“to like” in Sgaw Karen
ဘၣ်သး
bà thä
to like
“to like” is written ဘၣ်သး in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as bà 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.
This word in a story
ယဘၣ်သးအီၣ်ကိၣ်အဲးလံလၢပၢနုာ်အံသၣ်ဆၢ! ယအဲၣ်ဒိးလဲၤကၠိ! ယအဲၣ်ဒိးသးဝံၣ်တၢ်ဖဲယလုၢ်ထံအခါ! ယအဲၣ်ဒိးသူဝဲယတၢ်ထူးမဲလၢအသီတဘိ!
I DO like idlis with sugar! I DO want to go to school! I DO like singing while I take a bath! I DO want to use my new tooth brush!
from “Do and don't” →"တဟါအံၤအီၣ်မတၤလဲၣ်" စဲမ် သံကွၢ် "တဲတသ့ဒံးဘၣ် မိၢ် အဲၣ်ဒိးဝဲလၢကမၢကမၣ်ဘၣ်သး" မိၢ်စံးဆၢအဖိဝံၤ ပာ်လီၤသပၢၤလၢမ့ၣ်အူခိၣ်
from “What's In the Pot?” →