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“to try, to test” in Sgaw Karen

မၤကွၢ်

mā kwa

to try, to test

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“to try, to test” is written မၤကွၢ် in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as mā kwa. 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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ချိၢ်ပလ့ၤတဲဆၢအီၤ ဟဲက့ၤမၤကွၢ်လၢမုၢ်အိၣ်ဘှံးနံၤမီၤ
The snail said, "Come and see on Sunday."
from “The Race”
ညၢ်ကွဲၤပူၤခိၣ်ဒူဆီတလဲအလွဲၢ်ဒ်သိးကမၤကွၢ်တၢ်အိၣ်အသးဒ်သိးကမၤအသးလီၤဂာ်ဒီၤညၢ်တခွ့ဆၣ်ဘီဘၣ်ဆၣ်သုကတိၢ်န့ၣ်အီၤတကီဘၣ် တမ့ၢ်ဧါ
This trumpetfish changed colour to try and blend in with a school of yellow tang, but you can pick him out easily enough, can’t you?
from “Dive!”

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