Laundry Taboos
Be careful not to hang women's lower garments above men's heads or clothes in traditional homes.
Shortening
In casual texts, you can just write 'လျှော်နေတယ်' if it's obvious you're talking about laundry.
自分をテスト
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.
ကျွန်တော် ဒီနေ့ အဝတ် ______ မယ်။
For clothes (အဝတ်), the correct verb is 'လျှော်' (lyaw).
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
How do you say 'I am washing clothes'?
The object (အဝတ်) must come before the verb (လျှော်), and the verb must be 'lyaw'.
Match the Burmese phrase with its English meaning.
1. အဝတ်လျှော်စက်, 2. ဆပ်ပြာမှုန့်, 3. အဝတ်လှန်းတယ်, 4. မီးပူတိုက်တယ်
These are all related household chores and items.
Complete the dialogue at the laundry shop.
Customer: ဒီအင်္ကျီကို ______ ချင်လို့ပါ။ Staff: ဟုတ်ကဲ့၊ မနက်ဖြန် ရပါမယ်။
The customer wants to 'wash' the shirt at the laundry shop.
🎉 スコア： /4
ビジュアル学習ツール
What to 'Lyaw' vs What to 'Say'
လျှော် (Lyaw)
- • အဝတ် (Clothes)
- • ခေါင်း (Hair)
- • ခြင်ထောင် (Mosquito net)
ဆေး (Say)
- • ပန်းကန် (Dishes)
- • လက် (Hands)
- • ကား (Car)
練習問題バンク
4 問題ကျွန်တော် ဒီနေ့ အဝတ် ______ မယ်။
For clothes (အဝတ်), the correct verb is 'လျှော်' (lyaw).
How do you say 'I am washing clothes'?
The object (အဝတ်) must come before the verb (လျှော်), and the verb must be 'lyaw'.
左の各項目を右のペアと一致させてください:
These are all related household chores and items.
Customer: ဒီအင်္ကျီကို ______ ချင်လို့ပါ။ Staff: ဟုတ်ကဲ့၊ မနက်ဖြန် ရပါမယ်။
The customer wants to 'wash' the shirt at the laundry shop.
🎉 スコア： /4
よくある質問
14 問No, use 'say' for cars. 'Kar-say-tal' is the correct phrase.
It is called 'အခြောက်လျှော်' (a-chauk-lyaw), literally 'dry wash'.
Yes, it is neutral and polite enough for any situation. To be extra polite, add 'ပါ' (par) at the end.
It is 'ဆပ်ပြာမှုန့်' (sap-pyar-mote), which literally means 'soap powder'.
No, for animals, use 'ရေချိုးပေးတယ်' (giving a bath).
Say 'အဝတ်လျှော်စရာတွေ အများကြီးပဲ' (A-wut-lyaw-sa-yar-tway a-myar-gyi-pal).
It's 'အဝတ်ခြင်း' (a-wut-chin).
Yes, they are very common in cities, but hand-washing is still prevalent in rural areas.
Ask 'အဝတ်လျှော်ပေးလို့ ရမလား' (Can you wash my clothes?).
It's a loanword from Hindi referring to a person who washes clothes for a living.
'လျှော်ဖွပ်' is more formal and implies a more thorough scrubbing.
Just ask for 'ဆပ်ပြာမှုန့်' (sap-pyar-mote).
Because hair, like fabric, is porous and absorbs water.
No, Burmese grammar requires the object to come first.
関連フレーズ
ခေါင်းလျှော်
similarTo wash hair
ပန်းကန်ဆေး
contrastTo wash dishes
အဝတ်လှန်း
builds onTo hang clothes to dry
မီးပူတိုက်
builds onTo iron clothes
အဝတ်လျှော်စက်
specialized formWashing machine
