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“to know” in Sgaw Karen

သ့ၣ်ညါ

thày nyah

to know

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

“to know” is written သ့ၣ်ညါ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as thày nyah. 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

ယထီၣ်သ့ၣ်သ့ ယဖုသ့ ဒီးယသ့ၣ်ညါကျဲစၢၢ်လိဖဲအံၤခဲလၢာ်န့ၣ်လီၤ
I can climb trees. I can jump. I know all the short cuts here.
from “Clean Cat”
အမိၢ်အပၢ်သးပှံၢ်အီၤဒိၣ်မး ဒီးတၢၢ်ဖိအ၀ဲၤဒၣ်သ့ၣ်ညါ၀ဲၤလၢအတပီးကျိးလၢဘၣ်
His mum and dad got really mad, and Little Ant felt really bad.
from “Little Ant's Big Plan”

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