Looking for practical Myanmar Burmese to Bemba phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Myanmar Burmese phrase first, then the Bemba translation (Bemba) — 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 Bemba.
Tip: pick five Bemba phrases from the greetings section and use them in a real message today. Small daily practice beats cramming before a trip.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
မင်္ဂလာပါ
Shani(mingalaba)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်
Natotela(kyayzu tin par tal)
မနက်ခင်းခင်မင့်ပါ
Muli shani(ma net khin hkin min par)
မနက်လည်ခင်မင့်ပါ
Muli shani(ma net hlae hkin min par)
ညနေခင်မင့်ပါ
Muli shani(nya nay hkin min par)
ညအိပ်ခင်မင့်ပါ
Shalenipo bwino(nya eit hkin min par)
နောက်ထပ်တွေ့မယ်
Tukakutana(naut htat twei mel)
သွားတော့မယ်
Twalumba(thwa dor mel)
သင့်နာမည်ဘယ်လိုခေါ်လဲ?
Iwe ulishani?(thing na mei beh lo khaw leh)
ကျွန်တော့်နာမည်က ဂျွန်ပါ
Ndefwaya John(kyaung taw na mei ka John par)
သင်ကဘယ်လိုလဲ?
Uli bwanji?(thing ka beh lo leh)
သင့်ကိုတွေ့ရတာဝမ်းသာပါတယ်
Nashitasha kukumona(thing ko twei ya ta wan thar par tal)
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
သင်အင်္ဂလိပ်စကားပြောလား?
Ulyashi ulukanda mu Chingereza?(thing angaleik sa-ka pyaw la?)
ကျွန်တော်ဟင်ဒီစကားမပြောနိုင်ပါဘူး
Ndefwaya ukulanda Hindi bwino(kyaung-taw hindi sa-ka ma pyaw naing par bu)