“shop” in Sgaw Karen
ကျး
glä
shop
“shop” is written ကျး in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as glä. 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
၀ံၤဒီးတၢၢ်တဖိဆံးဆံးတဲးထီၣ်၀ဲၤ "ပ၀ဲၤဒၣ်ကျးအံၤ လၢအံၤမ်အံၤ"
And Little Ant said "Hey, there’s one!"
from “Little Ant's Big Plan” →ကဆီထံတမိၢ်ဂဲကလံၢ် အ၀ဲဒၣ်ပိၢ်ရံးအသးက၀ီက၀ီလၢနီၢ်အကျး ဒီးတချးထီၣ်အခီၢ်ဖးထီၤၤ သ၀ူးသ၀ူး
Hippo wants to dance. She twirls around and around in a field, kicking her legs up high. Swoosh! Swoosh!
from “Hippo Wants to Dance” →