Looking for practical Icelandic to Shan phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Icelandic phrase first, then the Shan translation (Shan) — so you can scan quickly before a trip, class, or video call.
The phrases are grouped into eight topics: greetings and pleasantries, useful phrases for travellers, everyday conversation, directions and getting around, shopping and dining, emergencies and health, work and business, and time, days and numbers. Use the table of contents to jump straight to greetings, directions, dining, emergencies, or numbers. You do not need perfect grammar to start — short, clear sentences often work better than silence when you are learning Shan.
Tip: read the Shan line out loud three times, then cover the Icelandic side and try to recall the meaning — repetition builds memory faster than silent reading.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
Halló
မင်္ဂလာပါ(mingalar par)
Takk
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်(kyeizu tin par tal)
Góðan daginn
မနက်ခင်းဖြန့်(ma net khin phyan)
Gott kvöld
နေ့လည်ခင်းဖြန့်(nei lyae khin phyan)
Gott kvöld
ညနေခင်းဖြန့်(nya nae khin phyan)
Góða nótt
ညအိပ်ချိန်(nya eit chain)
Sjáumst síðar
နောက်မှတွေ့မယ်(nauk hma twei mae)
Bless
သွားတော့မယ်(thwa dor mae)
Hvað heitir þú?
သင့်နာမည်ဘာလဲ?(thing na mei ba leh)
Ég heiti John
ကျွန်တော်နာမည်ဂျွန်ပါ(kyaun taw na mei John par)
Hvernig hefur þú það?
သင်ဘယ်လိုလဲ?(thing beh lo leh)
Gaman að kynnast þér
သင့်ကိုတွေ့ရတာဝမ်းသာပါတယ်(thing ko twei ya ta wan tha par tal)
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
Talarðu enska?
သင်အင်္ဂလိပ်စကားပြောလား?(thing angalait sa ka pyaw lar?)
Ég tala ekki hindi vel
ကျွန်တော်ဟင်းဒီကိုမပြောနိုင်ပါဘူး။(kyaung taw Hindi ko ma pyaw nain par bu.)
Ég skil ekki
ကျွန်တော်မနားလည်ပါ။(kyaung taw ma nar hlei par.)
Vinsamlegast talaðu hægt
ကျေးဇူးပြု၍အနှေးအမြန်ပြောပါ။(kyei zu pyu ywa a hnei a myan pyaw par.)
Gætirðu sagt það aftur?
ဒါကိုနောက်ထပ်ပြောပေးနိုင်မလား?(da ko nauk htaut pyaw pay nain ma lar?)
Hvar er salernið?
အိမ်သာဘယ်မှာလဲ?(ain tha beh hma leh?)
Hvernig kem ég að miðbænum?
မြို့လယ်ကိုဘယ်လိုသွားရမလဲ?(myo leh ko beh lo thwa ya ma leh?)
Beygðu til vinstri
ဘယ်ဘက်သွားပါ။(beh bhak thwa par.)
Beygðu til hægri
ညာဘက်သွားပါ။(nya bhak thwa par.)
Farðu beint áfram
တိုက်ရိုက်သွားပါ။(taik yike thwa par.)
Hvað kostar farinn?
ခရီးခကြေးဘယ်လောက်လဲ?(ka yei kha kyei beh laut leh?)
Eitt miði, takk
တစ်ခုလက်မှတ်ပေးပါ။(ta khu let hmat pay par.)
Er það langt отс отс?
ဒီနေရာကအလွန်ဝေးလား?(di nay ya ka a lun wei lar?)
Ég er týndur
ကျွန်တော်လမ်းလွဲနေတယ်။(kyaung taw lan lwe nay tai.)
Hvar get ég keypt SIM-kort?
SIM ကတ်ဘယ်မှာဝယ်ရမလဲ?(SIM kat beh hma weh ya ma leh?)
Everyday conversation
Small talk, feelings, opinions, and common chat phrases for daily life.
Já
ဟုတ်ကဲ့(hote ke)
Nei
မဟုတ်ဘူး(ma hote bu)
Kannski
ဖြစ်နိုင်ပါတယ်(phyit nain par tal)
Ég er sammála
ကျွန်တော်/ကျွန်မ သဘောတူပါတယ်(kyaung taw/kyaung ma tha baw tu par tal)
Ég er ósammála
ကျွန်တော်/ကျွန်မ သဘောမတူပါဘူး(kyaung taw/kyaung ma tha baw ma tu par bu)
Það hljómar vel
ဒါက အထူးသင့်လျော်ပါတယ်(da ka a htu thin lya par tal)
Hvað heldurðu?
သင်ထင်သလဲ?(thin htin tha leh)
Geturðu hjálpað mér?
သင်က ကူညီပေးနိုင်ပါသလား?(thin ka ku nyi pay nain par tha lar)
Ég þarf hjálp
ကျွန်တော်/ကျွန်မ ကူညီမှုလိုပါတယ်(kyaung taw/kyaung ma ku nyi hmu lo par tal)
Bíddu aðeins
အချိန်ငယ်စောင့်ပါ(a chain nge saung par)
Fyrirgefðu
ကျွန်တော်/ကျွန်မ တောင်းပန်ပါတယ်(kyaung taw/kyaung ma taung pan par tal)
Engin vandamál
ပြဿနာမရှိပါ(pyit tha na ma shi par)
Til hamingju
ဂုဏ်ယူပါတယ်(gun yu par tal)
Til hamingju með afmælið
မွေးနေ့ပျော်ပါစေ(mwei nay pyaw par say)
Gangi þér vel á ferðinni
ခရီးစဉ်အောင်မြင်ပါစေ(ka yi zin aung myin par say)
Directions and getting around
Asking where something is, left and right, distances, and finding your way.