One Cambodian idiom

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Re: One Cambodian idiom

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StroppyChops wrote: Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:31 pm
taabarang wrote: Tue Jun 13, 2017 1:59 pm I wrote a long explanation of this and dramatically related issues which disappeared into the point internet ether. So here is the short version.

In these commands in Khmer the verb for to be plays no role. Thus

stupid=pleu
rude= chhloeui

Simply add Kom +adjective.
Kom pleu! Don't be stupid!

That is how the commands are rendered into Khmer, at least in my village.

No hijacking involved bro.
Thanks taa

Help on pronouncing chhloeui please?
Personally i'd write ឈ្លើយ as Chhlery... Chh-Ler-y.... the "Chh" the same as in "Chair" the "er" the same as in "her" and the "y" as "ey"
you can here it being pronounced here at 20 seconds mate


and the same with ភ្លើ... id write that as Pler,
you can here it being pronounced a number of times in the video, firstly at 8seconds and 20seconds



the "er" vowel is the same on both words, some people write it "eu" because the r sound is flat(in the musical sense), but to an English tongue its not an obvious translation,
the only time i dont spell that vowel like that is for the word ហើយ,
Khmers spell it Hery, using the "er" but to me it doesnt sound right,
so i spell it Hauy, most English speakers would probably write Howie or something
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Re: One Cambodian idiom

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Brilliant, thanks Punchy.
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StroppyChops wrote: Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:46 pm Brilliant, thanks Punchy.
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