“to ask” in Sgaw Karen
သံကွၢ်
thee kwa
to ask
“to ask” is written သံကွၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as thee kwa. 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
"နၤနုၤ" "မ့ၢ်,ယၤအံၤလီၤ" "နကမၤဒ်လဲၣ်" ဆိထူသံကွၢ်ဝဲ
“You?” asked Chhotu. “Yes, me,” said Golu. “How can you do that?” asked Chhotu.
from “Playtime” →ထိၣ်ပှာ်နကသိၣ်လိယၤလၢတၢ်ဂဲၤကလံာ်သ့ဧါ ခါအးသံကွၢ်ထိၣ်ပှာ် ထိၣ်ပှာ်စံး၀ဲသ့သၢၣ် မၤဒ်ယမၤအသိး ခါအးသလၣ်အမဲၢ်ဆူၣ် အ၀ဲခါအခီၣ်ချးတၢ်ဆၢကတီၢ်
"Peacock, will you give me dance lessons?" asked Kaage, when she had found him. "Sure," said the peacock. "Just do as I do." Kaage spread her tail feathers. She stepped in time.
from “The Generous Crow” →