A0 · 零起点 章节 4

Asking Basic Questions: 'What?' and 'Who?'

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Unlock meaningful conversations by mastering the art of asking questions in Burmese.

  • Construct basic interrogative sentences
  • Identify essential question markers
  • Formulate simple responses to inquiries
Ask, discover, and connect with the world in Burmese.

你将学到什么

Learn to ask fundamental questions like 'What is this?' and 'Who is that?' using Burmese question words and particles. This opens up your ability to inquire about your surroundings.

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: Formulate basic 'What' and 'Who' questions confidently.

技巧与窍门 (4)

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Listen for the tone

Native speakers often raise their pitch at the end of a 'လား' question.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: The Question Particle (လား)
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Keep it simple

Don't overthink the grammar. Just place 'ဘာ' where the answer would be.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Asking 'What?' (ဘာ)
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In-situ placement

Don't move 'ဘယ်သူ' to the front. Keep it where the person's name would be.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Asking 'Who?' (ဘယ်သူ)
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Rising Pitch

Always raise your pitch slightly at the end to sound natural.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Yes/No Questions (ဟုတ်တယ် / မဟုတ်ဘူး)

核心词汇 (6)

ဘာ What ဘယ်သူ Who လား Question marker ဟုတ်တယ် Yes/It is မဟုတ်ဘူး No/It is not တော့ Topic marker

Real-World Preview

shopping-cart

At the Market

Review Summary

  • Statement + လား
  • ဘာ + လဲ
  • ဘယ်သူ + လဲ
  • ဟုတ်တယ် / မဟုတ်ဘူး
  • Noun + တော့

常见错误

Do not double-question. 'ဘာ' already implies a question, so you don't need 'လား' at the end.

Wrong: ဒါ ဘာလဲ လား
正确: ဒါ ဘာလဲ

Use 'ဘယ်သူ' (who) for people and 'ဘာ' (what) for objects.

Wrong: သူက ဘာလဲ
正确: သူက ဘယ်သူလဲ

The question particle always comes at the end, not the beginning.

Wrong: လား ဒါ စာအုပ်
正确: ဒါ စာအုပ်လား

Next Steps

You have done an amazing job today! Keep questioning and keep learning.

Practice asking 'What is this?' for 5 items in your room

快速练习 (10)

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

တော့ သူ စားတယ်။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: သူတော့ စားတယ်။
Topic comes first.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: The Topic Marker (တော့)

Choose the correct answer.

စားမှာလား။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: စားမယ်
Affirmative future.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Responding to Questions (ဖြေဆိုနည်း)

Choose the correct sentence.

Which is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Particle must be at the end.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Yes/No Questions (ဟုတ်တယ် / မဟုတ်ဘူး)

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

သွားဘူး။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: မသွားဘူး
Negative requires 'မ' and 'ဘူး'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Responding to Questions (ဖြေဆိုနည်း)

Add the correct particle.

မင်း လာ___?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: လား
Yes/no question needs 'လား'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: The Question Particle (လား)

Choose the correct sentence.

Which is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: b
Requires the nominalizer 'တာ'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Asking 'Who?' (ဘယ်သူ)

Fill in the blank.

လာမှာလား။ - ___မယ်။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: လာ
The verb in the question is 'လာ'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Responding to Questions (ဖြေဆိုနည်း)

Choose the formal answer.

သဘောတူသလား။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: သဘောတူပါတယ်
Formal affirmative.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Responding to Questions (ဖြေဆိုနည်း)

Choose the correct sentence.

Which is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ဒါ ဘာလဲ
Correct word order.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Asking 'What?' (ဘာ)

Fill in the blank.

သူက ___ လဲ။

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Asking for identity requires 'ဘယ်သူ'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Asking 'Who?' (ဘယ်သူ)

Score: /10

常见问题 (6)

No, only for yes/no questions.
At the very end of the sentence.
No, use 'ဘယ်သူ' for people.
No, it is gender-neutral.
Yes, just add 'တွေ' to get 'ဘယ်သူတွေ'.
It marks the sentence as a question.