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It’s some money, but I thought it was worth it. You’ll get a few categories for free, in the payed pro version you’ll get access to a lot more words and phrases. If you click on the Myanmar translation, a women will read it for you. It’s like a small phrasebook with a lot of useful words. This app is for you as an English speaker to get words or small simple sentences in Burmese. They are both available in the App Store and Google Play: A little too much work if you’re staying in Myanmar for only a few weeks.īut then there are a few applications that can help you out.

#Learning myanmar language free install#

For this you need to install Zawgyi fonts, new keyboards and change the core of your phone. Your phone won’t display the Myanmar language, nor will you be able to type something in Burmese. The second ‘problem’ is the Burmese alphabet. It’ll translate your English to a Burmese sentence and in the other direction as well, but completely wrong. First of all is Google translate not working for Burmese. If you bought a tourist sim card in Myanmar and you have access to internet on your way, you can use apps and translators. Of course there’s the wonderful world of your smartphone. People are happy to greet and help you if they can. There aren’t a lot of places in Myanmar where you’re not welcome as a foreigner. And you’ll get a lot done with a smile on your face.

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Fingers and hands are key when you need to negotiate prices with taxi drivers or market traders.

#Learning myanmar language free driver#

You can show the taxi driver where you want to go, just with pointing to it.

Ask the staff at your hotel to write down the place(s) you’re going that day in Burmese.

Take a business card of your hotel with you that you can show your taxi driver if he doesn’t speak English and you try to go back.

The staff at your hotel will speak English well, so it’s a good thing to ask them for directions to a temple, possible things to do in the city, or the best solution to get to your next destination. The last one you can answer with kaung-ma-de, which means you’re fine. They don’t use it to greet each other, they’ll more often ask each other if they’ve eaten yet ( sa-pi-bi-la) or how they are doing ( nei-kaung-la). You will hear a lot of them saying to you: Min-ge-la-bar, what Myanmar people use to greet foreign people. If they can, they’ll help you in every way possible. This won’t cost you any extra money.īut Myanmar people are friendly and patient. This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something that we have recommended. The staff at your hotel, some taxi drivers and certain people in touristic places will speak English to you, but go a little further away off the beaten track or ask a more detailed question, and you’ll find yourself lost in translation. It’s not like there’s no one speaking English. Many Myanmar people speak only Burmese, the most spoken language in Myanmar. Getting from one point to another in Myanmar isn’t always easy.