“when, while” in Sgaw Karen
အခါ
a khah
when, while
Checked against written sources; not yet confirmed by a native speaker.
“when, while” is written အခါ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as a khah. 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.
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ဖဲယသူၣ်ခုသးခုအခါန့ၣ် အဝဲသူၣ်ခုသးခုစ့ၢ်ကီးဆၢး... နတနၢ်ဟူယမိၢ်အကလုၢ်ဖဲအသးထိၣ်တၢ်အခါဒ်ဘၣ်