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Introduction
Characters
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Consonant Clusters
Vowels
Tones
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Reference Page
g
-k
- gh
- hk
- ng
-s
- hs
- sh
- ny
-t
- ht
-d
-n
-p
- hp
-b
-m
-y
-r
-l
-w
- th
-h
- (not written)
- ahh
-r
- ch
-j
-l
-y
- mw
- hsg
- hpw
- sg
- pw
- bw
-w
- gh
- di
- maw
- uh
- ah
- eh
- ay
- ee
- oo
-u
- oh
- aw
no vowel - a
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Exercise 1
Handwriting Practice 1- Consonants
Directions: Write each consonant 10 times. Repeat the consonant sound after writing
each
character.
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Exercise 1
Handwriting Practice 2 - Consonant Clusters and Vowels
Directions: Write each consonant 10 times. Repeat the consonant sound after writing
each
character.
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Exercise 2
Directions: Put the characters in there correct order. Try to repeat each letter
out loud
as you write them down.
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Exercise 3
Directions: Fill in the missing characters. Don't forget to repeat each character
sound
as you fill in the characters.
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Exercise 4
Directions: Put these characters in alphabetical order. Reapeat each character as
you
write them.
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Lesson 1
Letter, vowel, and tone pronunciation
A consonant always ends in a vowel sound. If a vowel is attached to the consonant
it
will end with the attached vowel sound. If NO tone and no vowel the consonant will
end
in an "UH" sound. If there is a tone and no vowel the consonant will end in an "AH"
sound.
Tones
When the following tones are added it will look as follows phonetically in English.
= gee
= gee
= gee
= gee
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= gee
Example:
g
gaw
+ aw = gaw
(tone)
gah
= g + ah = gah
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guh
+ (no tone) = g + uh = guh
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Exercise 1
Practicing Sounds 1
Directions: Each example will have a consonant and vowel sound. Write each example
out phonetically. Practice the sound out loud while looking at the Karen
characters. Feel
free to use your reference page on page 3.
Example:
l + ah = lah
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g + (tone) = gah
___ + ___ = ____
Example:
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________________ (and; with)
__________________ (go)
________________ ( I; me)
_________________ (many)
__________________ (see)
__________________ (have) (to have in your possesion)
__________________ (can) (you can do something)
__________________ (come)
_________________ (all)
__________________ (person)
_________________ (how)
_________________ (moon, month)
__________________ (flower)
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Lesson 2
Greetings
ghaw luh uh ghay
Good morning! Because there is no formal word for hello, it is the
custom to greet a person based on the time of day. Good morning is commonly used
between sunrise and 12:00 p.m.
Exercise 1 -
Write
Directions: Write the phrase "good morning" as written. Practice repeating out
loud as you complete each phrase.
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Exercise 2
Circle the correct letters
Directions: Circle the correct letters that complete to phrase
Make sure you remember to look for the correct letters, vowels, and tones.
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Exercise 3
Greetings
nee luh uh ghay
Directions: Write the phrase "good afternoon" as written. Practice repeating out
loud as
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Exercise 4
Directions: Fill in the missing letters.
Remember to look for consonants, vowels, and
or tones.
Here is the phrase:
Directions: Circle the following phrase that is spelled incorrectly. Make sure you
look
carefully.
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Exercise 5
Greetings
hah luh uh ghay
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Exercise 6
Directions: WORD SEARCH. Find the phrase
can.
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Greetings
nah luh uh ghay
Good night! In the English language this phrase is used to say
goodbye or sleep well. This is not how it is used in the Karen language. This term
is
simply another form of good evening and is commonly used after 7:00p.
Directions: Write the phrase "good night" as written. Practice repeating out loud
as you
complete each phrase.
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Exercise 8
Directions: For each picture write the correct greeting underneath.
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Lesson 3
Introductions
My name is Eh Mu.
My name is Eh Ku Paw.
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Exercise 1
means ‘My’
means ‘Name’
means ‘is’
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My name is
Exercise 2
Fill the missing words.
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