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“to get” in Sgaw Karen

န့ၢ်

nay̱

to get

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

“to get” is written န့ၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as nay̱. 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

ယအဲၣ်ညၣ်ဖိ ဖဲယထံၣ်အီၤအခါ ယကယူၤလီၤဒီးဖီၣ်န့ၢ်အီၤ
I love fish. When I spot it, I fly down to pick it up.
from “Noisy Crows”
‘ကိညၢ်ဒံး ဆိထူဆိမိၣ်’ ‘ဃီသၣ်လီၤတဲာ်ဘၣ်န့ၣ် ဂ့ၤန့ၢ်ကဆီလီၤတဲာ်ဘၣ်ခိၣ်သၣ်!’
<em>That’s better</em>, thought Chhotu, <em>Better a coconut than an elephant on my head!</em>
from “Playtime”

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