“filthy” in Sgaw Karen
ဘၣ်အၢဘၣ်သီ
bà uh bà thaw
filthy
“filthy” is written ဘၣ်အၢဘၣ်သီ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as bà uh bà thaw. 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
တိတိးအိးထီၣ်တၢ်ဆါတၢ်ပှၤအတြဲၤလၢအချ ကွၢ်ကွၢ် ကိကိးဆ့ၣ်နီၤအီၣ်သကွံမု၁်ကဆု အိ—အမၤတၢ်မနုၤလဲၣ် ဘၣ်အၢဘၣ်သီလၢာ်လံတိတိးကတိၤတၢ်တထီၣ်ဘးလၢၤဘၣ် ကွၢ်ထံဃီၤတၢ်ဆူကိကိးအအိၣ်
Toto flung open the door of the store. There was Gogo, happily munching on bananas. What a big mess Gogo had made! Toto just stared at him, not able to say a word!
from “Where is Gogo?” →တနၤန့ၣ် ယုၢ်အတၢ်မံမီၢ် သထူၢ်သထီဒီးဘၣ်အၢဘၣ်သီ
from “A House for Mouse” →