“quick” in Sgaw Karen
ချ့
khlay
quick
“quick” is written ချ့ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as khlay. 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
တခိးသၣ်လၢာ်လံ ယအီၣ်အီၤချ့မး ယကဘၣ်လဲၤထၢကဒီးတဖျၢၣ် ဒီးတမ့ၢ်အကတၢၢ်ဖျၢၣ်ဘၣ်
My apple is finished. I ate it so fast, I must get another, and it won't be my last!
from “The Big Juicy Apple” →ယအိၣ်ဒီးတၢ်ဆိၣ်ကမိၣ်လၢအဂ့ၤလံ ယကဟံးန့ၢ်တၢ်ခီၣ်ရံးဒီကူၢ် ဒ်သိးကလဲၤတၢ်ချ့ထီၣ်အဂီၢ်!
I just got an idea. I am going to get a set of WHEELS to move faster!
from “Busy Ants” →