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“to be far” in Sgaw Karen

ယံၤ

yeē

to be far

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

“to be far” is written ယံၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as yeē. 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

ကနၢ်လၢအံၤ ယနၢ်ဟူတၢ်သ့ယံၤစၢၢ်တလၢၢ် ခီဖျိလၢယနၢ်ခံပၤ
Yes, but listen! I can hear a lot with my ears!
from “We Are All Animals”
ဖဲလၢယဟဲက့ၤလၢကျဲအခါ ကလံၤဟဲဆူၣ်ဒိၣ်မး ဒီးယခိၣ်မီၣ်ယူၤကွံာ်ဖးယံၤညါလီၤ
On the way home, a very strong wind came. It blew my cap away.
from “The Moon and the Cap”

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