“father” in Sgaw Karen

ပၢ်

pa̱

father

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“father” is written ပၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as pa̱. 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.

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ပါပၢ်ဧၢ ပါပၢ် ယကီးဖှး ယပၢ်နံၤ စိၤနူး မၤလိနသးလၢက့ၤလီၤဒံးအသ့ ယပၢ်တဲ၀ဲ
"Papa! Papa!" I shout. Papa laughs. "Sonu, learn to climb down!" he says.
from “I Can Climb!”
အမိၢ်အပၢ်သးပှံၢ်အီၤဒိၣ်မး ဒီးတၢၢ်ဖိအ၀ဲၤဒၣ်သ့ၣ်ညါ၀ဲၤလၢအတပီးကျိးလၢဘၣ်
His mum and dad got really mad, and Little Ant felt really bad.
from “Little Ant's Big Plan”

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