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Lesson 3 of 10
Yes, no and the essentials in Khmer
The small words that carry half of every conversation, and the ones that rescue it. 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.
All 10 Khmer phrases in this lesson
- ααΆαbaat
- Yes
- ααteh
- No
- ααΆαbaan
- Okay
- αααα»ααα·ααααααkhnyom min yol teh
- I don't understand
- ααΎα’ααααα·ααΆαααΆααΆα’ααααααααα?tae neak ni-YEAY phea-saa ang-KLEH teh
- Do you speak English?
- ααΌααα·ααΆααααααααsohm ni-YEAY m-dong TIAT
- Can you repeat that?
- ααΌααα·ααΆαααΊααsohm ni-YEAY yeut YEUT
- Slowly, please
- αααααΆα’αααΈ?nih chea a-VEY
- What is this?
- αααα»αααααΌαααΆα...khnyom trov-KAA
- I need...
- ααΎα’αααα’αΆα αα½ααααα»αααΆααα?tae neak aach chuoy khnyom baan teh
- Can you help me?
Said by men. Women say α αΆα (chaa).
Literally "can" or "got it".
Literally "please say it one more time".
The α doubles the word: slowly slowly.