Meaning
Purchasing travel or event tickets.
Cultural Background
During the Thingyan festival, buying a ticket is extremely difficult. People often sleep at the bus station to be first in line. The state lottery (Aung Bar Lay) is a national pastime. Buying a ticket is seen as a way to support the state while dreaming of wealth. The youth in Yangon now prefer buying movie tickets via the 'Mingalar Cinema' app to avoid long queues. It is polite for the eldest or the 'leader' of a group to handle the ticket buying for everyone.
Use the Classifier
Always use 'saung' (စောင်) when counting tickets. It makes you sound much more native.
Holiday Rush
During Thingyan, don't just 'wal' (buy); 'kyo-tin wal' (buy in advance) or you'll be stranded!
Meaning
Purchasing travel or event tickets.
Use the Classifier
Always use 'saung' (စောင်) when counting tickets. It makes you sound much more native.
Holiday Rush
During Thingyan, don't just 'wal' (buy); 'kyo-tin wal' (buy in advance) or you'll be stranded!
Politeness
Add '-par' at the end of your request at the counter to be polite to the staff.
Test Yourself
Fill in the blank with the correct word for 'ticket'.
ကျွန်တော် ရုပ်ရှင်_______ဝယ်မယ်။
'Let-hmat' is the word for ticket. 'Sar-oke' is book and 'Pyite-san' is money.
Which sentence means 'I want to buy a bus ticket'?
Choose the correct Burmese sentence.
'-chin-par-tal' expresses the desire 'want to'.
Match the Burmese phrase with its English meaning.
Match the following:
Matching tense markers: -mal (future), -pyee-pyee (past), -nay-tal (continuous).
Complete the dialogue at the bus station.
Traveler: မန္တလေးသွားဖို့ လက်မှတ်ဝယ်ချင်လို့ပါ။ Staff: ဟုတ်ကဲ့၊ _______စောင်ဝယ်မှာလဲ။
'Be-hnit' (How many) is used with classifiers like 'saung' to ask for quantity.
🎉 Score: /4
Visual Learning Aids
Types of Let-hmat
Transport
- • Bus
- • Train
- • Plane
Fun
- • Movie
- • Concert
- • Football
Practice Bank
4 exercisesကျွန်တော် ရုပ်ရှင်_______ဝယ်မယ်။
'Let-hmat' is the word for ticket. 'Sar-oke' is book and 'Pyite-san' is money.
Choose the correct Burmese sentence.
'-chin-par-tal' expresses the desire 'want to'.
Match each item on the left with its pair on the right:
Matching tense markers: -mal (future), -pyee-pyee (past), -nay-tal (continuous).
Traveler: မန္တလေးသွားဖို့ လက်မှတ်ဝယ်ချင်လို့ပါ။ Staff: ဟုတ်ကဲ့၊ _______စောင်ဝယ်မှာလဲ။
'Be-hnit' (How many) is used with classifiers like 'saung' to ask for quantity.
🎉 Score: /4
Frequently Asked Questions
4 questionsYes, 'wal' is used for both physical and digital purchases.
'Wal' is the standard 'to buy'. 'Pyat' is more informal, literally 'to cut', referring to the issuing of the ticket.
Say 'Let-hmat ta-saung'.
Usually, parking is just 'parking-khay' (parking fee), but for a printed slip, you can say 'parking let-hmat'.
Related Phrases
လက်မှတ်ဖြတ်
similarTo issue or buy a ticket (literally 'to cut').
ကြိုတင်ဘွတ်ကင်
specialized formAdvance booking.
လက်မှတ်စစ်
contrastTo check tickets.
အခမဲ့လက်မှတ်
specialized formFree ticket.
