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Sgau 



Pwo 



Bghai 



Mopghai 



Toungthu 



Case Absolute 

 We, as re- 

 gards us. 



Pa way 



Pa we 



Kay 



Kay 



Notes of the Karen Language. [No. 2. 



Nominative Objective Us. Poss. Pron. 



We 



Pa, or peii 

 Pa, or Peu 

 Ka 

 Ka 



Ne 



Pgha 

 Peu 

 Kay 

 "Waii 



Our. 



As, Nomin, 



Oo, or Ei. 





You, as 



re- You 



You 



Your. 





gards you. 









Sgau 



Thu way 



Thu 



Thu 



As, Noinin 



Pwo 



Nathie 



Nathie 



Nathie 



?> 



Bghai 



Thie 



Thie 



Thie 



>j 



Mopgha 



Nay 



Nay 



Nay 



)i 



Toungthu 



Nathie 



Nathie 



Nathie 





The third person plural is the same as the singular. 

 Dialects. 



The Sgau and Bghai have no final consonants, but Pwo, Mopgha, 

 and Toungthu have them. 



Sgau and Pwo. The most marked characteristic of Pwo is a 

 final nasal ng where the roots in Sgau, and most of the other dia? 

 lects have final vowels ; as 



Sgau, 



Te 



To form, create, Pwo, Taing. 



Nie 



Margin 



„ Naing 



Sse 



A tunic 



„ JSsaing 



PJ 



To bite 



„ Aing. 



Jltau 



To ascend 



„ Htang. 



Lau 



„ descend 



„ Lang. 



Miemau 



„ dream 



„ Miernan^ 



Ghau 



An image 



, Ohang. 



Phau 



To cook , 



, Phang. 



Khlau 



To heat 



, Khlang. 



So 



Power , 



, Saung. 



Kho 



Land , 



, Khaung. 



Thu 



The liver , 



Thung. 



Loo 



To follow „ 



Laung. 



