မယ်

Will and Going to

Level 1

It also makes quick decisions, as in ဒီတစ်ခု ယူမယ်။ (I'll take this one.)

How It Works

A statement about something that has not happened yet ends with မယ်. It is said meh.

UseExampleMeaning
a planအင်းလေးကို သွားမယ်။I'm going to Inle Lake.
a predictionမိုးရွာမယ်။It will rain.
a decisionဒီတစ်ခု ယူမယ်။I'll take this one.
a promiseလာပါမယ်။I'll come.

The negative drops မယ်: မသွားဘူး။ means I won't go. A question about a plan joins မ with လား or လဲ: သွားမလား။ (Will you go?), ဘယ်သွားမလဲ။ (Where will you go?).

Writing uses မည် in place of မယ်.

Time words such as မနက်ဖြန် (tomorrow) and ညနေ (this evening) go near the start of the sentence, before or after the subject.

Examples (5)

  1. ကျွန်တော် ညနေ ဖုန်းဆက်မယ်။

    I'll call this evening.

    A man speaks. မယ် marks a plan.

  2. မနက်ဖြန် မိုးရွာမယ်။

    It will rain tomorrow.

    မယ် makes a prediction.

  3. ကျွန်မ အင်းလေးကို သွားမယ်။

    I'm going to Inle Lake.

    A woman talks about her plan.

  4. ဒီတစ်ခု ယူမယ်။

    I'll take this one.

    A decision made right now in a shop.

  5. ဒီနေ့ အိမ်မှာ ထမင်းချက်မယ်။

    I'll cook at home today.

    မယ် marks what the speaker plans to do today.

Common Mistakes

  • Keeping မယ် in a negative sentence.

    မနက်ဖြန် မသွားမယ်။
    မနက်ဖြန် မသွားဘူး။

    A negative always ends with ဘူး, even about the future.

How It Connects

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မယ်Level 1Will and Going to

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The future ending takes the place of တယ်, so plain statements come first.

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