Looking for practical Myanmar Burmese to Tsonga 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 Tsonga translation (Tsonga) — 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 Tsonga.
Tip: focus on one section per day (travel Monday, dining Tuesday, and so on) if you are preparing for a Tsonga-speaking trip in a few weeks.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
မင်္ဂလာပါ
Xewani(mingalaba)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်
Ndza khensa(kyayzu tin par tal)
မနက်ခင်းခင်မင့်ပါ
Xewani xitulu(ma net khin hkin min par)
မနက်လည်ခင်မင့်ပါ
Xewani ntlhanu(ma net hlae hkin min par)
ညနေခင်မင့်ပါ
Xewani nhloko(nya nay hkin min par)
ညအိပ်ခင်မင့်ပါ
Xewani xihlayo(nya eit hkin min par)
နောက်ထပ်တွေ့မယ်
Tshamisa(naut htat twei mel)
သွားတော့မယ်
Sala kahle(thwa dor mel)
သင့်နာမည်ဘယ်လိုခေါ်လဲ?
U vitaniwani?(thing na mei beh lo khaw leh)
ကျွန်တော့်နာမည်က ဂျွန်ပါ
Ndzina i John(kyaung taw na mei ka John par)
သင်ကဘယ်လိုလဲ?
U njhani?(thing ka beh lo leh)
သင့်ကိုတွေ့ရတာဝမ်းသာပါတယ်
Ku rhandza ku hlangana na wena(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?
U vulavula Xitsonga?(thing angaleik sa-ka pyaw la?)
ကျွန်တော်ဟင်ဒီစကားမပြောနိုင်ပါဘူး
A ndzi vulavula Hindi kahle.(kyaung-taw hindi sa-ka ma pyaw naing par bu)
ကျွန်တော်နားမလည်ပါ
A ndzi twisisi.(kyaung-taw nar ma le par)
ကျေးဇူးပြု၍နှေးနှေးပြောပါ
Ndza kombela u vulavula hi ku hatlisa.(kyei-zu pyu ywa hnei hnei pyaw par)
ဒါကိုထပ်ပြောပေးပါ?
U nga vula sweswo na ku tlhela?(da ko htaik pyaw pay par?)
အိမ်သာဘယ်မှာလဲ?
Xikombiso xihi?(ein-tha beh hma la?)
မြို့ထဲကိုဘယ်လိုသွားရမလဲ?
Ndza famba njhani ku ya etikweni?(myo htae ko beh lo thwa ya ma la?)