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- Wed Jan 11, 2017 6:13 pm
- Forum: Cambodian Culture and Language
- Topic: More Country Speak
- Replies: 62
- Views: 15665
Re: More Country Speak
Siem Reap have their unique way of speaking, so I wasn't surprised to hear some words that are pronounced in a very unique way.
sdoy would sound like this ស្ដយ
sah ey ke would be like this ស្អីគេ
here's another one country speak...."it's alright" - vea s'nom haey - វាស្នំហើយ
sdoy would sound like this ស្ដយ
sah ey ke would be like this ស្អីគេ
here's another one country speak...."it's alright" - vea s'nom haey - វាស្នំហើយ
- Wed Jan 11, 2017 10:14 am
- Forum: Newsworthy
- Topic: Unidentified Body of Foreigner (Black Male) Found Floating in Tonle Sap River In Front Of Royal Palace, Phnom Penh
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6670
Re: Unidentified Body of Foreigner (Black Male) Found Floating in Tonle Sap River In Front Of Royal Palace, Phnom Penh
Probably a case of night time murder.
- Wed Jan 11, 2017 9:43 am
- Forum: Cambodian Culture and Language
- Topic: More Country Speak
- Replies: 62
- Views: 15665
Re: More Country Speak
I heard that in Siem Reap, they use the word "S'doy" instead of "Sah-ey" meaning "What?".
- Wed Jan 11, 2017 9:41 am
- Forum: Cambodian Culture and Language
- Topic: Country Speak
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2795
Re: Country Speak
I guess maybe the Khmers in the provinces tend to speak with sexual innuendos for fun. Not the people in Phnom Penh, they're too....uppity and sensitive but they're strange because they can be crazy sometimes.
- Wed Jan 11, 2017 9:39 am
- Forum: Cambodian Culture and Language
- Topic: Country Speak
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2795
Re: Country Speak
I have to laugh at this. I remember my dad told me a story that there was a man whose daughter died young, he was in the car with my dad and other ladies, on the way to the funeral place. It was a sombre moment then the lady was just talking random. She said that her son was so infatuated with his g...
- Wed Jan 11, 2017 9:31 am
- Forum: Cambodian Culture and Language
- Topic: Regional Cambodian Dialect/Accent
- Replies: 44
- Views: 12669
Re: Regional Cambodian Dialect/Accent
@taabarang Thank you for your reply taabarang. I came to this forum, hoping I'll learn something new about the Khmer language. Your Cambodian wife is a great resource, and from what I read in your older posts, I take it as she is/was a teacher so you are very lucky! I know you may not speak like a n...
- Wed Jan 11, 2017 6:46 am
- Forum: Cambodian Culture and Language
- Topic: Regional Cambodian Dialect/Accent
- Replies: 44
- Views: 12669
Regional Cambodian Dialect/Accent
Hi everyone, I'm TheLost. Please let me introduce myself. I'm currently living in Australia. I'm married to a Phnom Penh lady whose family come from PP and Kandal province. My father and his family hailed from Sisophon in Battambang province, I guess nowadays in Banteay Meanchey province. That was b...