ဘယ်တော့

Burmese

Etymology

ဘယ် (bhai, “where, which”) +‎ -တော့ (-tau., “emphatic particle”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဘယ်ဒေါ့
• IPA^(key): /bɛ̀dɔ̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bhaitau. • ALA-LC: bhayʻtoʹ • BGN/PCGN: bèdaw. • Okell: betó

Adverb

ဘယ်တော့ • (bhaitau.)

1. (colloquial, interrogative) when? (in the future)

   ဘယ်တော့ ပြန်မလဲ။

   bhaitau. pranma.lai:||

   When will you go back?

Further reading

• “ဘယ်တော့” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.