Chapter in 30 Seconds
Master the art of focusing on the recipient of an action rather than the performer in Burmese.
- Identify passive voice markers for different contexts.
- Integrate agents into passive sentences correctly.
- Express involuntary experiences using specific particles.
你将学到什么
Learn how Burmese expresses actions where the subject receives the action, rather than performs it. This chapter covers various passive-like constructions.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
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By the end you will be able to: Describe an event from the perspective of the person affected by it.
技巧与窍门 (4)
The 'Victim' Test
Focus on the Object
Use 'Thi ya de' for Facts
Focus on the Sufferer
核心词汇 (5)
Real-World Preview
Reporting an Incident
Review Summary
- Object + ခံရသည်
- Subject + Action + ရသည်
常见错误
Passive voice shouldn't be used if the subject is the active performer. Only use it when the subject is the victim of the action.
The agent marker (က) must follow the person performing the action, not the passive verb.
The involuntary particle (ရသည်) attaches directly to the verb describing the experience.
本章规则 (6)
Next Steps
You have conquered the passive voice! This is a major milestone in your Burmese proficiency. Keep practicing.
Write 5 sentences about your last bad day using passive voice.
快速练习 (10)
ဘူတာရုံကို ရောက်___တယ်။
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: The Particle (ရသည်) for Involuntary Actions
Find and fix the mistake:
ကျွန်တော် ဆုခံရတယ်။
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Alternative Passive-like Structures (Verb + ခံရ)
Which is correct?
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive Voice with (ခံရသည်)
စာအုပ်ကို သူ ___ ရေးသားခဲ့သည်။
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Agent in Passive Sentences (က)
မနက်ဖြန် မိုးရွာမယ် ___ ပြောကြတယ်။
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Impersonal Passive Constructions
သူ အဆူ___တယ်။
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Alternative Passive-like Structures (Verb + ခံရ)
Which is correct?
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Alternative Passive-like Structures (Verb + ခံရ)
Find and fix the mistake:
အစီအစဉ်ကို သူတို့က စီစဉ်ခဲ့သည်။
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Agent in Passive Sentences (က)
Find and fix the mistake:
သူကို အရိုက်ခံရတယ်။
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Passive Voice with (အခံရသည်)
Which sentence is correct?
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Agent in Passive Sentences (က)
Score: /10
常见问题 (6)
ကျွန်တော့်ကို စာအုပ်ပေးတယ် (They gave me a book).လိုက် (laik) emphasizes that the action is completed and often adds a sense of suddenness or finality to the 'suffering'.