တာဘၠုက်
ta blu do
The English phrase "thank you" is expressed in Karen as တာဘၠုက် (ta blu do).
တာဘၠုက် is an expression used to show gratitude.
Meaning: an expression of gratitude (intj)
How do you pronounce it?
ta blu do
Did you know?
- The writing system used for တာဘၠုက် is derived from the Burmese script, despite Karen and Burmese belonging to different linguistic branches.
- In many Karen communities, gratitude is often accompanied by a specific physical gesture of bowing or placing hands together, much like a 'wai' in Thai, to show deep respect.
- The written script used for တာဘၠုက် was actually developed in the 19th century by missionaries, which is a relatively recent historical development for the language.
Example conversation
Saw Nu gives a gift to Saw Kay.
- စောနု Saw Nuနီၤလုာ်အံၤ တက့ၢ်နၤni lu a ni ta ke naThis gift is for you.
- စောကေ Saw Kayတာဘၠုက် စောနုta blu k Saw NuThank you, Saw Nu.
- စောနု Saw Nuမုၣ်နၤ အိၣ်မုာ်မုာ်mu na ee mu muYou are welcome.
- စောကေ Saw Kayနၤ ပှဲၤကညီၤna phe k nyiYou are very kind.
