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“to use” in Sgaw Karen

သူ

thoo

to use

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

“to use” is written သူ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as thoo. 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

ဆၢး မ့မ့ၢ်ဒ်န့ၣ်ဒီးကွၢ်လၢယနးဒ့ ယသူနးဒ့လၢကသါန့ၣ်ကလံၤ
Fine, but look at my nose. I breathe through my nose.
from “We Are All Animals”
ယမၤကဆှီယသးသ့ဒီးတဘၣ်သူဘၣ်ထံဘၣ် ယတဘၣ်လုၢ်ထံဒ်သိး ထီမံၣ် ဘၣ်
I keep myself clean without water. I do not need a bath like Tommy.
from “Clean Cat”

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