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“to look after” in Sgaw Karen

ကွၢ်ထွဲ

kwa htweh

to look after

“to look after” is written ကွၢ်ထွဲ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as kwa htweh. 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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ပထံၣ်ဘၣ်တံၤတူၤမၢၤရ့ၤကန့ဒၢ ဖဲန့ၣ်အခါ ညၢ်ထိၣ်ကၠၢကွၢ်ထွဲအတၢ်ဆါမၤကဆှီအမဲ ညၢ်အဂၤ တကူၢ်ဟဲဃ့မၤကဆှီပတၢ်

We saw a honeycomb moray eel having its teeth cleaned by cleaner wrasses, and another pair even offered to give us a scrub!

from “Dive!”

ယဘၣ်ကွၢ်ထွဲ ဆံခူ နထံၣ်ဧါ ယသးနံၣ်အိၣ်အါန့ၢ်ဒံးအီၤန့ၣ်လီၤ

from “Naughty Dog”

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