“to tear” in Sgaw Karen
ယာ်
yạ
to tear
“to tear” is written ယာ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as yạ. 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
ညၢ်ကၤတူၤတဖၣ်အံၤကသုပယာ်ပီာ်လဲၣ်ဖီအဒၢးလၢတၢ်ပလီၢ်ပဒီ သနာ်က့အ၀ဲပျဲယၤ လၢကမၤန့ၣ်တၢ်ဂီၤတစဲးလီၤ
These clownfish carefully guarded their sea anemone home, but finally agreed to let me take a few pictures.
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