I have a Burmese or Myanmar national in a Toastmasters club. I began wondering which national holidays she might be celebrating, so that I could include them in a calendar of events for 2022 and meeting themes.
Burma is the old name for the country, now called Myanmar, but Burma is still used. Here is the flag.
It has yellow, green and red horizontal stripes, very colourful and jolly. The colours are made more pronounced by the contrasting five-pointed white star in the centre.
The yellow symbolizes solidarity. Green means peace and lush greenery. Red represents determination. The white star stands for unity.
I had to rename the flag with both of the country's names, Burma and Myanmar, because I could not find it saved on my computer.
The country is large, huge.
Cities, Sights and Landmarks
The language looks very pretty, all curves, but very difficult.
Numbers[edit]
Burmese numbers follow the Arabic system of numerals.
- 0
- ၀ (thoun-nya)သုည
- 1
- ၁ (tit)တစ်
- 2
- ၂ (hni)နှစ်
- 3
- ၃ (thoun)သုံး
- 4
- ၄ (lei)လေး
- 5
- ၅ (nga)ငါး
- 6
- ၆ (chao)ခြောက်
- 7
- ၇ (kun hni)ခုနှစ်
- 8
- ၈ (shit)ရှစ်
- 9
- ၉ (koe)ကိုး
- 10
- ၁၀ (se)ဆယ်
- 11
- ၁၁ (seh-tit)ဆယ့်တစ်
Useful Websites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese_language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese_respelling_of_the_English_alphabet
The numbers one to ten are easier to recognize and learn, in this website:
https://wikitravel.org/en/Burmese_phrasebook
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Myanmar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Myanmar
(About the Author of this blog, Author Angela Lansbury)
BIOGRAPHY
Angela Lansbury B A Hons ACG ALB PM5 EH5 DL5 VC5
The Author of several books, including Etiquette For Every Occasion. Wedding Speeches & Toasts. How to be the Best Man. Quick Quotations. Who Said What When.
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Braddell Heights Advanced Toastmasters Speakers Club Vice President Public Relations (VPPR), Previous President
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Vice President Public Relations (VP PR) of Tampines Changkat Advanced;
Secretary of weekly online Singapore International Dynamic Toastmasters Speakers’ Club;
Member and past president of Harrovians toastmasters club, UK; Past member of HOD Toastmasters, London. Past member in Singapore of: Toastmasters Club of Singapore (TCS); Tiarel; and Senja Cashew.
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Regular attendee at annual Swanwick Writers’ School, England.
Regular attendee at annual Writers’ Holiday, Wales.
Contributor to poetry readings, and after tea courses on: Speaking On Radio To Promote Books; and Plots And Character.
Winner of many club and area speaking contests in the UK and Singapore.
Language advisor to Empire Toastmasters club in Indonesia.
Language and speech workshops in Singapore.
Speaker on radio and TV in England, Scotland, the USA, and Australia.
Compiler of a school course on public speaking for teachers to prepare pupils for school open days with attending ceremonies before government ministers, Singapore.
Former member of Harrow Writers’ Circle, London, and two writing groups in Singapore.
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I also have a blog on comic poems.
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