Your speaking khmer attempts

Raybull · Post by **Raybull** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:27 pm

Samouth wrote:
prahkeitouj wrote:Aing mean , you yourself... Depend on the context.
Eg: Jamie: where will we go?
Samouth: srej tei Jamie aing ! ( it's up to you)
If he could say that, oh gosh, many girls would throwing themselves into him as it is really cool to say and it is really how local speak khmer.

Hehe it also depends on the girl...my gf would say this and then I started using it and she would just look at me with the eyes that mean...Be a man make the decision. So use it with sparingly, or with girls that don't know you speak khmer!

Post by **Jamie_Lambo** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:44 pm

Raybull wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote:
Samouth wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote:also must "Srej Tei [Name] Aing" must be used with a name or would "Srej Tei Aing" be sufficient? or maybe "Srej Tei Oun/Bong Aing" ??
Yes it is good to put the name. For example the girl you are hanging out named Bopha.

Bopha: Bong Jamie tov na yub nis?

Jamie: Srej tei bopha aing or srej tei Klun aing ( this one is really cool to say and make you feel close with each other) the detail will be in the sound clip. I will have a thread about meaning of Cambodian name. Only girl name will be allowed to post on that thread lol
ok cool, "yub nis" what this part mean? i dont have these words in my notes, i know "tov" = go & "na" = where so i know you are basically saying "jamie where you want to go?" but i dont have the yub nis in my notes/dictionary, could you explain these words please

also the word Klun, i am interested in this word
Yup nis means tonite, can also say yup neng.
Kloun eng means by yourself, kloun means self.

spot on thanks, yeah that would explain why i see it a lot (friends on facebook etc)
and brilliant thanks mate!

Post by **Jamie_Lambo** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:55 pm

what would be the common/informal way of saying "what are you doing?" or "[Kanha] what are you doing?"
like how in england we say casually... "what are you up to?" which means the same thing but obviously wont work here

Mr. Yan · Post by **Mr. Yan** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 7:40 am

Ok, it's all making sense now, but just so I've got it clear...

If I say "I know myself" it would be knyom dung klun aing, but if I want to say "he knows his self" it would be koeot dung klun aing???

Right

?

Mr. Yan · Post by **Mr. Yan** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 7:45 am

Jamie, I think the quickest, shortest "what are you doing, what are you up to?" would be twer aye, (do what?). It's what I always use, but that doesn't mean it's correct though. Haha

prahkeitouj · Post by **prahkeitouj** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 8:37 am

You are right,Mr. Yan!

Samouth · Post by **Samouth** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:08 pm

Hey Mr Yan. You are right and you seem to be a fast learner as well so our effort is not useless. Feel free to ask.

Post by **Jamie_Lambo** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 5:44 pm

Mr. Yan wrote:Jamie, I think the quickest, shortest "what are you doing, what are you up to?" would be twer aye, (do what?). It's what I always use, but that doesn't mean it's correct though. Haha

yeah youre right i just confirm with my friend ... "ter nak tver ey" or just "tver ey" for short (which is what i was after)

ter - question particle
nak - you
tver - do/doing
avei - what

"ey ke" can someone explain this a bit more, to my understanding it kind of means like "What??"....

Mr. Yan · Post by **Mr. Yan** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 8:53 pm

Thanks guys. I appreciate your effort very much, for me they are not wasted at all. This helps me a lot, sometimes the people that I normally ask don't quite know the English word for what I'm asking. You guys haven't let me down yet. I have lots more questions, but I'll just ask them one by one so nobody gets annoyed.

Mr. Yan · Post by **Mr. Yan** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 9:04 pm

Jamie, I think the equivalent to "ey ke" would be an informal "what?", or more specifically like the English word "huh?" For example if I didn't hear or understand you sitting next to you at a bar I might say "huh?" between us, but I wouldn't say "huh?" to someone in a more respectful or formal setting. I think this is true for "ey ke". Once again though, probably good to double check.

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