“like that” in Sgaw Karen
ဒ်န့ၣ်
da này
like that
“like that” is written ဒ်န့ၣ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as da này. 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
အိ မၤဒ်န့ၣ်တဂ့ၤ! ပှၤကိးဂၤဒဲးအနူအ့ၣ်လီၤ! ဖြံးဖြံး
OH NO! EVERYONE has the sniffles! Sniffle, sniffle.
from “Sniffles” →ဆၢး မ့မ့ၢ်ဒ်န့ၣ်ဒီးကွၢ်လၢယနးဒ့ ယသူနးဒ့လၢကသါန့ၣ်ကလံၤ
Fine, but look at my nose. I breathe through my nose.
from “We Are All Animals” →