ကိစ္စမရှိပါဘူး

Burmese

Burmese phrasebook

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Alternative forms

• ကိစ္စမရှိဘူး (kicca.ma.hri.bhu:)

Etymology

ကိစ္စ (kicca., “matter, affair”) +‎ မ (ma., negative particle) +‎ ရှိ (hri., “to be”) +‎ ပါ (pa, politeness particle) +‎ ဘူး (bhu:, negative particle); thus literally ‘it’s no matter’.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ကိတ်စမ'ရှိပါဘူး
• IPA^(key): /keɪʔsa̰ məʃḭ pà bú/
• Romanization: MLCTS: kicca.ma.hri.pabhu: • ALA-LC: kiccamarhipābhūʺ • BGN/PCGN: keiksa. măshi. pa bu: • Okell: keiʔsá măhyí pa bù

Phrase

ကိစ္စမရှိပါဘူး • (kicca.ma.hri.pabhu:)

1. it doesn’t matter
2. no problem
3. you’re welcome
4. don’t mention it

Synonyms

• (you’re welcome): ရပါတယ် (ra.patai)