“like, as” in Sgaw Karen
ဒ်သိး
da thöh
like, as
“like, as” is written ဒ်သိး in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as da thöh. 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
ယဘၣ်ယသးလၢယကယူၤထီၣ်ထီ လၢမူခိၣ်ဒ်သိးကဘီယူၤ
I love to fly up in the sky, like a plane.
from “Noisy Crows” →ယမၤကဆှီယသးသ့ဒီးတဘၣ်သူဘၣ်ထံဘၣ် ယတဘၣ်လုၢ်ထံဒ်သိး ထီမံၣ် ဘၣ်
I keep myself clean without water. I do not need a bath like Tommy.
from “Clean Cat” →