“who” in Sgaw Karen
မတၤ
ma tā
who
“who” is written မတၤ in Sgaw Karen, read in a rough way as ma tā. 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
နသ့ၣ်ညါစ့ၢ်ကီးဧါ မတၤလၢအမ့ၢ်ယတံၤသကိးအဂ့ၤကတၢၢ်? တဂၤလဲၣ်? တဂၤလဲၣ် ? တဂၤလဲၣ်?
But who is my best friend? Who? Who? Who?
from “My Friends” →တယံာ်ဘၣ်ဒီးယဖံဟဲက့ၤလၢအတၢ်ဟးလိၢ်ကွဲ "ကွၢ်လၢန့ၣ်ယဖံတိကီၣ်မတၤတမံၤလၢကရၢၢ်ပူၤလဲၣ်"
Soon granny came back from her walk. "Look what I found in the park."
from “Lost and Found” →