“now” in Sgaw Karen
ခဲအံၤ
keh ēe
now
“now” is written ခဲအံၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as keh ēe. 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
ခဲအံၤကဲထီၣ်သ့ၣ်ထူၣ်ဖးဒိၣ် အလၢ်လါအိၣ်အါမးအဒ့ရၤလီၤအသးအိၣ်ဖျါလီၤတံၢ်လီီၤ
Now it's a big tree, leafy and green, Spreading it's branches so it can be seen.
from “The Big Juicy Apple” →ပဒဲသးခု လၢကဆီထံအဆူၣ်အူအီၣ် တုၤခဲအံၤ ကဆီထံတအိၣ်ယံၤဒီးထံလၢၤဘၣ်မ့ၢ်လၢၤအပျံၤမ့ၢ်အူ
Rabbit was happy that Hippo's hair was burned. And to this day, for fear of fire, the hippo never goes far from the water.
from “Why Hippos Have No Hair” →