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“to return” in Sgaw Karen

က့ၤ

kaȳ

to return

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

“to return” is written က့ၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as kaȳ. 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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This word in a story

ဘၣ်ဆၣ်ယက့ၤလီၤတသ့ဘၣ်

But I cannot climb down again.

from “I Can Climb!”

ယသးတမုာ်ဘၣ် ဒီးယက့ၤမံလီၤ

I am not happy. I go to sleep.

from “My Best Friend”

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