7.2. Excuse me (to men and women )

1. lesson

Here are the female terms       

Daw-daw  ဒေါ်ဒေါ်  aunt   

Ămá  အမ  sister   

Thǎ mì  သမီး  daughter   

  Common responses to “Excuse me”     

  Houq-kèh?  ဟုတ်ကဲ့။  Yes? 

  Ba-lèh?  ဘာလဲ။  What is it? 

  Bya?  ဗျာ။  Yes? (man speaking) 

  Shin?  ရှင်။  Yes? (woman speaking) 

Note 

Bya? is a shortened form of K’in-bya, the polite tag for male speakers. 

Shin? is the same word as the polite tag for female speakers. 

Bya? and Shin? are also used when the listener hasn’t caught what you’ve said. They’re used like “I beg your pardon?” in English.