Doh... Wish i wasnt so old bc it would have been a lot easier in my youth..." I am 75 and share your frustrations. Even though I have been been living rurally for nigh on 20 years and hence circumstances have obliged me to pick up the local lingo, I remember how easily my other 3 foreign langu...

Hi, I hope it is OK to start a topic where I and other beginning learners of Khmer can ask questions. Like: At the noodle shop, how do you say "dine in/take away"? I invented "nyam tini/yok tng" but how do you really say it? One guy taught me "cheroo tng" for take away...

I also look for a way to address the most obnoxious tuk-tuk drivers in the tourist areas. When the third guy in the group asks the same question and calls me brother/friend I reply Thngai ni ort traukae, bong. But what can I exchange bong for? It should absolutely not be rude, just intimate, as stu...

I also look for a way to address the most obnoxious tuk-tuk drivers in the tourist areas. When the third guy in the group asks the same question and calls me brother/friend I reply Thngai ni ort traukae, bong. But what can I exchange bong for? It should absolutely not be rude, just intimate, as stu...

I also look for a way to address the most obnoxious tuk-tuk drivers in the tourist areas. When the third guy in the group asks the same question and calls me brother/friend I reply Thngai ni ort traukae, bong. But what can I exchange bong for? It should absolutely not be rude, just intimate, as stup...

At the noodle shop, how do you say "dine in/take away"? In Khmer, the word for a take away food container is pro-op. If you dont know if they have take away, you can say: mian pro-op which is: have take away food container? If you want to take the food away, you can say: du(c) pro-op whic...

a-yi - aunt in Mandarin (maternal, I believe, but would not offend the paternal aunt either, to my experience), very common form of friendly address of women in China, also outside family, but not to officials, of course. I don't know Cantonese but linguists say its tones are related to Thai. Listen...

i think ee i think is short for Yeay - Grandmother? and used to address an elderly woman, its not really a word i use though, unless im talking about my own grandparents, im always a bit cautious addressing older folk in case they take offense lol i limit myself to Pu, Ming, Om and Om Srey I only k...

if it works for you bro, i've never got too technical with my noodles tbh, there are some more specific terms but given the choice i'm not usually fussed what sort of noodles, i just normally say anything other than the packet noodles Got a little to deep into the noodles ... :stir: Not even hotel ...

Mii is used for both Egg Noodles and instant noodles... Mii means Noodle, Mii Kanhjap - Packet Noodles, Mii Chha - Fried Noodles, Mii Sup - Noodle Soup, Mii Sua - Thin Noodles, Mii Ka Tang - Flat Noodles, the main noodles that have a different name are the "Lort Chha" Noodles which look l...