“to love” in Sgaw Karen
အဲၣ်
ʼeh̀
to love
“to love” is written အဲၣ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as ʼeh̀. 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
အဝဲအဲၣ်တၢ်ဂဲၤလိာ်ကွဲကဘီလၢပှၤချံးအီၤလၢစးခိ
She loves to play with paper boats.
from “Bunty and Bubbly” →ထွံၣ်အဲၣ်ဒီးပှ့ၤခီၣ်ဖံးသီတကူၢ် ဘၣ်ဆၣ်အကၠ့တကူဘၣ်
Dog wanted to buy new shoes. But he did not have enough money.
from “Goat, Dog, Cow, and TV” →