Significado
The act of listening.
Contexto cultural
Listening is a sign of 'Ah-nar-de' (consideration/deference). To listen without interrupting is a key social skill. Listening to the Dhamma (တရားနာခြင်း) is one of the ten meritorious deeds. It is believed to bring wisdom and peace. Modern Myanmar youth use 'Nar Htaung' for Western pop, K-pop, and local 'Anyeint' music equally. In villages, the community radio or loudspeaker often broadcasts news. People gather to 'listen' together.
The 'Pay' Trick
Always add 'Pay' (နားထောင်ပေး) when you want to sound like a supportive friend. It shows you are giving your time to listen.
Don't say 'Nar Htaung' to a Monk
Use 'Nar Sin' or 'Tay Nar' instead. It shows you know the religious etiquette.
Significado
The act of listening.
The 'Pay' Trick
Always add 'Pay' (နားထောင်ပေး) when you want to sound like a supportive friend. It shows you are giving your time to listen.
Don't say 'Nar Htaung' to a Monk
Use 'Nar Sin' or 'Tay Nar' instead. It shows you know the religious etiquette.
Obedience is Key
Remember that 'listening' in Myanmar is the highest form of being a 'good person.' Use it often when talking about family.
Teste-se
Fill in the blank with the correct form of 'to listen'.
ကျွန်တော် သီချင်း _______ နေတယ်။
You 'listen' (နားထောင်) to music; you don't just passively hear it.
Which sentence means 'Please listen to the teacher'?
Choose the correct sentence:
The particle 'ပါ' makes it a polite request to listen.
Match the phrase to the situation.
Situation: A mother telling her child to be good.
'စကားနားထောင်' (listening to words) is the idiom for being obedient.
Complete the dialogue.
A: ဘာလုပ်နေတာလဲ။ B: ဖုန်းထဲက video ကို _______ နေတာ။
While you 'watch' (ကြည့်) a video, you also 'listen' (နားထောင်) to it.
🎉 Pontuação: /4
Recursos visuais
Active vs. Passive
Banco de exercicios
4 exerciciosကျွန်တော် သီချင်း _______ နေတယ်။
You 'listen' (နားထောင်) to music; you don't just passively hear it.
Choose the correct sentence:
The particle 'ပါ' makes it a polite request to listen.
Situation: A mother telling her child to be good.
'စကားနားထောင်' (listening to words) is the idiom for being obedient.
A: ဘာလုပ်နေတာလဲ။ B: ဖုန်းထဲက video ကို _______ နေတာ။
While you 'watch' (ကြည့်) a video, you also 'listen' (နားထောင်) to it.
🎉 Pontuação: /4
Perguntas frequentes
14 perguntasYes, literally it uses the word for ear, but figuratively it means to obey or follow advice.
Usually, you use 'Kyi' (watch) for TV, but if you are just listening to the audio, you can use 'Nar Htaung'.
'Nar Htaung' is everyday; 'Nar Sin' is formal, royal, or for performances.
Say 'Nar htaung nay tal' (နားထောင်နေတယ်။).
No, it's neutral. But adding 'par' (နားထောင်ပါ့မယ်) makes it polite.
You can, but 'Chaung Nar Htaung' (spy-listen) is more specific.
'Sakar' means words. It literally means 'listening to words,' which is the idiom for being obedient.
Yes, add 'khae' (နားထောင်ခဲ့တယ်) or just use context with 'tal'.
Yes, it's the perfect word for podcasts and audiobooks.
Say 'Ma kyar buu' (I don't hear you), not 'Ma nar htaung buu' (which means I refuse to listen).
Not really a slang word, but dropping the particles makes it very casual.
Say 'Da nar htaung kyi!' (Listen to this and see!).
Constantly! It's a staple in romantic songs about wanting someone to listen to your heart.
'Nar ma htaung buu' (not listening) or 'Sakar kyi tal' (stubborn).
Frases relacionadas
နားစွင့်
similarTo eavesdrop or listen intently
နားဆင်
specialized formTo listen (formal/royal)
နားလည်
builds onTo understand
ကြား
contrastTo hear
နားငြီး
contrastTo be tired of listening
