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“to be afraid” in Sgaw Karen

ပျံၤတၢ်

plēe ta

to be afraid

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“to be afraid” is written ပျံၤတၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as plēe ta. 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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ယပျံၤတၢ် ဘၣ်ဆၣ်တဟီၣ်ဘၣ်
I am afraid. But I do not cry.
from “I Can Climb!”
ဒးဘီ ဒ့ၣ် ဒီးဂုၢ်ဟဲပၢၢ်ထီၣ်, ဒ်သိးကဖီၢ်အီၣ်အဝဲခံဂၤလၢာ် စိဖံဒီးနါကိၢ်လံမၤဟူးဝးအသးတဘူၣ်လၢၤဘၣ် ဒီးပျံၤတၢ်ဒိၣ်မး
As the night deepens, centipedes, frogs, and snakes emerge from the forest. They are drawn to the firefly's glowing light.
from “Big-Eyed Bee”

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