“must” in Sgaw Karen
ကဘၣ်
ga bà
must
“must” is written ကဘၣ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as ga bà. 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
နဆိကမိၣ်လၢမုၢ်န့ၣ်ကဘၣ်ကၢၣ်ခိၣ်မီၣ်စ့ၢ်ကီးဧါ
Do you think the sun needs a hat?
from “The Moon and the Cap” →ဖဲဘၤတံဟဲက့ၤတုၤလၢအဟံၣ် အမိၢ်တဲဘၣ်အီၤလၢကဘၣ်လဲၤအိၣ်လူၢ်ထံ ဘၣ်ဆၣ်အဝဲတလဲၤဘၣ်
When Bunty goes back home, her mother asks her to clean up. But she refuses.
from “Bunty and Bubbly” →