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“when, while” in Sgaw Karen

အခါ

a khah

when, while

“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 အဝဲသူၣ်ခုသးခုစ့ၢ်ကီး

When I am happy, so is she.

from “My Best Friend”

ဆၢး... နတနၢ်ဟူယမိၢ်အကလုၢ်ဖဲအသးထိၣ်တၢ်အခါဒ်ဘၣ်

Roar? Have you heard my mother?

from “We Are All Animals”

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