If your conscience or your courage were an insect, what might it be? In Burmese imagination, it’s a butterfly. There are some Burmese expressions where the delicate creature represents your conscience, confidence, courage, or life. Do you have a clear conscience or a troubled conscience? Are you a timid, faint-hearted soul? Are you scared out of your wits? In this Bite-Size Burmese lesson, I'll teach you how to say these. The key is to select the correct butterfly-centric phrase.
Vocabulary:
လိပ်ပြာလုံတယ် to have a clear conscience
လိပ်ပြာသန့်တယ် to have a clear conscience
လိပ်ပြာငယ်တယ် to be easily frightened, to be timid, to be faint of heart
ကိုယ်စားပြုတယ် to represent
သင်္ကေတ symbol, icon
လိပ်ပြာလွင့်တယ်၊ လိပ်ပြာစဉ်တယ် to be frightened, to be scared out of one's wits
စဉ်တယ် to scatter, to spill out, to be tossed out, to fall out
လိပ်ပြာလန့်တယ် to be scared
လုံလုံခြုံခြုံ securely, safely
ဖုန် dust
သဲ sand
အမှိုက် trash, toxins
အပြစ်မရှိဘူး to be free of guilt
သတ္တိရှိတယ် to be brave, to have courage
အသက်ရှူရပ်မလောက် nearly forgetting to breathe
မေ့မလောက် nearly losing consciousness, nearly fainting
မျက်မှန် glasses
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