A few Khmer phrases/words....


Khmer	: pronounce k'mire (as in fire, hire,..), is the ethnicity of ~90% of 
Cambodians. Can be used interchangeably with 'Cambodian'. As a noun, it refers 
to a Cambodian or the Cambodian language; it can also be used as an adjective.

sur sdey			hello, greeting, hi

auh kun				thank you

som tus				I am sorry, I appologize

Khmer				pronouce k'mire as in fire, hire

baht,jass			yes, for male and female, respectively

knyom				I, me

sok sa bye chea tae?		How are you?/How do you do?/etc..

baht, sok sa bye tae		yes, [I am] fine (answer by male)

jass, sok sa bye chea tae?	yes, [I am] fine (answer by female)
				

knyom schmursh Sambat		My name is Sambat

knyom aught yault		I don't understand	

sala				school

wat				Buhdist temple

bes				pick (fruit), harvest

dong				coconut

kandal				center, middle, in the center, in the middle

bong 				a term used to refered to someone who is older 
				than you are

pros				man

srey				lady, women				

Khmer Krohom			communist Cambodian, Khmer 'Rouge'			
samaki				agree, consensus, solidarity

somakum				association,organization

cour pum cour, appei tus	if inappropriat, forgive me; use to sign off in
				letters/correspondents etc.

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Names of newspapers in Cambodia

"Samleng Yuvachun Khmer"	Voice of Khmer Youth
"Sereipheap Thmei"		 New Liberty

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somakum				society
acna-kutt			future

krouk laeng			rise, rise up

pon mann			how much (?)

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Cambodian Dances:
		rom vong,
		saravann,
		rom kabach,
		kun soungkolbreay,
		lam lieuv,
		jouk kabeus,

rom=dance

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