ငါ
Burmese
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋà/
- Romanization: MLCTS: nga • ALA-LC: ṅā • BGN/PCGN: nga • Okell: nga
Pronoun
ငါ • (nga)
Synonyms
- ကျုပ် (kyup) (fairly polite)
- ကျွန်တော် (kywantau) (formal polite, used by males)
- ကျနော် (kya.nau) (colloquial polite, used by males)
- ကျွန်မ (kywanma.) (formal polite, used by females)
- ကျမ (kya.ma.) (colloquial polite, used by females)
Derived terms
See also
Burmese personal pronouns
| Burmese | Person | Level of speech |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| ငါ (nga) | First | Informal | used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors |
| ကျွန်တော် (kywantau) | First | Formal | used by males |
| ကျွန်မ (kywanma.) | First | Formal | used by females |
| ကျွန်ုပ် | First | Informal | |
| ကျုပ် (kyup) | First | Informal | |
| နင် (nang) | Second | Informal | used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors |
| မင်း (mang:) | Second | Informal | used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors |
| ညည်း (nyany:) | Second | Informal | used by females when addressing another female of same age or one younger |
| တော် (tau) | Second | Informal | used by females |
| ခင်ဗျား (hkangbya:) | Second | Formal | used by males |
| ရှင် (hrang) | Second | Formal | used by females |
| သင် (sang), အသင် (a.sang) | Second | Formal | |
| သူ (su) | Third | ||
| သင်း (sang:) | Third | ||
| ချင်း (hkyang:) | Third |
References
- “ငါ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.