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“some” in Sgaw Karen

တနီၤ

ta nāw

some

Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.

“some” is written တနီၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as ta 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.

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ထံအိၣ်တနီၤလၢသပၢၤပူၤ

There is some water in the pot.

from “Looking For Water”

တနီၤနီၤအနံၣ်အိၣ်အါ ဒီး

Some of my friends are older and...

from “My Friends”

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