Learning Khmer (Basic)

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Learning Khmer (Basic)

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Hi All, Any advice for learning basic Khmer online? Favourite Youtube sites or other online resources.
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No, I can't say that I have an online Khmer resource but please post here if you find something worthy, thank you. A lot of us here might be interested.
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ebz wrote: Sun Aug 29, 2021 5:57 am Hi All, Any advice for learning basic Khmer online? Favourite Youtube sites or other online resources.
Try this guy

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There are hundreds on youtube ! I subbed a few .
There are links with instructions here on CEO !
… also on myface , i even got a stack of cool books delivered from one of them
… but since i can’t learn it they must be all bad .

I think it’s a weird language and they should change it all together or just switch and speak thai here
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The teacher guy Doc sent in is really good, a tad bit Yuon looking for a Khmer teacher but he's quite good, his pronunciation is easy for me to copy.
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pissontheroof wrote: Sun Aug 29, 2021 8:15 am
I think it’s a weird language and they should change it all together or just switch and speak thai here
You should tell them that. Please film it and post the outcome here.
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https://www.khmerlessons.com/ do Skype/Zoom lessons for a not unreasonable price.
You get a free short trial lesson and if you don’t click with the teacher you can just pick another without any trouble.
Also unlike a lot of language schools I’ve used over the years, they don’t have hidden fees for teaching materials etc so the price on their list is the price you pay.
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Herr Nerdlinger,
What is the pricing ? Other details ? Effective in your case?

thank you
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bossho wrote: Sun Aug 29, 2021 5:47 pm Herr Nerdlinger,
What is the pricing ? Other details ? Effective in your case?

thank you
On the website you'll see it's 100$ for ten lessons if you study alone.

The written English of most teachers is pretty bad to be honest. They're lucky Khmer grammar is a lot easier than English grammar :stir:
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When I came to Cambodia in 2009 I went to the nearest highschool and asked the director if I could talk to some of his English teachers. I asked them if they were willing to teach me Khmer, picked one, and studied one hour a day for a about one and a half years. I paid 2$ per hour if I remember correctly, but 2009 was a different era. At least it feels like a different era.

I am not fluent now, far from, but my Khmer is more than enough to manage daily life by myself.

For me, face to face learning is much more efficient than online.
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