“seat” in Sgaw Karen
လီၢ်ဆ့ၣ်နီၤ
law hsày nāw
seat
“seat” is written လီၢ်ဆ့ၣ်နီၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as law hsày nāw. 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
တအိၣ်လၢလီၢ်ဆ့ၣ်နီၤခိၣ်ဘၣ် တအိၣ်လၢကၠုၣ်ဖီလၣ်ဘၣ်
Not on the sofa. Not under the cot.
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