Khmer Lesson 4- Nationality

[KhmerReich]

soo cute your voive in khmer languag

[mizzroro559]

you sound like you hate teaching lol

[ChevyVanDude]

Sure it is straightforward, but as an absolute beginner I would ask: why include letter(s) when they aren't spoken. Like: jeat, pronounced as jea.

Is it to differentiate words?

[cvjarot]

Where did you get the translation for the word American? I never knew it as 'Ah-Gairng' I only heard either 'A-me-ric' or 'A-me-ric-Kairng'. just wondering...Keep going u r doing a great job.

[gudegdee]

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[skrubbaduba]

Hello, I'm trying to learn a sentence or two for my brothers wedding. CAn you help me? I want to say "You raised a wonderful daughter and we are so blessed to have her as a part of our family." Can you teach me that? That would be awesome! Thanks!

[skrubbaduba]

Hello, I'm trying to learn a sentence or two for my brothers wedding. CAn you help me? I want to say "Hello, Thank you for raising such a great daughter. She is a blessing to our family. We are proud to be a part of yours." Can you teach me that? That would be awesome! Thanks!

[skrubbaduba]

Hello, I'm trying to learn a sentence or two for my brothers wedding. CAn you help me? I want to say "Hello, Thank you for raising such a great daughter. She is a blessing to our family. We are proud to be a part of yours." Can you teach me that?

[theebola05]

Thank you very much they re very helpful for me ! Thanks a lot

[pedroglr]

My lovely girlfriend is khmer. I'm learning khmer. Thanks for those nice videos.

[deepripp]

So is this how your say it to male and female, or would it be lohk srey jea john-jeat ey for females.

[45005415]

This is great =) I'm having trouble pronouncing 'american' though- any tips?

[jimeiacc]

Hello!!! Learn me: i´m from angentinian(well..only argentinian!) pleaseeeee!!

Thank you again!!

[AsianFestival]

Hey isn't this from if a man is speaking it?

[thanaree2540]

your English pronounciation for "Laotian" is wrong.

Laotian must be pronounced as "laaaow-cheean" not "laew-cheean".

Laew in Laotian means bad.

(Good that I am Vietnamese)

[jakeychan87]

he's not wrong. you are.

i spell it "khmai" too and the khmer surin do say "khmerr".

[mr0wigglemunch0]

how do you say English?

is there a word for Welsh?

[SaLeNaChAn]

you forgot ah khmow.

[SaLeNaChAn]

funny how you roll your r's when you said khmer

[usakhru]

What is the annoying background noise?

[SadSushi]

It's my digital camera lens. I had to hold up the camera with one hand and use the other hand to teach. It's the only camera I have. I can't hold the camera still. sorry if it's annoying.

[panatta93]

Is Khmer the same as Cambodian?

[AwesomeDrifterDrick]

yes

[cardcgirl]

thank you so much. i'm cambodian but don't speak the language. but now i can actually understand what the hell my parents are talking about.

[liamryan99]

Getting married to cambodian girl in ireland in 3 months. Going to improve my khmer wityh this thanks a lot

[SadSushi]

congratulation! She will appreciate you learning her native language. I'm proud of you. Good luck in your studies.

[louistfly]

thanks for the great lessons.

what is Khmer for Australian?

[SadSushi]

Australian = Oh-strah-lee

[chhoeuth]

i learn something know great i know some Khmer

word by listening. thanks this a help me a lot.

[j0k3r209]

Sweet job

[KhMyEmPiReBaBe]

"Lok chea chun jeat ey?"...Hrm...When you wrote it in khmer is a little different from english pronunciation...In khmer word you wrote.."Lok chea chun jeat avey?" But in english word..you wrote "Lok chea chun jeat ey?"...that's wrong.

[OnleeBee]

same difference aite girl....

[jarani8]

it's spelled and should be pronounced avey but colloquial khmer you can just say ey. kinda like "mok" and "moaw" to come. the first is standard khmer and the other is colloquial.

[SadSushi]

Yes, you are right. I wanted to use "Moaw" for this lesson but I didn't know how to spell it in Khmer and it was not in my Khmer-English dictionary.

[KhmerSerey1]

Kyoum chea jorn jeat chen kataahng joal chett cee baii kdaahng.

[kilg123456]

thai can also be called "siem". you forgot. cmon now lok lol

[Kime0]

i see u got better, keep it up bro =]

[phornmoon]

i think your are good... at lest you trying to some cambodian that don't know... just do your best!

[SadSushi]

Thanks for the support.

[BatdambangNative]

"ah gairng" is very informal and only used khmers living abroad in america. i find this term somewhat derogatory.

[khmersrey71]

nice job!! at least you tried to take the time and effort to teach younger Khmer generations or other nationality that are interested to learn Khmer language.. FIVE STARS FOR YOU!!

[deathdifying]

It's not Je Pon, please read it as the letter said Ja pon, that more correct then what you said. How can you teach something that you are not sure about it.

1. You are not reading as the letter said.

2. you have some miss spelling letters.

3. You must understand deeply about Khmer history.

[deathdifying]

You fool, before you any statement about khmer surin, you know about the history ok... When you say khmirrrr is old cambodian ok Pre-Angkor talk like that fool. This guy is teaching some wick Khmer. You need more help about Khmer Language, then you teaching it.

[twxscndbr99]

Khmer should be pronounced Khmer (ខ្មែ) in standard Khmer and Khmeur (ឃ្មែរ) in ancient Khmer. You don't even know how Khmer evolved, the vowels in Khmer except for the western dialect had much of it voiced monophthongs turn diphthongs. Also Khmer isn't always written like its pronounced. Bongkaet (birth) is spoken like P'kaet. This holds true for even old Khmer, since two syllables words are shorten in an iambic fashion. Who don't know their history now?

[SadSushi]

I am not a Khmer linguist nor do I know alot about Khmer history since I was raised in America. I only know how to speak khmer. I'm just teaching this lesson for fun. Sorry If you think this lesson is offensive. It wasn't meant to be that way.

[deathdifying]

Is not lok jea chea jon jeat ey is lok jea chea jon jeat akvey read the letter right. you dam fool

[kampucheaqueen]

Should just let this person contribute what he can to bring Khmer together. Be more positive and be supportive. You waste your energy and discourage young ones to learn. Have positive impact not Negative, OK! Deathdifying, even your title is "Death"

[HarmoniousHom]

I think your are the greater "fool".

[prasoeur1]

do you guys think Ah Gairng is a formal word for American?? I am not sure ... this word can mostly be heard from only the old people. To me, Ah Gairng sounds so weird ..

[narathchann]

cheer! you can speak cambodia every good!

[ahMuoy]

If you want to teach standard Khmer, pronouncing it as "khmai" would be wrong as well.

You should pronounce it as "khmae" so that it rhymes with srae (countryside) or Mae (mother).

[SadSushi]

Sorry, I've never heard of any Khmer person saying "Khmae". "Khmai" is more common.

[BatdambangNative]

listen to ahMuoy. in standard khmer, which is batdambang dialect, "khmer" should be pronounced like ahMouy suggested. i'm from batdambang as suggested by my screen name....heh heh