Unit 5b: Taxis Continued

Question 1

The lowest/ the least

Answer 1

Aneh-Zoun

Question 2

To ride / to travel in

Answer 2

Sì-deh

Question 3

I won’t take your taxi after all

Answer 3

Masì daw ba bu (-taw/daw = “after all”)

Question 4

I won’t take your taxi

Answer 4

Masi-ba-bu

Question 5

That’s a bit steep

Answer 5

Neh-neh mya-ba-deh

Question 6

How about bringing it down a bit?

Answer 6

Shaw ba oun la?

Question 7

I can’t reduce it, that’s the lowest price

Answer 7

Mashaw nain ba bu, da aneh zoun beh

Question 8

In that case, I won’t take your taxi

Answer 8

Di-lo-so masi daw ba bu

Question 9

To be lacking/missing

Answer 9

Lo-deh

Question 10

Just over there

Answer 10

She-na-hma

Question 11

How to ask the driver to stop (2 options) “stop here”

Answer 11

Di-hma yaq meh / Di-hma yaq pa

Question 12

There’s still some way to go

Answer 12

Lo-ba dhe-deh

Question 13

There’s still something

Answer 13

Dhe deh

Question 14

Where do we have to stop?

Answer 14

Beh hma yaq ya maleh?

Question 15

Do you want to stop here?

Answer 15

Di-hma yaq c’in dhala?

Question 16

Are you/we going to stop here?

Answer 16

Di-hma yaq Mala?

Question 17

Do we have to stop here / should we stop here?

Answer 17

Di-hma yaq ya Mala

Question 18

Yes, well stop here

Answer 18

Houq-keh, di-hma yaq-meh

Question 19

Yes, please stop here

Answer 19

Houq-keh, di-hma yaq-pa

Question 20

I don’t want to stop here

Answer 20

Di-hma mayaq c’in ba bu

Question 21

There’s still some way to go

Answer 21

Lo ba dhe deh

Question 22

We’re going to stop just over there

Answer 22

She-na-hma yaq meh

Question 23

Today

Answer 23

Di-ne

Question 24

Tomorrow

Answer 24

Maneq-p’an

Question 25

Midday

Answer 25

Ne-leh

Question 26

Morning

Answer 26

Maneq

Question 27

We want to go to the ngadatkyi pagoda tomorrow midday

Answer 27

Maneq-p’an ne-leh nga-daq-ci p’aya thwa Jin-ba-deh

Question 28

Afternoon

Answer 28

Nya-ne

Question 29

Evening

Answer 29

Nya

Question 30

Tonight

Answer 30

Di-ne-nya

Question 31

To take (someone somewhere)

Answer 31

Laiq-po-deh

Question 32

I’ll take you to the Sule pagoda

Answer 32

Sule paya laiq po meh

Question 33

More polite way to say you’ll take someone somewhere

Answer 33

Laiq-po-pe-deh

Question 34

Will you take use to the Sule pagoda?

Answer 34

Sule paya laiq po pe Mala?

Question 35

What word to ask if planning for future and want to ask someone if they will BE ABLE TO take you?

Answer 35

Nain

Question 36

Would you be able to take us?

Answer 36

Laiq po pe nain Mala?

Second n in nain is very light, sounds more like ‘neigh’

Question 37

When

Answer 37

Beh-daw

Question 38

At what time / which time

Answer 38

Beh ac’ein

Question 39

At what time / at what hour ?

Answer 39

Beh-hnaya-yi

Question 40

When do you want to go?

Answer 40

Beh daw thwa jin dhaleh?

Question 41

What time are you going to go?

Answer 41

Beh ac’ein thwa maleh? / beh-hnana-yi thwa-maleh?

Question 42

We want to go at midday

Answer 42

Ne-leh thwa Jin ba deh

Question 43

Yes I can take you

Answer 43

Ya ba deh. Laiq po pe nain ba deh

Question 44

No I can’t, I’m sorry, I’m not free

Answer 44

Maya-ba bu, sawri naw, ma-a ba bu

Question 45

Tomorrow (6 variants)

Answer 45

Maneq-pan 
Maneq-p’yan 
Maneq-p’yin 
Neq-p’an 
Neq-p’yan 
Neq-p’yin