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Lesson 8 of 10

Getting around in Khmer

Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet. 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.

The Independence Monument in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Getting around
10 words Β· 20 seconds each Β· 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
PsamatheM, CC-BY-SA-4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Khmer phrases in this lesson

αž”αž„αŸ’αž‚αž“αŸ‹αž“αŸ…αž―αžŽαžΆ?bong-KON nov ae NAA
Where is the toilet?
αžαžΎαž‘αŸ…...αž™αŸ‰αžΆαž„αž˜αŸ‰αŸαž…?tae tov ... yang MECH
How do I get to...?
αž”αžαŸ‹αž†αŸ’αžœαŸαž„bot CHVENG
To the left

Literally "turn left". Tuk-tuk drivers know this well.

αž”αžαŸ‹αžŸαŸ’αžŠαžΆαŸ†bot STAM
To the right
αž‘αŸ…αžαŸ’αžšαž„αŸ‹tov TRONG
Straight ahead
αž“αŸ…αž‘αžΈαž“αŸαŸ‡nov tii NIH
Here
αžŸαŸ’αžαžΆαž“αžΈαž™αŸαžšαžαž—αŸ’αž›αžΎαž„sthaa-nii rot-PHLEUNG
Train station

Literally "fire vehicle station". Trains run from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville and the Thai border.

αž‘αžΆαž“αž€αŸ’αžšαž»αž„laan KRONG
Bus

Literally "city car".

αž–αŸ’αžšαž›αžΆαž“αž™αž“αŸ’αžαž αŸ„αŸ‡pro-lien yun-HOH
Airport

Literally "flying machine field".

αžŸαž»αŸ†αžŸαŸ†αž”αž»αžαŸ’αžšαž˜αž½αž™som som-BOT muoy
One ticket, please

Where Khmer is spoken

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