Favourite sayings or expressions too get a response?
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Have you tried to say hello? It works pretty good for me. Responses include:
- Ha a u
- Helloooooo
- How long Jew stay Cambodia
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Re: Favourite sayings or expressions too get a response?
okay, lol. my wife and I are laughing right now trying to figure out the "reng" part. My wife feels as though I should pronounce it as "leang"? as in "I cleaned my dick, time for action", is that correct?
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Re: Favourite sayings or expressions too get a response?
I meant the word “hard”, but there is no letter in english to write that vowel so i wrote “e” thereRavensnest wrote: ↑Sun Nov 17, 2019 6:58 pmokay, lol. my wife and I are laughing right now trying to figure out the "reng" part. My wife feels as though I should pronounce it as "leng"? as in "I cleaned my dick", is that correct?
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gotcha on the vowel. you know how they like to shower before sex here, my wife got a kick out of what I said to her. An out of the blue- I cleaned my pecker, let's go...hunter8 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 17, 2019 7:02 pmI meant the word “hard”, but there is no letter in english to write that vowel so i wrote “e” thereRavensnest wrote: ↑Sun Nov 17, 2019 6:58 pmokay, lol. my wife and I are laughing right now trying to figure out the "reng" part. My wife feels as though I should pronounce it as "leng"? as in "I cleaned my dick", is that correct?
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Re: Favourite sayings or expressions too get a response?
I joke with Cambodians a lot, and we normally have a lot of fun. But something which might be funny in one situation, might not be funny in another.
Recently I spent a fair bit of time with two fun loving sisters.
One of the girls asked me a question, where the answer was too difficult to explain.
So I said ពីព្រោះ (pee proo) which means because.
After that, when someone would ask a question, she would say ពីព្រោះ (pee proo).
After that happened a few times, someone asked me a question. I said បីព្រោះ (bai proo).
ពីរ (pee) is 2 (the រ is silent). បី (bai) is 3.
So instead of ពីព្រោះ (pee proo) 2 ព្រោះ (2 proo), it was 3 ព្រោះ (3 proo) (bai proo).
She had a good laugh. After that when someone asked a question she would say 3 ព្រោះ (3 proo) (bai proo).
As I said, in a different situation, it might not be funny.
Recently I spent a fair bit of time with two fun loving sisters.
One of the girls asked me a question, where the answer was too difficult to explain.
So I said ពីព្រោះ (pee proo) which means because.
After that, when someone would ask a question, she would say ពីព្រោះ (pee proo).
After that happened a few times, someone asked me a question. I said បីព្រោះ (bai proo).
ពីរ (pee) is 2 (the រ is silent). បី (bai) is 3.
So instead of ពីព្រោះ (pee proo) 2 ព្រោះ (2 proo), it was 3 ព្រោះ (3 proo) (bai proo).
She had a good laugh. After that when someone asked a question she would say 3 ព្រោះ (3 proo) (bai proo).
As I said, in a different situation, it might not be funny.
## I thought I knew all the answers, but they changed all the questions. ##
Re: Favourite sayings or expressions too get a response?
When you joke around, normally around 95% of people may think it is funny, and maybe 5% may not get the joke.
A common Khmer saying is: ចេះ មក ពី រៀន មាន មក ពី រក
Which means: To know how to comes from learning. To have comes from earning.
I sometimes say: ចេះ មក ពី រៀន មិន ចេះ មក ពី ខ្ជិល រៀន
Which means: To know how to comes from learning. To not know how to comes from being lazy to learn.
Occasionally, Cambodians with a sense of humour may say: ចេះ មក ពី រៀន មាន មក ពី បោក
Which means: To know how to comes from learning. To have comes from scamming.
Or: ចេះ មក ពី រៀន មាន មក ពី លួច
Which means: To know how to comes from learning. To have comes from stealing.
Yes, Cambodians know there is a fair bit of scamming and stealing in Cambodia, and some will joke about it.
One I made up, and often tell students: ឆ្លាត មក ពី ខំ រៀន ល្ងង់ មក ពី ខ្ជិល រៀន
Which means: To be intelligent comes from putting a lot of effort into learning. To be dumb comes from being lazy to learn.
On this forum, I often write the sound of Khmer words with English equivalent. But there are some words where you cant get the sound accurate with English letters.
A common Khmer saying is: ចេះ មក ពី រៀន មាន មក ពី រក
Which means: To know how to comes from learning. To have comes from earning.
I sometimes say: ចេះ មក ពី រៀន មិន ចេះ មក ពី ខ្ជិល រៀន
Which means: To know how to comes from learning. To not know how to comes from being lazy to learn.
Occasionally, Cambodians with a sense of humour may say: ចេះ មក ពី រៀន មាន មក ពី បោក
Which means: To know how to comes from learning. To have comes from scamming.
Or: ចេះ មក ពី រៀន មាន មក ពី លួច
Which means: To know how to comes from learning. To have comes from stealing.
Yes, Cambodians know there is a fair bit of scamming and stealing in Cambodia, and some will joke about it.
One I made up, and often tell students: ឆ្លាត មក ពី ខំ រៀន ល្ងង់ មក ពី ខ្ជិល រៀន
Which means: To be intelligent comes from putting a lot of effort into learning. To be dumb comes from being lazy to learn.
On this forum, I often write the sound of Khmer words with English equivalent. But there are some words where you cant get the sound accurate with English letters.
## I thought I knew all the answers, but they changed all the questions. ##
Re: Favourite sayings or expressions too get a response?
Mawt doy gerdoi gabai!
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pretty funny
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