ပါစေ

Wishing Someone Well

Level 2

Many everyday wishes use ပါစေ: အဆင်ပြေပါစေ (Good luck) and ခရီးချောမောပါစေ (Have a safe trip).

How It Works

ပါစေ means "may it be". Burmese speakers use it for good wishes at birthdays, before trips, before exams and at New Year.

People often put two wishes together: ကျန်းမာပါစေ၊ ပျော်ရွှင်ပါစေ။ (Be healthy and happy.)

ပါစေ has no ရ. With ရ, ပါရစေ means "let me", which is a different thing.

At Thingyan, the Burmese New Year in April, people send each other wishes like these. A common reply is ကျေးဇူးပါ (Thank you), or the same wish back.

You can also wish for things that are not about a person: မိုးရွာပါစေ (I hope it rains). Many prayers at the pagoda end with ပါစေ too.

ကျန်းမာပါစေ။
Stay healthy.
ပါစေ turns ကျန်းမာ (healthy) into a wish.
အဆင်ပြေပါစေ။
Good luck.
Word for word, "may it go well".
ခရီးချောမောပါစေ။
Have a safe trip.
A wish said to someone who is leaving.
မွေးနေ့မှာ ပျော်ရွှင်ပါစေ။
Happy birthday.
The event comes first, then the wish.
စာမေးပွဲ အောင်ပါစေ။
I hope you pass your exam.
အောင် (pass) plus ပါစေ makes the wish.

Adding ရ, which turns the wish into "let me".
ကျန်းမာပါရစေ။
ကျန်းမာပါစေ။
A wish for someone else is ပါစေ, with no ရ.

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ပါစေLevel 2Wishing Someone Well

Wishes end with ပါစေ after a verb or describing word, so polite requests and describing verbs come first.

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