Meaning
Participating in a job interview.
Cultural Background
Punctuality is vital. Even though 'Burmese Stretchable Time' exists socially, for an 'အင်တာဗျူးဖြေတယ်' session, arriving 15 minutes early is expected. When someone tells you they are going to 'အင်တာဗျူးဖြေတယ်', it is polite to say 'Good luck' or 'May you succeed' (အောင်မြင်ပါစေ). Scholarship interviews often involve a panel of elders. Using polite particles like 'Khin-byar' or 'Shin' while 'answering' is crucial. Young people often use English terms like 'CV' and 'Portfolio' alongside 'အင်တာဗျူးဖြေတယ်'.
Use 'Thwar' for Action
Saying 'အင်တာဗျူးသွားဖြေတယ်' (Going to answer an interview) sounds more natural than just 'အင်တာဗျူးဖြေတယ်' when talking about your day.
Avoid 'Take'
Never use the verb 'ယူတယ်' (Yu-tal) for interviews. It's a dead giveaway that you are translating from English.
Meaning
Participating in a job interview.
Use 'Thwar' for Action
Saying 'အင်တာဗျူးသွားဖြေတယ်' (Going to answer an interview) sounds more natural than just 'အင်တာဗျူးဖြေတယ်' when talking about your day.
Avoid 'Take'
Never use the verb 'ယူတယ်' (Yu-tal) for interviews. It's a dead giveaway that you are translating from English.
Politeness Particles
Always end your sentences with 'Khin-byar' (male) or 'Shin' (female) during the actual interview.
Test Yourself
Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.
ကျွန်တော် မနက်ဖြန် အလုပ် _________ မယ်။
The correct collocation for 'doing an interview' is 'အင်တာဗျူးဖြေ'.
Which sentence is correct for a job seeker?
Choose the natural sentence:
In Burmese, candidates 'answer' (ဖြေ) interviews.
Complete the dialogue.
A: အင်တာဗျူးဖြေတာ အဆင်ပြေလား? B: _________။
The question asks if the interview went well, so 'It went well' is the correct response.
Match the phrase to the situation.
You are going to a company to be interviewed.
As the candidate, you are the one 'answering' (ဖြေ).
🎉 Score: /4
Visual Learning Aids
Common Interview Verbs
Candidate
- • အင်တာဗျူးဖြေတယ် (Answer)
- • အင်တာဗျူးဝင်တယ် (Enter)
Interviewer
- • အင်တာဗျူးစစ်တယ် (Test)
- • အင်တာဗျူးခေါ်တယ် (Call)
Practice Bank
4 exercisesကျွန်တော် မနက်ဖြန် အလုပ် _________ မယ်။
The correct collocation for 'doing an interview' is 'အင်တာဗျူးဖြေ'.
Choose the natural sentence:
In Burmese, candidates 'answer' (ဖြေ) interviews.
A: အင်တာဗျူးဖြေတာ အဆင်ပြေလား? B: _________။
The question asks if the interview went well, so 'It went well' is the correct response.
You are going to a company to be interviewed.
As the candidate, you are the one 'answering' (ဖြေ).
🎉 Score: /4
Frequently Asked Questions
5 questionsYes, 'ဗီဇာ အင်တာဗျူးဖြေတယ်' is the standard way to say you are attending a visa interview at an embassy.
No. For a phone call, we use 'ဖုန်းကိုင်တယ်' (Phone kine tal - to hold/pick up the phone). 'ဖြေ' is for questions, exams, and interviews.
You say 'အင်တာဗျူးအောင်တယ်' (In-ta-byu aung tal).
Use 'အင်တာဗျူးစစ်တယ်' (In-ta-byu sit tal) or 'အင်တာဗျူးမေးတယ်' (In-ta-byu may tal).
It is neutral. You can use it with your boss, your friends, or in a newspaper.
Related Phrases
အင်တာဗျူးစစ်တယ်
contrastTo conduct an interview (as the interviewer).
အလုပ်လျှောက်တယ်
builds onTo apply for a job.
စာမေးပွဲဖြေတယ်
similarTo take an exam.
လူတွေ့ခေါ်တယ်
specialized formTo call for a face-to-face meeting.
