“to want” in Sgaw Karen
အဲၣ်ဒိး
èh döh
to want
“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” →