Looking for practical Myanmar Burmese to Lingala 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 Lingala translation (Lingala) — 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 Lingala.
Tip: when a Lingala phrase looks unfamiliar, compare it with the Myanmar Burmese wording — noticing word order differences helps you understand grammar naturally.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
မင်္ဂလာပါ
Mbote(mingalaba)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်
Melesi(kyayzu tin par tal)
မနက်ခင်းခင်မင့်ပါ
Mbote na ntango ya mokolo(ma net khin hkin min par)
မနက်လည်ခင်မင့်ပါ
Mbote na ntango ya midi(ma net hlae hkin min par)
ညနေခင်မင့်ပါ
Mbote na ntango ya soir(nya nay hkin min par)
ညအိပ်ခင်မင့်ပါ
Malamu na butu(nya eit hkin min par)
နောက်ထပ်တွေ့မယ်
Tala yo nsima(naut htat twei mel)
သွားတော့မယ်
Kende malamu(thwa dor mel)
သင့်နာမည်ဘယ်လိုခေါ်လဲ?
Nkombo na yo nani?(thing na mei beh lo khaw leh)
ကျွန်တော့်နာမည်က ဂျွန်ပါ
Nkombo na ngai ezali John(kyaung taw na mei ka John par)
သင်ကဘယ်လိုလဲ?
Ozalaki malamu?(thing ka beh lo leh)
သင့်ကိုတွေ့ရတာဝမ်းသာပါတယ်
Nayoki malamu na yo(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?
Ozali koloba lingala?(ozali koloba lingala)
ကျွန်တော်ဟင်ဒီစကားမပြောနိုင်ပါဘူး
Nasalaka hindi malamu te(nasalaka hindi malamu te)