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“to want” in Sgaw Karen

အဲၣ်ဒိး

èh döh

to want

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

“to want” is written အဲၣ်ဒိး in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as èh döh. 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

ယမံဂဲၤထၢၣ်တမုာ်ဒံးဘၣ်! ယတအဲၣ်ဒိးလဲၤမၤတၢ်မၤလၢအဒိၣ်ဘၣ်!
I DON'T want to wake up! I DON'T want to do the big job!
from “Do and don't”
ဒံဖယၤတအဲၣ်ဒိးသူးထီၣ်နူအ့ၣ်ဒီနံၤဘၣ်! အဝဲကဘၣ်ဂဲၤလိၣ်ကွဲ! ဒ်သိးကမၤန့ၢ်ခိၣ်ဖးတၢ်ပြၢလၢအကတၢၢ်တဝီၤ!
Divya can’t have the sniffles today! She has to PLAY! It’s the finals of the Famous Football Cup!
from “Sniffles”

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