“very, really” in Sgaw Karen
မး
mä
very, really
“very, really” is written မး in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as mä. 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
ဆွံၣ်မံၤအဝဲကနၣ်ယကလုၢ်မု၁်မး အတဲဘၣ်ယၤလီၤ
Mr Fox likes my singing. He told me so himself.
from “Noisy Crows” →စၤကၠူ အိၣ်ဟံၣ်ဘူးဒီးယၤ အဝဲဂဲၤကလံးယၤ မၤသးဒိၣ်ထီၣ်ယၤမုာ်မး
Sanju lives nearby. He teases me. It makes me very angry.
from “Clean Cat” →