“to read” in Sgaw Karen
ဖး
hpä
to read
“to read” is written ဖး in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as hpä. 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
ဖဲလၢယဟဲက့ၤလၢကျဲအခါ ကလံၤဟဲဆူၣ်ဒိၣ်မး ဒီးယခိၣ်မီၣ်ယူၤကွံာ်ဖးယံၤညါလီၤ
On the way home, a very strong wind came. It blew my cap away.
from “The Moon and the Cap” →တၢၢ်ဖိဆံးဆံးဖးဒ်၀ဲၤဒၣ်လံာ်ဒ် ဖး၀ဲၤဒၣ်ဟါမုၢ်တနံၤ အဖး၀ဲၤတုအလၢာ်၀ဲၤမုၢ်တနံၤ
Little Ant would read all day, he’d read and read the day away.
from “Little Ant's Big Plan” →