ယအဲၣ်နၤ
ya eh na
In Karen, the phrase "I miss you" is said as ယအဲၣ်နၤ (ya eh na).
The phrase ယအဲၣ်နၤ is used to express the sentiment of missing someone.
Meaning: I miss you (phrase)
How does it change in a sentence?
In this construction, the pronoun ယ (ya) functions as "I" and the pronoun နၤ (na) functions as "you".
How do you pronounce it?
ya eh na
Did you know?
- The word အဲၣ် (eh) in ယအဲၣ်နၤ is the same word used for 'to love', meaning 'I miss you' translates more literally as 'I love you' in certain contexts.
- The Karen script is derived from the Burmese script, but it has been modified over time to better fit the specific sounds of the Karen language. This creates a visual link to Myanmar despite the languages being distinct.
- Depending on the specific Karen subgroup, the tone of the word နၤ (na) can change its meaning entirely, so pronunciation is vital to ensure you are saying 'you' and not another word.
Example conversation
A son calls his mother after being away for a while.
- စောဘေ Saw Baeမေမေ၊ ယအဲၣ်နၤအဂ့ၤလီၤ။me me, ya ae na a gay leeMom, I miss you.
- မေမေ May Mayယအဲၣ်နၤအဂ့ၤလီၤတဖျးဖျးလီၤ၊ စောဘေ။ya ae na a gay lee ta phya phya lee, saw baeI miss you very much too, Saw Bae.
- စောဘေ Saw Baeယအဲၣ်နၤအဂ့ၤအဂ့ၤလီၤ။ya ae na a gay a gay leeI miss you so much.
- မေမေ May Mayတမုာ်တမုာ်ယအဲၣ်နၤလီၤ။ta mu ta mu ya ae na leeI miss you all the time.
