“good” in Sgaw Karen

ဂ့ၤ

ghāy

good

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

“good” is written ဂ့ၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as ghāy. 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

စ့ၣ်, ထွဲ, စ့ၣ်, ထွဲ, ပကဟးကယီကယီ သဲတဂ့ၤ
Left, right, left, right. We walk silently in a line.
from “Busy Ants”
အိ မၤဒ်န့ၣ်တဂ့ၤ! ပှၤကိးဂၤဒဲးအနူအ့ၣ်လီၤ! ဖြံးဖြံး
OH NO! EVERYONE has the sniffles! Sniffle, sniffle.
from “Sniffles”

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