ယအဲၣ်နၤ
ya eh na
In Karen, the phrase for "my love" is ယအဲၣ်နၤ (ya eh na).
This phrase is used to express to someone that you love them.
How do you pronounce it?
ya eh na
Did you know?
- The word for 'love' in the phrase, အဲၣ်, is a tonal word. If you accidentally use a different tone, you might inadvertently say a word that sounds like 'to buy' or 'to be', rather than expressing your heart.
- The S'gaw Karen script is derived from the Burmese alphabet, but it was adapted by American missionaries in the 19th century to standardize the written form of these expressions.
- In many Karen communities, saying ယအဲၣ်နၤ in public can be seen as overly dramatic or even socially awkward. People often prefer to show affection through quiet gestures of care rather than loud declarations.
Example conversation
A mother is talking to her son before he goes to sleep.
- မေမေ May Mayစောလူး, ယအဲၣ်နၤဒိးဒိး.Saw Lu, ya eh noh dee deeSaw Lu, I love you very much.
- စောလူး Saw Luယအဲၣ်မေမေဒိးဒိးတလီၤ.ya eh may may dee dee ta leeI love you too, Mom.
- မေမေ May Mayတအဲၣ်နၤဒိးဒိးန့ဲာ်.ta eh noh dee dee nahI love you so much too.
- စောလူး Saw Luတဘျုးမေမေန့ဲာ်.ta byu may may nahThank you, Mom.
