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“to hear” in Sgaw Karen

နၢ်ဟူ

na hoo

to hear

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

“to hear” is written နၢ်ဟူ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as na hoo. 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”
တုၤထီးနၢ်ဟူဘၣ်ဃးတၢ်အီၣ်မၤတၢ်သူၣ်ဖှံသးဖှံ အ၀ဲဆိကမိၣ်၀ဲ ယနၢၤတအိၣ်ဘၣ် ယကမၤဒ်လဲၣ်
When the pig heard about the party, he thought, "I want to go to the party, too. But I don't have horns. What can I do?"
from “No Pigs Allowed”

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