“because” in Sgaw Karen
မ့ၢ်လၢ
may luh
because
“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” →