“today” in Sgaw Karen
တနံၤအံၤ
ta nēe ēe
today
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“today” is written တနံၤအံၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as ta nēe ēe. 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
နတဲကွၢ်ကွၢ် တနံၤအံၤယကကၢၣ်ခိၣ်မီၣ်ဖဲလဲၣ်တဘ့ၣ်လဲၣ်
Guess which cap I am wearing today!
from “The Moon and the Cap” →အုမ်... ဘၣ်ဆၣ်ဒီးတနံၤအံၤနတီၤ ကလဲၤဟးလိာ်ကွဲကွၢ်ကီတၢ် လၢတၢ်ဖိဃၢ်အလီၢ်!
Hmm... But, today's your class picnic at the zoo!
from “Do and don't” →