“there” in Sgaw Karen
ဖဲန့ၣ်
hpeh này
there
“there” is written ဖဲန့ၣ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as hpeh này. 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
စးထီၣ်ဖဲန့ၣ်ထီးအနးဒ့ဘံၣ်နာ်လီၤ
Ever since then, the pig has had a flat snout for a nose. And still, no horns.
from “No Pigs Allowed” →ကဆီထံအိၣ်စ့ၢ်ကီးဖဲန့ၣ် ဟးလိၣ်ကွဲးဒီးအီၣ်နီၢ်လါဟ့လီၤ
Hippo was there too, going for a stroll and eating some nice green grass.
from “Why Hippos Have No Hair” →