“must” in Sgaw Karen
ကဘၣ်
ga bà
must
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“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.
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နဆိကမိၣ်လၢမုၢ်န့ၣ်ကဘၣ်ကၢၣ်ခိၣ်မီၣ်စ့ၢ်ကီးဧါဖဲဘၤတံဟဲက့ၤတုၤလၢအဟံၣ် အမိၢ်တဲဘၣ်အီၤလၢကဘၣ်လဲၤအိၣ်လူၢ်ထံ ဘၣ်ဆၣ်အဝဲတလဲၤဘၣ်