Looking for practical Kalaallisut to Shan phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Kalaallisut 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 Kalaallisut 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.
Aluu
မင်္ဂလာပါ(mingalar par)
Qujanaq
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်(kyeizu tin par tal)
Ullut qupp. imaarlutit
မနက်ခင်းဖြန့်(ma net khin phyan)
Ullut qupp. imaarlutit
နေ့လည်ခင်းဖြန့်(nei lyae khin phyan)
Ullut qupp. imaarlutit
ညနေခင်းဖြန့်(nya nae khin phyan)
Ullut qupp. imaarlutit
ညအိပ်ချိန်(nya eit chain)
Tassunga tulluusimavunga
နောက်မှတွေ့မယ်(nauk hma twei mae)
Tassunga
သွားတော့မယ်(thwa dor mae)
Ilinniaritsi qanoq atit?
သင့်နာမည်ဘာလဲ?(thing na mei ba leh)
Atikuuvoq John
ကျွန်တော်နာမည်ဂျွန်ပါ(kyaun taw na mei John par)
Qanoq ippit?
သင်ဘယ်လိုလဲ?(thing beh lo leh)
Tassunga uanga angusinnaavunga
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.
Ilinniaritsi qallunaatuut?
သင်အင်္ဂလိပ်စကားပြောလား?(thing angalait sa ka pyaw lar?)
Hindi-pit maani allaat
ကျွန်တော်ဟင်းဒီကိုမပြောနိုင်ပါဘူး။(kyaung taw Hindi ko ma pyaw nain par bu.)
Naluara
ကျွန်တော်မနားလည်ပါ။(kyaung taw ma nar hlei par.)
Tassuma siullermik oqalukkiartorneq
ကျေးဇူးပြု၍အနှေးအမြန်ပြောပါ။(kyei zu pyu ywa a hnei a myan pyaw par.)
Taanna ilisarit?
ဒါကိုနောက်ထပ်ပြောပေးနိုင်မလား?(da ko nauk htaut pyaw pay nain ma lar?)