New Words       

ǎnèh-zoùn  အနဲဆုံး  the lowest, the least   

sì-deh  စီးတယ်  to ride, travel in or on   

  Sentences     

S1  Nèh-nèh myà-ba-deh.  နဲနဲ များပါတယ်။  That’s a bit steep. 

  Sháw-ba-oùn-là?  လျှော့ပါအုံးလား။  How about bringing it down a bit? 

S2  Mǎsháw-nain-ba-bù.  မလျှော့နိုင်ပါဘူး။  I can’t reduce it. 

or  Da ǎnèh-zoùn-bèh.  ဒါ အနဲဆုံးပဲ။  That’s the lowest price. 

S1  Aw. Di-lo-s’o mǎsì-dáw-ba-bù.  အော်။ ဒီလိုဆို မစီးတော့ပါဘူး။  Oh. In that case I won’t take your taxi. 

Notes 

Mǎsì-ba-bù = “I won’t ride (in your taxi)”. Mǎsì-dáw-ba-bù = “I won’t ride (in your taxi) after all” – with the implication that you fully intended to, but his high fare has made you change your mind. The suffix -táw/-dáw with a negated verb conveys the meaning “no longer, not any more, not after all”.