“left (side)” in Sgaw Karen
စ့ၣ်
sày
left (side)
“left (side)” is written စ့ၣ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as sày. 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.
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