10.5. Introducing yourself 4.

1. lesson

S1  Meiq-s’we-gáw? - nan-meh beh-lo k’aw-dhǎlèh?  မိတ်ဆွေကော - နာမည် ဘယ်လို ခေါ်သလဲ။  How about you: what is your name? 

or  Ămá gáw? - nan-meh beh-lo k’aw-dhǎlèh?  အမကော နာမည် ဘယ်လို  Excuse me How about you. What's your name 

S2  Hermia ló k’aw-ba-deh.  Hermia-လို့ ခေါ်ပါတယ်။  It's Hermia 

or more commonly  Cǎmá nan-meh-ga Hermia ló k’aw-ba-deh.  ကျမ နာမည်က Hermia-လို့ ခေါ်ပါတယ်။  My name is Hermia (woman speaking) (close quote) I'm called 

  Cǎmá nan-meh-ga Helena ló k’aw-ba-deh.  ကျမ နာမည်က Helena-လို့ ခေါ်ပါတယ်။  Cǎmá nan-meh-ga Helena ló k’aw-ba-deh. 

  cǎnáw nan-meh-ga Lycinder ló k’aw-ba-deh.  ကျနော့် နာမည်က Lycinder-လို့ ခေါ်ပါတယ်။  My name is Lycinder (man speaking) (close quote) I'm called 

Notes 

Cǎnáw nan-meh-gá “my name”. The suffix -ká/-gá draws attention to a new subject in the conversation. It has an effect like “on the other hand” or “as for”, but is much weaker than those phrases are in English.