LEARN HOW TO SPEAK BURMESE

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Burmese is a pretty bad language ngl but at least it's better than Thai or Chinese which are just WAY more complicated bullshit.

'Hello' is Min Glar Bar, with 'bar' an expression of politeness used at the end of a sentence. Also, like 'Aloha', it also means 'goodbye' but it doesn't mean I love yuo, don't worry. Goodbye is most of the time 'Ta-ta' but in other parts of the cunt-ry they might say 'bhine bhine', which is the closest Burmese word to 'bye bye'.

'Thank u' is 'chay zu tin bar deh'. 'Bar' is used again. 

'How are you' is 'nay kaung lar?'. No bar used in this, cuz I mean you shouldn't be quite polite all the time, because people will see you as a WAY TOO FUCKED UP RETARD THAT IS SO POLITE. 'Nay' means day, 'kaung' means good, and 'lar' is sorta like a thing added to the end of a question. 

HOW TO CUNT (count*) IN BURMESE

'One' is tait. The 'tai' in 'tait' is pronounced 'tie' or 'Thai' and add a T to the end. Some websites may tell you that 'one' is 'tit' but no thats retarded bullshit. 

'Two' is 'nait'. The pronounciation of the 'ai' in this is the same as the previous thing, which has nothing to do with tits fyi. 

'Three' is 'thone'. Say 'throne' without the 'r' and you've got it. Also another fact there's a place called the Three Pagodas Pass on the border with ShanGuy400's clay AKA Thailand. In Burmese, 'Three Pagodas' is 'Payathonesu'. 'Paya' means 'pagoda', 'king' or 'Buddha', 'thone' means 'three and a 'su' at the end means that theres three of 'em. 

'Four' is 'lay'. Some sources give that it's pronounced 'le' but the 'e' in 'le' is like the 'e' in 'cafe', so 'lay' is more accurate.

'Five' is 'nga'. The 'n' and 'g' make a sound together and add an 'a'. So it isn't 'n-ga' it's 'ng-a'. 'Nga' also means fish. 

'Six' is 'chauk'. Some sources spell it 'kyauk' because in Myanmar, the 'ky' sound makes a 'ch' sound, for example 'kyat', which is the currency of Myannar. 'Chauk' also means 'kick. Oof.

'Seven' is 'Koe Nait'. 'Koe Nait' is a combination of 'nine' and 'two'. 'Koe' is 'nine' and 'nait' is 'two'. I'm no nerd like XinHaiCity or whatever his name is, but nine minus two is seven so there ya go. 

'Eight' is 'shite'. No, not 'shit', 'shite'. Some sources tryna be funny say it's 'shit' but it is pronounced 'shait', with the same 'ai' sound as 'tait' and 'nait'. In the ancient ruins of a city called 'Mrauk U', there is a temple called 'Shite-thaung Paya', which means 'Temple of eight thousand Buddha images'. 

'Nine' is 'koe', also spelt as 'ko'. 'Ko' also means 'brother. Again in Mrauk-U, There's yet another temple called 'Koe-thaung Paya', which means 'Temple of nine thousand Buddha images'. It was just recently uncovered in about '94 or '95 when archaeologists thought since there was a temple of eight thousand Buddha images, they thought there was a temple of nine thousand Buddha images, and there's now about only sixty thousand Buddha images because the Burmese army, or Tatmadaw, had bombed Mrauk-U a couple of things and some pagodas underneath the ruins were damaged.

'Ten' is 'ta say'. Some other sources might say 'ta se' or 'ta seh' but really it's like four, or 'le', when the 'e' makes the 'ay' sound like in 'cafe'. 

Moving on after the numbers, 'Yes' and 'No'.

'Yes' is 'hoe tay' or 'hoe day'. No, not the VERY POLITE word for woman 'hoe', the same thing but pronounced the same... and the 'ay' and 'e' is the same fucked up business as 'ta say' and 'lay' and yeah. 

'No' is 'Ma hoe bu'. 'Ma' is like 'Ma' in 'Mama' (you choose which 'ma'), 'hoe' is the same as 'hoe tay' and 'bu' is not like the 'bu' in 'butt' or 'bum' (both very childish words, some children reading this may be sniggering at the moment), but the 'bu' pronounced 'boo'. Like for example you're booing someone, Tell me what word you scream. Pronounced the same. 

Adventurer, you have tackled Burma. Go say 'chay zu tin bar deh' in the comments (I would highly advise not) and go travel to Myanmar during the 'rona virus and yeah you get the idea.

OMFG THAT TOOK AN HOUR TO WRITE AND FIFTEEN MINUTES TO EDIT OK TA-TA

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