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Wow... 30, 40, 50, etc. sound like Thai (and therefore like Chinese) numerals! And zero (soun) is like Thai (suun) and Hindi (sunya).
criskity 5 months ago
I'm going to Cambodia for 6 weeks, and this video was very helpful. I love the disclaimer at the end about not understanding everything at first - it made me feel good :)
bkrouzek25 8 months ago
hahah 50 we read hasib
savuthk 2 years ago
khmer is like hindhi alphabet
roshansunam 2 years ago
lol ok i'm familiar with the numbers at least, i was lost with the alphabet didn't sound like khmer imo. You speak proper Khmer, I have Phnom Penh accent. When u start approaching #'s 30,40, 70,80, and 90, it sounds exactly like Cantonese Chinese numbers.
WingChunBoyz 3 years ago
yeah, it's obviously been influenced by Cantonese or something close to Cantonese (or maybe Cantonese was influenced by Khmer?) Thai numbers are also very close to Cantonese, and a lot of Vietnamese words are almost the same as Cantonese- all these languages are Austroasiatic (though Thai is now considered part of a seperate Tai-Kadai branch), not like Cantonese and other Chinese dialects, which are sinitic- but seemingly all languages spoken near China have borrowed vocabulary from Chinese.
PeeteyP 3 years ago
how do you say one billion? i dont think i ever heard of it. if you know can you please reply?
FinalDynasty 3 years ago
Hello, FinalDynasty,
One billion is written out as follows:
1,000,000,000
Therefore, in Khmer you can say a billion as Mouy pon leen. I am sure there is Sanskrit derived name for the numberal, but I have always heard Cambodian officials say large numbers based on a million. Hope this helps.
KCAASE 2 years ago
thanks KCAASE
FinalDynasty 2 years ago
No problem there, FinalDynasty. There are more than one way to say the name of numbers. Consider: 10,000=dop pon or Mouy Mern; 100,000=Mouy roy pon or Mouy Sen. Similarly in English, 1800=1 thousand 8 hundreds, or 18 hundreds.
KCAASE 2 years ago
Hi im currently taking khmer class! and i want to learn how to remember more! so im just trying to practice this everyday! but can you put all the Independent vowel thanks you
chickick92 3 years ago
Good job with the video! It could be helpful with (for english speakers at least) to include the arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, ) in the video presentation with the Khmer numerals. This would help me in learning at least. I find your videos very helpful!! Keep up the good work!
meeyatch69 3 years ago
I will take your advice into consideration for the next video.
Kimmy1 3 years ago