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Emphatic Particle (ပဲ)

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Grammar Rule in 30 Seconds

The particle ပဲ (pè) adds emphasis, meaning 'only', 'exactly', or 'just' to the word immediately preceding it.

  • Place ပဲ immediately after the noun or pronoun to show exclusivity (e.g., ကျွန်တော်ပဲ - Just me).
  • Use it with verbs by adding the nominalizer တာ before ပဲ (e.g., စားတာပဲ - Just eating).
  • In questions, it emphasizes the specific choice being made among options.
[Focus Word] + ပဲ + [Verb/Sentence Ender]

Attaching ပဲ to Different Parts of Speech

Part of Speech Structure Example (Burmese) Meaning
Noun
Noun + ပဲ
မောင်မောင်ပဲ
Only Maung Maung
Pronoun
Pronoun + ပဲ
သူပဲ
Only him / It's him
Verb (Action)
Verb + တာ + ပဲ
သွားတာပဲ
Just going
Adjective
Adj + တာ + ပဲ
လှတာပဲ
It's just beautiful
Time
Time + ပဲ
အခုပဲ
Right now

Common Contractions with ပဲ

Full Form Common Usage English Equivalent
ဒါပဲ (Dà pè)
Sentence ender
That's it / That's all
ပဲလေ (Pè lay)
Emphasis + Particle
Of course / Obviously

Reference Table

Reference table for Emphatic Particle (ပဲ)
Form Structure Example
Affirmative (Noun)
Noun + ပဲ
ဒီစာအုပ်ပဲ (Only this book)
Affirmative (Verb)
Verb + တာ + ပဲ
လုပ်တာပဲ (Just doing)
Negative
Noun + ပဲ + မ...ဘူး
သူပဲ မသိဘူး (Only he doesn't know)
Question
Noun + ပဲ + လား
ဒါပဲလား (Is this all?)
Identity
Pronoun + ပဲ
ကျွန်တော်ပဲ (It's me)
Time Focus
Time + ပဲ
ဒီနေ့ပဲ (Only today / Exactly today)

Meanings

A versatile particle used to indicate exclusivity, identity, or to emphasize a state of being.

1

Exclusivity

Indicates 'only' or 'nothing else but'.

“ရေပဲ သောက်မယ် (Yay pè thout mal) - I will only drink water.”

“သူပဲ လာတယ် (Thu pè lar tal) - Only he came.”

2

Identity/Precision

Indicates 'exactly' or 'the very one'.

“အခုပဲ (Ah-ku pè) - Right now.”

“ဒီနေရာပဲ (De nay-yar pè) - This very place.”

フォーマル度スペクトル

フォーマル
၎င်းမျှသာ ဖြစ်ပါသည်။

၎င်းမျှသာ ဖြစ်ပါသည်။ (Finishing a statement)

ニュートラル
ဒါပါပဲ။

ဒါပါပဲ။ (Finishing a statement)

カジュアル
ဒါပဲ။

ဒါပဲ။ (Finishing a statement)

スラング
ဒါပဲနော်။

ဒါပဲနော်။ (Finishing a statement)

The Functions of ပဲ

ပဲ (pè)

Exclusivity

  • ဒီတစ်ခုပဲ Only this one

Identity

  • ကျွန်တော်ပဲ It's me

Precision

  • အခုပဲ Right now

ပဲ vs သာ

ပဲ (pè)
Spoken/Common Everyday use
သာ (thar)
Formal/Literary Books/Speeches

How to use ပဲ with Verbs

1

Is it a Noun?

YES
Add ပဲ directly
NO
Go to Verb rule
2

Is it a Verb?

YES
Add တာ (tar) then ပဲ
NO
Check other particles

レベル別の例文

1

ကျွန်တော်ပဲ။

It's just me.

2

ဒါပဲလား။

Is this all?

1

ဒီတစ်ခုပဲ ယူမယ်။

I will take only this one.

2

မနက်ဖြန်ပဲ လာပါ။

Please come exactly tomorrow.

1

သူက အိပ်နေတာပဲ။

He is just sleeping.

2

ထမင်းပဲ စားချင်တယ်။

I only want to eat rice.

1

ဒီပြဿနာကို ခင်ဗျားပဲ ဖြေရှင်းနိုင်တယ်။

Only you can solve this problem.

2

အမှန်တရားက ဒါပဲလေ။

Well, this is the truth (and nothing else).

1

မိမိကိုယ်တိုင်ပဲ ကြိုးစားရမှာပါ။

It is only oneself who must strive.

2

မျှော်လင့်ချက်ဆိုတာ ဒါပဲ ရှိတော့တယ်။

This is the only hope that remains.

1

ယင်းသို့ ဆောင်ရွက်ခြင်းသည်သာမက ဤနည်းလမ်းသည်ပဲ အထိရောက်ဆုံးဖြစ်ကြောင်း တွေ့ရှိရသည်။

Not only performing it in that way, but this very method is found to be the most effective.

2

လောကနိယာမအရ ဖြစ်ပျက်သမျှသည် အကြောင်းတရားကြောင့်ပဲ ဖြစ်ရစမြဲပါ။

According to natural law, whatever happens must necessarily occur only because of causal factors.

間違えやすい

Emphatic Particle (ပဲ) 対 သာ (thar)

Both mean 'only'. Learners use 'pè' in formal writing where 'thar' is required.

Emphatic Particle (ပဲ) 対 တင် (tin)

Sometimes 'tin' is used for 'only' in certain dialects or contexts.

よくある間違い

✗

ပဲ ကျွန်တော်

✓

ကျွန်တော်ပဲ

In Burmese, particles follow the word they modify.
✗

စားပဲ

✓

စားတာပဲ

You must nominalize a verb with 'tar' before adding 'pè'.
✗

သူပဲ မဟုတ်ဘူး

✓

သူမဟုတ်တာပဲ

Depending on the nuance, placing 'pè' at the end of the negated nominalized verb is often more natural for 'It's just that it's not him'.
✗

သာ and ပဲ used interchangeably in formal writing

✓

Use သာ for restrictive formal contexts

Using 'pè' in a formal legal document can sound too colloquial.

文型パターン

___ ပဲ ရှိတယ်။

___ တာပဲ။

Real World Usage

Ordering at a Tea Shop constant

ပေါ့ဆိမ့်ပဲ ပေးပါ။ (Give me only 'pawt-seint' - a type of tea).

Job Interview common

ကျွန်တော်ကတော့ အကောင်းဆုံးဖြစ်အောင်ပဲ ကြိုးစားပါတယ်။ (I just try my best.)

Social Media / Texting very common

အဲဒါပဲလေ။ (Exactly that! / Preach!)

🎯

The 'That's it' closer

Use 'Dà pè' (ဒါပဲ) to signal you are finished talking. It's the most natural way to end a list or a brief explanation.
⚠️

Don't skip 'Tar'

If you want to emphasize an action, you MUST use 'tar'. 'Sarr pè' is wrong; 'Sarr tar pè' is correct.
💬

Polite Emphasis

Adding 'par' before 'pè' (e.g., 'Dà par pè') makes your emphasis sound much more polite and professional.

Smart Tips

Insert 'par' (ပါ) before 'pè'.

ဒါပဲ။ → ဒါပါပဲ။

Always check for the 'tar' (တာ) bridge.

သူ စားပဲ။ → သူ စားတာပဲ။

Use 'pè' to tell a taxi driver 'right here'.

ဒီမှာ ရပ်ပါ။ → ဒီမှာပဲ ရပ်ပါ။

発音

/pɛ́/

Tone of ပဲ

ပဲ is pronounced with a heavy, low tone (pè).

Emphasis Rise

ဒီတစ်ခုပဲလား↑

Rising intonation at the end of 'pè-lar' indicates a question.

暗記しよう

記憶術

Pè is like a 'Peg'—it pins down the exact word you want to emphasize.

視覚的連想

Imagine a bright yellow spotlight shining on a single person in a dark theater. That spotlight is the particle ပဲ.

Rhyme

When you want just one and nothing more, put ပဲ at the end to be sure.

Story

A customer goes to a shop and sees many apples, but points to one red apple and says 'ဒီတစ်ခုပဲ' (Only this one). The shopkeeper realizes the customer is very specific because of that one little word.

Word Web

ဒါပဲအခုပဲကျွန်တော်ပဲဒီမှာပဲဟုတ်တာပဲ

チャレンジ

Try to use 'pè' three times today: once for 'only', once for 'exactly', and once to say 'that's it' (dà pè).

文化メモ

Using 'pè' in 'Dà pè' is the standard way to end phone calls or casual conversations, similar to 'That's all for now'.

In negotiations, using 'pè' can signal a firm boundary or a final offer.

Derived from Old Burmese emphatic markers used to distinguish subjects in complex sentences.

会話のきっかけ

“

ဒီနေ့ ဘာဟင်းပဲ စားမလဲ။

“

ခင်ဗျားပဲ လုပ်နိုင်တဲ့ အလုပ်က ဘာလဲ။

“

ရန်ကုန်မှာ ဘယ်နေရာပဲ သွားချင်လဲ။

日記のテーマ

Write about your favorite food and why you only want to eat that for the rest of your life.
Describe a time when only you knew the answer to a difficult question.
Discuss the importance of a specific cultural tradition that exists only in your country.

よくある間違い

Incorrect

正解

Incorrect

正解

Incorrect

正解

Incorrect

正解

Test Yourself

Fill in the blank to say 'Only water'.

___ သောက်မယ်။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
ပဲ follows the noun to mean 'only'.
Correct the sentence: 'I am just eating'. Error Correction

Find and fix the mistake:

ကျွန်တော် စားပဲ။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Verbs must be nominalized with 'tar' before 'pè'.
Which sentence means 'It's exactly right now'? 選択問題

Choose the best option:

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
အခုပဲ means 'right now' or 'exactly now'.
Reorder: [ပဲ] [သူ] [လာတယ်] Sentence Reorder

Arrange the words in the correct order:

All words placed

Click words above to build the sentence

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
The subject is followed by the emphatic particle.

Score: /4

練習問題

4 exercises
Fill in the blank to say 'Only water'.

___ သောက်မယ်။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
ပဲ follows the noun to mean 'only'.
Correct the sentence: 'I am just eating'. Error Correction

Find and fix the mistake:

ကျွန်တော် စားပဲ။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Verbs must be nominalized with 'tar' before 'pè'.
Which sentence means 'It's exactly right now'? 選択問題

Choose the best option:

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
အခုပဲ means 'right now' or 'exactly now'.
Reorder: [ပဲ] [သူ] [လာတယ်] Sentence Reorder

Only he came.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
The subject is followed by the emphatic particle.

Score: /4

よくある質問 (6)

Yes. `သူပဲ မသိဘူး` means 'Only he doesn't know'. The `ပဲ` stays with the noun being emphasized.

`ပဲ` is for common speech; `သာ` is for formal writing. `သာ` is also more restrictive.

No, but the word `ပဲ` itself has a low, heavy tone that should be pronounced clearly.

It's rare but possible if you are emphasizing two different things, though it usually sounds repetitive.

Not inherently, but in a formal setting, adding `par` (`Dà par pè`) is much more polite.

It functions like 'That's all' or 'Talk to you later'. It's a standard conversational closer.

Scaffolded Practice

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Mastery Progress

Needs Practice

Improving

Strong

Mastered

In Other Languages

Japanese high

だけ (dake) / のみ (nomi)

Japanese 'dake' can sometimes be used with particles like 'ni' or 'de', whereas 'pè' usually replaces or follows case markers directly.

Spanish moderate

solo / solamente

Word order: Spanish 'Solo yo' vs Burmese 'Kyan-taw pè'.

French partial

ne... que

French requires a negative particle 'ne' even though the meaning is affirmative 'only'. Burmese does not.

German moderate

nur

German 'nur' is more flexible in sentence position than the rigid postpositional 'pè'.

Arabic moderate

فقط (faqat) / إنما (innama)

Arabic has specific grammatical cases that might change, while 'pè' is an invariant particle.

Learning Path

Prerequisites

Next
Emphatic Particle (တော့)

Related Grammar Rules

C1

The Particle (ကြသည်) for Plural/General Subjects
A2

The Particle (ပြီးပြီ) for Completed Actions
A2

The Particle (တော့) for Obligation
B1

The Particle (တဲ့) for Reporting Information
B2

The Particle (ပင်) for Strong Emphasis
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