A1 Idiom 비격식체

နားပူတယ်

နပတယ 1

To be nagged

Feeling annoyed by someone's constant talking.

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문화적 배경

Nagging is often seen as a sign of care (Sedayna) from parents. Children might say 'Nar Pu Tal' jokingly to acknowledge the care while expressing mild annoyance. In Myanmar, bargaining is common. Vendors can be very persistent. Using 'Nar Pu Tal' is a firm way to tell a vendor to stop following you without being overly aggressive. Because Burmese people hate to say 'No' directly, 'Nar Pu Tal' is a useful idiom to signal that a boundary has been crossed without using a harsh 'No.' The concept of 'heat' in the body is linked to stress. 'Nar Pu Tal' isn't just a metaphor; it's a description of the stress response to noise.

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Use it with 'Nay Pyi'

Saying 'Nar pu nay pyi' (Ears are already hot) is a very natural way to tell someone to stop.

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Watch your tone

If said too harshly, it can start a fight. Use a playful tone with friends.

Feeling annoyed by someone's constant talking.

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Use it with 'Nay Pyi'

Saying 'Nar pu nay pyi' (Ears are already hot) is a very natural way to tell someone to stop.

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Watch your tone

If said too harshly, it can start a fight. Use a playful tone with friends.

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The 'Cool' Opposite

Learn 'Nar Aye Tal' (Ears are cool) to describe the wonderful feeling when the nagging finally stops!

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Anade Factor

Remember that using this phrase means you are temporarily setting aside 'Anade' to protect your peace.

셀프 테스트

Which situation is most appropriate for 'နားပူတယ်'?

A friend keeps asking you to go to a party you don't want to attend.

✓ 정답! ✗ 아쉬워요. 정답: B

‘Nar Pu Tal’ is specifically for repetitive requests or nagging.

Fill in the missing word to say 'Don't nag me!'

နားပူအောင် မ_______နဲ့။

✓ 정답! ✗ 아쉬워요. 정답: လုပ်

‘Lote’ (to do/make) is used to form the causative 'make my ears hot'.

Complete the dialogue.

A: ဟိုမှာကြည့်စမ်း၊ အင်္ကျီလေးက လှလိုက်တာ။ ဝယ်ပါလား။ B: တော်ပါတော့၊ မင်းပြောနေတာနဲ့တင် _________။

✓ 정답! ✗ 아쉬워요. 정답: နားပူနေပြီ

B is expressing annoyance at A's persistent suggestion.

Match the phrase to the feeling.

Match 'နားပူတယ်' with its core emotion.

✓ 정답! ✗ 아쉬워요. 정답: Annoyance

The phrase is a classic expression of being annoyed by speech.

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시각 학습 자료

Ear Idioms

Phrase
နားပူတယ် Nagged
နားအေးတယ် Peaceful
နားယားတယ် Praised

연습 문제 은행

4 연습 문제
Which situation is most appropriate for 'နားပူတယ်'? Choose A1

A friend keeps asking you to go to a party you don't want to attend.

✓ 정답! ✗ 아쉬워요. 정답: B

‘Nar Pu Tal’ is specifically for repetitive requests or nagging.

Fill in the missing word to say 'Don't nag me!' Fill Blank A1

နားပူအောင် မ_______နဲ့။

✓ 정답! ✗ 아쉬워요. 정답: လုပ်

‘Lote’ (to do/make) is used to form the causative 'make my ears hot'.

Complete the dialogue. dialogue_completion A2

A: ဟိုမှာကြည့်စမ်း၊ အင်္ကျီလေးက လှလိုက်တာ။ ဝယ်ပါလား။ B: တော်ပါတော့၊ မင်းပြောနေတာနဲ့တင် _________။

✓ 정답! ✗ 아쉬워요. 정답: နားပူနေပြီ

B is expressing annoyance at A's persistent suggestion.

Match the phrase to the feeling. situation_matching A1

Match 'နားပူတယ်' with its core emotion.

✓ 정답! ✗ 아쉬워요. 정답: Annoyance

The phrase is a classic expression of being annoyed by speech.

🎉 점수: /4

자주 묻는 질문

10 질문

It depends on who you say it to. With friends, it's fine. With elders, it's very rude.

No, for loud music use 'Nar Nyee Tal' (Ears are noisy).

'Nar Pu Nar Sar' is just a more rhythmic, emphatic way of saying the same thing.

Say 'Nar pu aung ma lote nae' (Don't make my ears hot).

It can, but in 99% of cases, it's an idiom for being annoyed.

Not really, as the concept of nagging is inherently informal. You'd just say 'I'm a bit busy' instead.

Only if you want to get fired! It's too informal for professional settings.

It represents the rising 'heat' of anger and the physical sensation of someone talking into your ear.

Yes, many Burmese hip-hop and pop songs use it to describe relationship drama.

Yes, it's increasingly used for digital 'noise' like too many messages or emails.

관련 표현

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နားငြီးတယ်

synonym

Ears are noisy

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နားအေးတယ်

contrast

Ears are cool

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စကားများတယ်

similar

To be talkative

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အာပေါက်တယ်

builds on

Mouth is broken/torn

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နားပူနားဆာ

specialized form

Nagging (noun/adj)

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