New Words       

tèh-deh  တဲတယ် or တည်းတယ်  to stay   

ǎk’àn-gá  အခန်းခ  rent (“room charge”)   

tèh-yá-da  တဲရတာ  staying, the stay   

  Sentences     

S1  Ăk’àn-gá beh-lauq pè-yá-(dhǎ)lèh?  အခန်းခ ဘယ်လောက် ပေးရ(သ)လဲ။  How much is the rent? 

S2  Tǎnyá ngà-zeh.  တစ်ည ၅၀။  K50 a night. 

or  Tǎlá hnǎt’aun.  တစ်လ ၂၀၀၀။  K2000 a month. 

S1  Èh-di-hma tèh-yá-da ǎs’in pye-là?  အဲဒီမှာ တဲရတာ အဆင်ပြေလား။  Is it all right staying there? 

S2  Theiq ǎs’in-pye-ba-deh.  သိပ် အဆင်ပြေပါတယ်။  It’s working out very well. 

or  Theiq ǎs’in mǎpye-ba-bù.  သိပ် အဆင် မပြေပါဘူး။  It’s not working out very well. 

  Notes     

  Beh-hma tèh-ne-dhǎlèh? “Where are you staying?”: the suffix -ne indicates temporary, non-permanent, activity; compare:     

  Ba sà-dhǎlèh?  ဘာ စားသလဲ။  What do you eat? or What did you eat? 

  Ba sà-ne-dhǎlèh?  ဘာ စားနေသလဲ။  What are you eating? or What were you eating? 

  Tèh-yá-da “staying”: similar to yauq-ne-da “arriving” in Lesson 9.3.     

  Tǎnyá ngà-zeh “K50 a night”: literally “One night: 50”.     

  Please treat the hotel room charges used in the exercises as for practice only. Inflation has made actual charges rise dramatically.