New Words       

nan-meh  နာမည်  name   

beh-lo  ဘယ်လို  how   

k’aw-deh  ခေါ်တယ်  to call, to be called   

  Sentences     

S1  Nan-meh beh-lo k’aw-dhǎléh?  နံမည် ဘယ်လို ခေါ်သလဲ။  What is your name? 

S2  Albert-ba.  Albert-ပါ။  Albert. 

or  Albert-ló k’aw-ba-deh.  Albert-လို့ ခေါ်ပါတယ်။  It’s Albert. 

S1  Albert-là?  Albert-လား။  (Did you say) Albert? 

S2  Houq-pa-deh. Albert-ba.  ဟုတ်ပါတယ်။ Albert-ပါ။  Yes. Albert. 

Notes 

Nan-meh - beh-lo - k’aw-dhǎlèh? “What is your name?” Literally: Name - how - is called? Note the parallel with Èh-da-Bǎma-lo-beh-lo- k’aw-dhǎlèh? “What is that called in Burmese?” See 3.5. 

Albert-ba. The name with the polite suffix. 

Albert-ló-k’aw-ba-deh. “It’s Albert.” Literally: Albert-end-of-quote - is called. A variant answer. For -ló see 3.5. 

Albert-là? “Did you say ‘Albert’? Was that ‘Albert’?” For checking questions see 3.3. 

Houq-pa-deh. “It is so. That’s right. Yes.” Similar to H ouq-kéh.