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“because” in Sgaw Karen

မ့ၢ်လၢ

may luh

because

Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.

“because” is written မ့ၢ်လၢ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as may luh. 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.


This word in a story

မ့ၢ်ဧါ နထံၣ်ပစုမ့ၢ်ခီၣ်မ့ၢ်လၢအစူဒီးအ့ၣ်လံဧါ
Really? Have you seen our sharp claws?
from “We Are All Animals”
လၢတၢ်န့ၣ်အဃိချိၢ်ပလ့ၤမၤနၢၤတၢ်ပြၢမ့ၢ်လၢအတၢ်ကူာ်သ့လီၤ
So the snail won the race because he was clever!
from “The Race”

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