Looking for practical Shan to Dombe phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Shan phrase first, then the Dombe translation (Dombe) — 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 Dombe.
Tip: pick five Dombe 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
Salibonani(mingalar par)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်
Ngiyabonga(kyeizu tin par tal)
မနက်ခင်းဖြန့်
Ubusuku obuhle(ma net khin phyan)
နေ့လည်ခင်းဖြန့်
Uhlanga oluhle(nei lyae khin phyan)
ညနေခင်းဖြန့်
Ubusuku obuhle(nya nae khin phyan)
ညအိပ်ချိန်
Lala kahle(nya eit chain)
နောက်မှတွေ့မယ်
Siyaphinda(nauk hma twei mae)
သွားတော့မယ်
Hamba kahle(thwa dor mae)
သင့်နာမည်ဘာလဲ?
Ubani igama lakho?(thing na mei ba leh)
ကျွန်တော်နာမည်ဂျွန်ပါ
Igama lami nguJohn(kyaun taw na mei John par)
သင်ဘယ်လိုလဲ?
Unjani?(thing beh lo leh)
သင့်ကိုတွေ့ရတာဝမ်းသာပါတယ်
Ngiyajabula ukukwazi(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.
သင်အင်္ဂလိပ်စကားပြောလား?
Uta kuta chiRungu?(thing angalait sa ka pyaw lar?)
ကျွန်တော်ဟင်းဒီကိုမပြောနိုင်ပါဘူး။
Ndi ndakuta Hindi zvakanaka.(kyaung taw Hindi ko ma pyaw nain par bu.)
ကျွန်တော်မနားလည်ပါ။
Ndi ndinzwisise.(kyaung taw ma nar hlei par.)
ကျေးဇူးပြု၍အနှေးအမြန်ပြောပါ။
Ndapota kuta zvishoma.(kyei zu pyu ywa a hnei a myan pyaw par.)
ဒါကိုနောက်ထပ်ပြောပေးနိုင်မလား?
Ungazvitaura zvakare?(da ko nauk htaut pyaw pay nain ma lar?)