Food & Drinks

1. ပၼ် ၶဝ်ႈသွႆး ၶႃႈ

   pan1 khao3-sawi4 khaa3

   Please give me Shan noodles

   Usage

   Used to order noodles. ၶဝ်ႈသွႆး is "noodles" in the dictionary.

   Grammar Note

   Request form: ပၼ် "give" + item + polite particle. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

2. ပၼ် ၼမ်ႉၼဵင်ႈ ၶႃႈ

   pan1 nam5-neng3 khaa3

   Please give me tea

   Usage

   Used to ask for tea. ၼမ်ႉၼဵင်ႈ is the dictionary word for tea steeped in boiling water.

   Grammar Note

   Request form. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

3. မီး ၶဝ်ႈသွႆး ႁႃႉ?

   mi4 khao3-sawi4 haa5?

   Do you have noodles?

   Usage

   Asks at a restaurant whether noodles are available.

   Grammar Note

   မီး + item + ႁႃႉ. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

4. ၶႃႈ ဢမ်ႇ ၶႂ်ႈ ၽိတ်ႉ

   khaa3 am2 khaue3 phit5

   I do not want chili

   Usage

   Use to ask for no chili. ၽိတ်ႉ is chili pepper.

   Grammar Note

   The negator ဢမ်ႇ goes before ၶႂ်ႈ. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

5. ပၼ် ၼမ်ႉ ၶႃႈ

   pan1 nam5 khaa3

   Please give me water

   Usage

   Asks for water.

   Grammar Note

   Request form. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

6. ၶႃႈ ၶႂ်ႈ ၵိၼ် ၼမ်ႉ

   khaa3 khaue3 kin1 nam5

   I want to drink water

   Usage

   Asks for water. ၵိၼ် is the single verb for eating and drinking.

   Grammar Note

   ၶႂ်ႈ precedes the verb, the object follows it. Never add a tone mark to ၵိၼ်. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

7. ၶႃႈ ဢမ်ႇ ၵိၼ် လဝ်ႈ

   khaa3 am2 kin1 lao3

   I do not drink alcohol

   Usage

   Declines alcohol. လဝ်ႈ means liquor.

   Grammar Note

   The negator ဢမ်ႇ comes before the verb. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

8. ဝၢၼ်ၸႂ် တႄႉတႄႉ

   waan1-tsaue1 tae5-tae5

   Very delicious

   Usage

   Compliments the food.

   Grammar Note

   The adverb တႄႉတႄႉ follows the adjective. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

9. ၶႃႈ ဢမ်ႇ ၵိၼ် ပႃ

   khaa3 am2 kin1 paa1

   I do not eat fish

   Usage

   Says you do not eat fish.

   Grammar Note

   Negator before the verb, object after it. Composed from dictionary-verified words.

10. ၶႃႈ ဢမ်ႇ ၵိၼ် ၼိူဝ်ႉမူ

    khaa3 am2 kin1 noe5-mu1

    I do not eat pork

    Usage

    Says you do not eat pork.

    Grammar Note

    ၼိူဝ်ႉ "meat" + မူ "pig". Composed from dictionary-verified words.

11. ၶဝ်ႈ

    khao3

    Cooked rice

    Usage

    Means cooked rice; ၶဝ်ႈ also means rice plant and a main meal.

    Grammar Note

    The same spelling is also the verb "enter".

12. ၶဝ်ႈၼဵဝ်

    khao3-new1

    Sticky rice

    Usage

    Glutinous rice; the dictionary glosses it "glutinous rice, sticky rice".

    Grammar Note

    ၶဝ်ႈ "rice" + ၼဵဝ် "sticky".

13. ၶဝ်ႈသွႆး

    khao3-sawi4

    Noodles

    Usage

    Means noodles; the dictionary glosses it "noodles".

    Grammar Note

    A compound listed in the dictionary.

14. ၼမ်ႉၽၵ်း

    nam5-phak4

    Soup

    Usage

    Broth or soup of a dish.

    Grammar Note

    ၼမ်ႉ "water" + ၽၵ်း "dish".

15. လိပ်း

    lip4

    Raw (uncooked)

    Usage

    Says food is uncooked; it also means "unripe".

    Grammar Note

    A descriptive verb.

16. ၼိူဝ်ႉမူ

    noe5-mu1

    Pork

    Usage

    Means pork.

    Grammar Note

    A compound of ၼိူဝ်ႉ "meat" and မူ "pig".

17. ၶႆႇ

    khai2

    Egg

    Usage

    Means egg; as a verb it means "lay an egg".

    Grammar Note

    Keep the tone mark ႇ exactly.

18. ၵႃႇၽီႇ

    kaa2-phi2

    Coffee

    Usage

    A loan word from English.

    Grammar Note

    A loan word listed in the dictionary.

19. ၼမ်ႉၼူမ်း

    nam5-nom4

    Milk

    Usage

    Milk of animals.

    Grammar Note

    ၼမ်ႉ "water" + ၼူမ်း "breast".

20. ထေႃးပၢတ်ႈ

    thaw4-paat3

    Butter

    Usage

    Means butter.

    Grammar Note

    Listed in the dictionary.

21. ၼမ်ႉၼူမ်းတႅင်ႈ

    nam5-nom4-taeng3

    Cheese

    Usage

    Solid cheese; literally "milk in a block".

    Grammar Note

    A compound listed in the dictionary.

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