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Khmer Food – Vocab 6

khmer foods t shirt reading keep calm and eat prahok.

This is a pretty big lesson since there is a lot of specific words that are need to be known and are important. So with that let’s start learning about khmer foods.

This first section has an accompany youtube video. This will help you get the full pronouncation, as sometimes the written transliterations are a little off. Please click like or subscribe if the free video helped you at all.

Section 1. Khmer food and phrases

I want Dessert: Kynom jong baan bon-aem

I’m full: Kynom cha-aet howie

Im drunk: kynom sro-vwong howie

Alcohol: sraa

can i have the bill: (soam) kit luy

beef: saik-goo

pork – saik jruuk

chicken: saik-moan

fish: dtrey

food-mhoob

beer: bia

rice-bii

vegetable-bon-lae

Click more to read about Cambodia food phrases. 

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Khmer Love Words – Vocab 5

Here are a small sampling of some khmer words that show love and affection or describe one’s marital status. Enjoy!

 

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Khmer,English

kooik-jet, heartbroken

chugat, crazy

riab-gaa, to marry

gaa, married

liiw, single

seong-saa, steady lover

bdey, husband

bproon-bpon, wife

mook mneak-aeng, to come alone

srey saart, beautiful girl

sa-art, beautiful

pro sa-art, handsome

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Khmer Food – Vocab 4

Here are some useful words when at a restaurant and wanting to order khmer food.

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khmer,english

hel, spicy

nyum baay, eat rice

saik-jruuk, pork

saik-moan, chicken

saik-goo, beef

seom, fork

slaab-bpria, sppon

gam-bet, knife

jong-geh, chopsticks

kit luy, pay the bill

dtrey, fish

chngan, delicous

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so i hope these words will help you when you are ordering khmer food at a restaurant. Some of the words are also useful when ordering khmer food at the market too.

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Khmer Flirting – Vocab 3

Here are some phrases to help you flirt with khmers a little bit with the opposite sex. So let’s get going with Khmer Flirting. Tlor! Ta (Common, Lets start)

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Khmer, English

sa-art, beautiful

srey-sa-art, beautiful girl

chguat, crazy

sabaii, happy

kooik-jet, heart broken

bpi-baak-jet, sad

riab-gaa, to marry

gaa, married

liiw, single

Dorch kernch nov na, I think I saw you somewhere

Peak ko ail sa-art nas dol huy, you are wearing a very beautiful dress
Pel chop tvwer gar huy dtov nhum ei grao chia moiu bong te?,  after your work is done – do you like to go outside and eat something with me?
Soam nek  dtour-ro-subp ban te? , Can I have your number?
Mien song sa nov?, do you have a boyfriend yet?
Kynum jong skorl nek, I want to get to know you

Moak neng dorch skorl, your face looks similiar to someone.

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When you are done practicing go to Cambodian Flirting Worksheet to try your luck!

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Khmer Colors – Vocab 2

Khmer Colors

Vocab 2

Here is a youtube video to help you with your pronunciation of the khmer colors and to help your listening. Sorry it is not edited, or shows the translations and transliterations on the video. When I get more time, maybe I will come back and clean up this video a little bit.

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Khmer, English

bpoa crawl-home, red

bpoa kiaw, blue*

bpoa lluang, yellow

bpoa tnaot, brown

bpoa kmau, black

bpoa sawl, white

bpoa bai-dtoong, green*

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*Some Cambodians will list blue and green as the same Khmer colors so the word blue, ‘bpoa kiaw’ can be used as blue or green. Green can not be used to describe blue through…so in doubt when you learn Khmer colors, learn blue first before you learn green lol.

After reviewing, please go the accompany Khmer Colors Worksheet to practice!

 

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Khmer vocab 2 verbs

Khmer vocab 2

verbs

Here are 14 khmer verbs, and one noun that commonly goes along with one of the khmer verbs. These words really come in handy.

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Khmer, English

dteu, to go

ni-yiay, to speak

sdab, to listen

jong, to want

dtin, to buy

nyum, to eat

baay (bii), rice,

tvwuh, to do; to make

tvwuh, to work

jool-jet, to like

muhl, to watch

deek, to sleep

leeng, to play

aan, to read

soh-see, to write

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When you feel you have mastered these words, try testing yourself at: Vocab 2 verbs worksheet. 

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Khmer House – Vocab 1

Khmer House Vocab 1

Things in/ at your Khmer House

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Khmer, English

dtok (tuk), table

grey, bed

gau-ey, chair

tvwia, door

bong-uik, window

bon-dtub, room

bon-dtub-geeng, bedroom

bon-dtub-dtek, bathroom

pdteah, house

neu na?, where*

siaw-pau, book

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* If you learn one word or phrase out of this Khmer house section, I would suggest you learn neu na. This word can come in handy if you need to find something or are lost.

So review this lesson for a bit, then head over here at Khmer House Worksheet to do some practice!

After learning these Khmer house words, I’d suggest you learn colors next so then you can say red bed or in Khmer the noun comes first, then the adjective, so bed red would be  grey crawl-home.