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“to happen” in Sgaw Karen

မၤအသး

mā a thä

to happen

“to happen” is written မၤအသး in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as mā a thä. 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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ညၢ်ကွဲၤပူၤခိၣ်ဒူဆီတလဲအလွဲၢ်ဒ်သိးကမၤကွၢ်တၢ်အိၣ်အသးဒ်သိးကမၤအသးလီၤဂာ်ဒီၤညၢ်တခွ့ဆၣ်ဘီဘၣ်ဆၣ်သုကတိၢ်န့ၣ်အီၤတကီဘၣ် တမ့ၢ်ဧါ

This trumpetfish changed colour to try and blend in with a school of yellow tang, but you can pick him out easily enough, can’t you?

from “Dive!”

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