ကညီKnyaw
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“can, to be able” in Sgaw Karen

ကဲ

keh

can, to be able

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

“can, to be able” is written ကဲ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as keh. 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

ယခွဲးခွး၀့ၢ်၀ီၤယစုဒဲးတခီးသၣ် ဖၢလီၤအီၤလၢဃၤဖးဒိၣ်ပူၤ လၢကအီၣ်အီၤမ့တမ့ၢ်မၤကဲတၢ်ဃ့ၣ်ဆၢ
The apples are picked by my fumbling hands, And put into big baskets to eat or make jams.
from “The Big Juicy Apple”
ကနဲကဲတၢ်ဖိတၢ်လၢ်အပၢ်သီ သ့ၣ်လၢအဒုးအိၣ်ထီၣ်၀ဲဒိၣ်ထီၣ်ထီထီၣ်၀ဲအနီၢ်ဂံၢ်အိၣ်၀ဲအါမးလီၤ
Bees are the buzzing godfathers of many new plants that grow away from the parent-tree.
from “Why Do Bees Buzz?”

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