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“already (completed)” in Sgaw Karen

လံ

lee

already (completed)

“already (completed)” is written လံ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as lee. Knyaw helps you read and understand words, not say them out loud. Karen is a tone language, so the English-letter sounds are only a rough help.

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This word in a story

ယထီၣ်ခးဆ့ၣ်နီၤသ့လံ

I can climb on a chair.

from “I Can Climb!”

ဖြံးဖြံး အဝဲသ့ၣ်မၤနၢၤတၢ်! အဝဲမၤန့ၢ်ခိၣ်ဖးလံ!

Sniffle, sniffle. They’ve WON! THEY’VE WON THE FAMOUS FOOTBALL CUP!

from “Sniffles”

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