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“firm, steady” in Sgaw Karen

ဂၢၢ်

ghuh

firm, steady

“firm, steady” is written ဂၢၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as ghuh. 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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အဒ့ဂံၢ်ဘါဆူၣ် ကိၤမးဒီးဂၢၢ်ကျၢၤ၀ဲ သ့ၣ်ထူၣ်ကဘၣ်သၣ်ထီၣ်လံ အဒ့အိၣ်ကတီၤအသးလၢကသၣ်ထီၣ်န့ၣ်လီၤ

The branches are strong now, sturdy and steady, The tree needs some fruit now. The branches are ready.

from “The Big Juicy Apple”

တၢၢ်ကၢ်ဃၢတဖၣ် တဘ့ၣ်ဒီးတဘ့ၣ်အ၀ဲၤဒၣ်ပာ်ဖှိၢ်တၢ်လၢအဃုၤထံၣ်န့ၣ်၀ဲၤလၢအမ့ၢ်၀ဲၤတၢ်အီၣ်လၢတၢ်ဂၢၢ်ခါအဂီၢ်

The other ants took what they found to store for winter underground.

from “Little Ant's Big Plan”

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