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Lesson 6 of 10

Cafe and restaurant in Khmer

A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen. Play the ten Khmer words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

A colonial villa on Street 108 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Cafe and restaurant
10 words Β· 20 seconds each Β· 8 of 10 to pass
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All 10 Khmer phrases in this lesson

αžαž»αžŸαž˜αŸ’αžšαžΆαž”αŸ‹αž–αžΈαžšαž“αžΆαž€αŸ‹tok sam-rap pii NEAK
A table for two
αžŸαž»αŸ†αž˜αžΎαž›αž˜αŸ‰αžΊαž“αž»αž™som meul meu-NUY
The menu, please
αž˜αžΆαž“αž’αŸ’αžœαžΈαž†αŸ’αž„αžΆαž‰αŸ‹?mien a-vey CHNGANH
What do you recommend?

Literally "what is tasty?". Try fish amok.

αžαŸ’αž‰αž»αŸ†αž˜αž·αž“αž‰αŸ‰αžΆαŸ†...αž‘αŸkhnyom min nyam ... teh
I don't eat...
αžαŸ’αž‰αž»αŸ†αž”αŸ’αžšαžαž·αž€αž˜αŸ’αž˜αž“αžΉαž„...khnyom pra-te-KAM neung
I'm allergic to...

Literally "I react to ...".

αžŸαžΆαž…αŸ‹sach
Meat
αžŸαžΆαž…αŸ‹αž˜αžΆαž“αŸ‹sach MOAN
Chicken
αžαŸ’αžšαžΈtrey
Fish

Freshwater fish from the TonlΓ© Sap lake is everyday food.

αž†αŸ’αž„αžΆαž‰αŸ‹αžŽαžΆαžŸαŸ‹chnganh NAS
It's delicious
αž‡αž›αŸ‹αž˜αž½αž™!chol MUOY
Cheers

Literally "clink one!". Cambodians toast many times during a meal.

Where Khmer is spoken

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