Learn Burmese from Natural Talk
Hello! Greetings from the Burmese corner! I'm Kenneth Wong, a Burmese language instructor, author, and translator. This is a podcast series for intermediate and advanced Burmese language learners who want to learn Burmese by listening to natural conversation. Every two weeks or so, a guest speaker and I record and upload an episode on a specific topic. At the end of each episode, you'll find the keywords and phrases with their meanings. From time to time, I will also add Bite-Size Burmese episodes, featuring quirky, interesting words and expressions; and Vocabulary Booster episodes, introducing you to basic words and phrases associated with a specific topic. For more on the podcast series, visit the Learn Burmese from Natural Talk blog: http://burmeselessons.blogspot.com/
Learn Burmese from Natural Talk
Latest Episodes
On Burmese Men's Irrational Fear of Women's Sarongs and Other Puzzling Behaviors
Why are many Burmese men reluctant to walk under a clothesline where women’s sarongs are hanging? Why are women forbidden to enter certain sections of the pagodas in Burma? Why do you need to remove your shoes when entering sacred places? Many ...
On Tone Shifting in Burmese Pronunciation
If you pronounce Burmese words exactly the way they're written, you might not sound like a native speaker at all. That's because Burmese speakers tend to voice many suffixes, particles, auxiliary verbs, and compound words differently from how t...
Vocabulary Booster: Emotion-Related Words
Nervous? Excited? Happy? Sad? In this episode, my regular cohost Su, a Chaing Mai-based Burmese language teacher, and I introduce you to a series of commonly used emotion-related words. You might notice many of them are derived from the root wo...
Vocabulary Booster: Physical Appearance
Hello Burmese learners! In this episode, my regular guest Su from Burmese Chatter Talk and I introduce you to a list of basic words and phrases to describe physical appearance...
Vocabulary Booster: Weather-Related Words
Following our debut Vocabulary Booster episode introducing you to flavor-related words, my cohost Su, a Chiang Mai-based Burmese teacher, and I now introduce you to commonly used weather-related verbs and expressions, along with a handful of ti...
Fan Mail
hello! Would you be able to share the contact of Sayama Su based in Chiang Mai? I am looking for a Burmese teacher there. Thank you in advance! Adrian
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