န့ၢ်
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S'gaw Karen
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Karen *neᴮ (“obtain, receive, take, get”). Cognate with Eastern Pwo ဏေဝ်ႋ (nī̱), Pa'o Karen နေး (nê).
Verb
[edit]န့ၢ် • (nay̱)
- to get
- (post-verbal marker) Used to introduce a beneficiary.
- နဖးန့ၢ်ယၤလံာ်သ့ဧါ..
- na hpänay̱yā leẹ thay ahh ah .
- Can you read a book for me?
- (perfect marker) Used after a clause to express that something has been going on continuously until the present time, usually followed by a phrase specifying the duration.
- ယမၤလိကညီကျိာ်န့ၢ်တနံၣ်လံ..
- ya mā loh ka nyaw kloḥnay̱ta neè lee .
- I have studied Karen for one year now.
- (post-clausal auxiliary) Used after a clause to express that the subject manages to or is permitted to perform an action.
- ယကွၢ်နၤတန့ၢ်ဧါ..
- ya kwa̱ nā tanay̱ahh ah .
- Can I not look at you?
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Karen [Term?]. Compare Eastern Pwo ဏါင်း (náiɴ).
Particle
[edit]န့ၢ် • (nay̱)
- (postverbal marker) used to indicate comparative degree; often used together with ဒံး (deë)
- စီၤစ့ဒိၣ်တၢ်ဂ့ၤန့ၢ်ဒံးအပါလီၤ..
- saw̄ say doh̀ ta̱ ghaȳnay̱deë ʼa pah law̄ .
- Saw Say is more handsome than his father.