“evening” in Sgaw Karen
ဟါ
hah
evening
“evening” is written ဟါ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as hah. 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
ယဟီၣ်ရး ယအီၣ်မ့ၤဟါခီတဝံၣ်လၢဘၣ်
I cried a lot. And I did not eat my dinner.
from “The Moon and the Cap” →နနာ်ကီဟါ ပှၤဒ်သိးယၤဒီကယၤ အိၣ်သကိးဖဲအံၤမုာ်ဒိၣ်မးလီၤ
Believe it or not, hundreds of us live happily in a colony.
from “Busy Ants” →