ပေါ့

Of Course

Level 3

After a bare verb, ပေါ့ gives friendly permission: စားပေါ့။ (Go ahead and eat.)

How It Works

ပေါ့ goes at the very end of a sentence and makes it warm and sure. Each form has its own use.

FormExampleEnglish
V-တာပေါ့ရတာပေါ့။Of course you can.
V-မှာပေါ့လာမှာပေါ့။Of course I'll come.
bare verb + ပေါ့စားပေါ့။Go ahead and eat.
V-မယ်ပေါ့ဒါဆို တွေ့မယ်ပေါ့။See you then.

With တာ or မှာ, ပေါ့ answers "of course": the answer is plain to the speaker. After a bare verb, it gives friendly permission. After a plan with မယ်, it sums up what was agreed.

ပေါ့ sounds relaxed, so it suits friends, family and coworkers. With an older person or a stranger, add the polite ending for your gender: ရတာပေါ့ခင်ဗျာ (a man), ရတာပေါ့ရှင် (a woman).

Compare နော်, which asks the listener to agree, and လေ, which reminds the listener of something.

Examples (5)

  1. ရတာပေါ့၊ ယူသွားပါ။

    Of course, go ahead and take it.

    ရတာပေါ့ gives a warm yes.

  2. မင်္ဂလာဆောင်ကို လာမှာပေါ့။

    Of course I'll come to the wedding.

    မှာပေါ့ promises with "of course".

  3. ဗိုက်ဆာရင် စားပေါ့။

    If you're hungry, go ahead and eat.

    After a bare verb, ပေါ့ gives permission.

  4. ဒါဆို မနက်ဖြန် တွေ့မယ်ပေါ့။

    So we'll meet tomorrow, then.

    မယ်ပေါ့ sums up the plan.

  5. အမေ့ဟင်းက စားလို့ကောင်းတာပေါ့။

    Of course Mom's cooking is tasty.

    တာပေါ့ says the speaker finds it plain.

Common Mistakes

  • A man adding the woman's polite ending.

    ရတာပေါ့ရှင်။
    ရတာပေါ့ခင်ဗျာ။

    A man ends with ခင်ဗျာ; ရှင် is for a woman speaker.

How It Connects

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ပေါ့Level 3Of Course

Learn This First

Of course is usually V-တာပေါ့, and it sets the tone like နော်.

Words in This Pattern

ပေါ့တာ