Welcome to Pa'O Language Learning
Learn Pa'O language through our structured lessons and interactive exercises.
Pa-O Alphabet
Learn the basics of the Pa-O alphabet and pronunciation.
- က - ka
- ခ - kha
- ဂ - ga
- င - nga
Greetings
Common greetings in Pa-O:
- ခွဲးဟဝ်ဒျာႏ - Hello
- အုံဟဝ်နေꩻ - How are you?
- ကေႏဇူꩻတင်ႏငါႏဩ - Thank you
Self-Introduction
Introduce yourself in Pa'O Karen:
- ခွေမဉ်ꩻနဝ်ꩻ...ဒျာႏသွူ - My name is...
- နာꩻမဉ်ꩻနုဲင်းမုဲင်ꩻ - What is your name?
Greetings and Common Expressions
Common greetings in Pa-O:
- Hello: ခွဲးဟဝ်ဒျာႏ (kawe-har-dyar)
- How are you?: အုံဟတ်နေꩻ (on hwan-nay)?
- I'm fine, thank you.: ခွေအုံဟဝ်ဒျာႏ၊ ကေႏဇူꩻတင်ႏငါႏ (kway on hor dyar, kay ju tann ngar)
- Thank you: ကေႏဇူꩻတင်ႏငါႏ (kay-ju-tann-ngar)
- Yes: မွေး (mway)
- No: မွေးတဝ်း (mway-tar)
- Please: တဆင်ႏ (ta-shan)
- Excuse me / Sorry: တဆင်ႏမွိုင်ꩻ (ta shan mong)
Pronouns
:
- )I / Me: ခွေ (kway)
- You: နာꩻ (na)
- He / She / It: ဝွေꩻ (way)
- We / Us: နီ (ni)
- They / Them: ဝွေꩻသီး (way see)
basics
- - Eat: အံႏ (aan)
- - Drink: အွꩻ (aw)
- - Sleep: ဗေင်ႏ (bain)
- - Go: လွေꩻ (lway)
- - Come: လွဉ် (lawn) Simple Sentences Statements
- - I want to eat.: ခွေမဲဉ်အံႏငါႏ (kway men aan ngar)
- - You are going.: နာꩻအဝ်ႏလွေꩻထာꩻ (na eor lway htar)
- - He is sleeping.: ဝွေꩻအဝ်ႏဗေင်ႏထာꩻ (way eor-bain-htar) Questions
- - Are you hungry?: နာꩻဟို့ꩻခိုးနေꩻဒဲဉ်? (na hoet koe nay den)
- - Where are you going?: နာꩻအီႏလွေꩻမုဲင်ꩻ? (na aee-lway-mai)
- - What is your name?: နာꩻမဉ်ꩻနုဲင်းမုဲင်ꩻ (na-me nai-mai) Numbers
- - One: တာ (ta)
- - Two: နီ (ni)
- - Three: သွံ (shone)
- - Four: လစ်ꩻ (lea)
- - Five: ငတ်ꩻ (ngat)
Basic Verbs