“difficult” in Sgaw Karen

ကီ

kaw

difficult

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

“difficult” is written ကီ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as kaw. 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

နနာ်ကီဟါ ပှၤဒ်သိးယၤဒီကယၤ အိၣ်သကိးဖဲအံၤမုာ်ဒိၣ်မးလီၤ
Believe it or not, hundreds of us live happily in a colony.
from “Busy Ants”
အုမ်... ဘၣ်ဆၣ်ဒီးတနံၤအံၤနတီၤ ကလဲၤဟးလိာ်ကွဲကွၢ်ကီတၢ် လၢတၢ်ဖိဃၢ်အလီၢ်!
Hmm... But, today's your class picnic at the zoo!
from “Do and don't”

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