This lesson comes from my intermediate book, Learn Khmer Now. The chapter starts off with a vocabulary list with some important Cambodian transportation words. The Khmer words are written in a romanization script which is not perfect, and then there is the perfect Khmer script. Then after the vocabulary list there are mini conversations. Most […]
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Cambodian Environment Words
Here are some Cambodian environment words that come from my upcoming book, Learn Khmer Now. All of these Khmer words pertain to the environment, which is a hot issue lately in Cambodia. Sorry about the formatting as I copied from microsoft word where it looks nice, but not too nice here, but maybe it helps […]
Random Cambodian Sentences and words
Here are about 20 Khmer words with a sentence in Khmer script and Cambodian romanization. I did this for another student, and hope this helps others! Let me know what you think! mee-rian dtii muay មេរៀនទី១ thmei ថ្មី new Ex: I like to shop at new market. ខ្ញុំ ចូលចិត្ត ដើរទិញឥវ៉ាន់ នៅផ្សារថ្មី ។ knhom […]
Khmer Words for “to need”
Khmer Words: To Need Some Khmer words will have two words for only one English equivalent. On example is the verb: to need. The two Khmer words to to need are dtruaw and dtruaw-gaa. These words seem that that both have the same meaning, but really they have two different ways of being used. First dtuaw […]
Cambodian body parts – vocab 9
Cambodian body parts vocabulary #9 veak-a-sab bpram-buon Here are some generic vocabulary words for different Cambodian body parts. Let’s start! I hope this table has helped you learn a couple new words about Cambodian body parts.
Cambodia Time
Cambodia Time This vocabulary lesson about Cambodia Time is going to cover days of the week, the months, and general terms to help one talk about time. khmer,englee tngai, day aa-dtit/sa-bdaa, week kae, month chnam, year tngai-jan, monday tngai-aung-gia, tuesday tngai-bput, wednsday tngai-bpra-hoa, thursday tngai-sok, friday tngai-sau, saturday tngai-aa-dtit, sunday tngai-nih, today tngai naa, which […]
Khmer Animals Vocab 7
Khmer Animals First word is not going to be any Khmer animals. To begin we are going to learn a slang cuss word for dogs butt. After that it will just be a bunch of Khmer animals with their Cambodian translation next to it. Enjoy! Ta For the other half of the Khmer animal list […]
The Khmer You
Intro to Khmer You In the Cambodian language there are different ways to say the word, you. The nondescript generic version is nek, but many other Khmer you words can used more accurately and more precisely. Khmer You Vocab Words Nek-gruu – Teacher (f), This can be used when speaking to a female teacher I […]
Khmer classifiers
Khmer Classifiers Brief introduction to Cambodian Classifiers Specific words that are used to identify nouns are called classifiers. The Khmer language commonly uses classifiers for some words, but sometimes they are not used at the speakers discretionary. Confusing I know! English does have it’s set of classifiers like glasses of beer, pairs of shoes, and […]
To Know and How to use the Cambodian word howie
2 Cambodian word s To Know: The first word Cambodian word we are going to learn is the three different ways to say to know. The first one is jeh or Ja. This means to know how to do something. The next word is dung, which is to know knowledge about something. For example […]
