ဒါ / အဲဒါ

This One and That One

Level 1

ဟိုဟာ is the word for "that one over there", far from both of you.

How It Works

When you point without naming the thing, use ဒါ or အဲဒါ. They replace the whole noun.

WordMeaningExample
ဒါthis, this thingဒါ ဘာလဲ။ (What is this?)
အဲဒါthat, the thing just saidအဲဒါ မှန်တယ်။ (That's right.)
ဟိုဟာthat one over thereဟိုဟာ ယူမယ်။ (I'll take that one.)

In a shop, point and say ဒါ ဘယ်လောက်လဲ။ (How much is this?). To take it, say ဒါကို ယူမယ်။ (I'll take this).

If a noun follows, use ဒီ or အဲဒီ: ဒီစာအုပ် (this book).

ဒါ and အဲဒါ also take the plural word တွေ: ဒါတွေ means these things.

Examples (5)

  1. ဒါ ဘယ်လောက်လဲ။

    How much is this?

    ဒါ stands alone for the thing the speaker holds.

  2. ဒါ ကျွန်မရဲ့အိတ်ပါ။

    This is my bag.

    A woman speaks. ဒါ is the subject of the sentence.

  3. အဲဒါ မှန်တယ်။

    That's right.

    အဲဒါ points back to what the other person just said.

  4. အဲဒါ ဘာလဲ။

    What's that?

    အဲဒါ points at a thing near the listener.

  5. ဒါကို ယူမယ်။

    I'll take this.

    ဒါ takes ကို as the object of ယူ (take).

Common Mistakes

  • Using ဒီ without a noun.

    ဒီ ဘာလဲ။
    ဒါ ဘာလဲ။

    ဒီ always needs a noun after it. On its own, "this" is ဒါ.

How It Connects

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ဒါ / အဲဒါLevel 1This One and That One

Learn This First

This one and that one are ဒီ and အဲဒီ standing alone, so the forms used before a noun come first.

Words in This Pattern

ဒါအဲဒါ