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Khmer for Russian-speakers

បានដាក់ប្រកាស ក្នុង Uncategorized ខែ តុលា 31, 2009 ដោយ samnangnah

Краткое пособие по кхмерскому языку:

Алфавит, правила чтения, базовые грамматические конструкции, местоимения, прилагательные, глаголы и тд.

http://www.muhranoff.travel.ru/khmer.htm

Modern Spoken Cambodian – Lesson 23

បានដាក់ប្រកាស ក្នុង Uncategorized ខែ តុលា 20, 2009 ដោយ samnangnah

LESSON 23. POST OFFICE AND BANK
[Tape 40]
A. DIALOGUE

១. ខ្ញុំ​ត្រូវ​ទៅ​ផ្សារ​ទិញ​ក្រដាស​សរសេរ​សំបុត្រ​ហើយនិង​ស្រោម​សំបុត្រ​ផង ។
២. ងនឯង សរសេរ​សំបុត្រ​ទៅ​សង្សារ​មែន​ទែ ?
៣. មិន​មែន​ទេ ខ្ញុំ​សរសេរ​ទៅ​ម៉ាក់ប៉ា​ឲ្យ​គាត់​ផ្ញើ​ប្រាក់​មក​ឲ្យ​ខ្ញុំ ។
៤. យី ស្លាប​ប៉ាកកា​នេះ​អស់​ទឹក​ខ្មៅ​ហើយ !
៥. ហ៊ី*ឯង​មាន​ទឹកខ្មៅ​ទេ ? ខ្ញុំ​សូម​បូម​បន្តិច ។
៦. ខ្ញុំ​គ្មាន​ទេ ម៉េចក៏​មិន​វាយ​តេឡេក្រាម​ទៅ ?
៧. ទៅ​តេឡេក្រាម​នៅ​ឯណា ?
៨. គេ​វាយ​តេឡេក្រាម​នៅ​ប្រៃសណីយដ្ឋាន ។
៩. អញ្ចឹងទៅ ។
១០. ខ្ញុំ​ចង់​ផ្ញើ​សំបុត្រ​នេះ​ទៅ​ស្រុក​បារាំង ។
១១. លោក​ផ្ញើ​តាម​កប៉ាល់ហោះ​ឬ​តាម​កប៉ាល់​ទឹក ?
១២. បាទ តាម​កប៉ាល់​ហោះ ។
១៣. លោក​ត្រូវ​បិទ​តែមប្រិ៍ ១៦ រៀល ។
១៤. លោក​ផ្ញើ​រ៉ឺកុម្មងដេ​ទេ ?
១៥. មិន​បាច់​ទេ សំបុត្រ​នេះ​ផ្ញើ​ទៅ​ពួកម៉ាក​ខ្ញុំ មិន​សំខាន់​ប៉ុន្មាន​ទេ ។
១៦. ផ្ញើ​កញ្ចប់​នេះ​ទៅ​ស្រុក​អាមេរិក​ថ្លៃ​ប៉ុន្មាន ?
១៧. ចំ​ខ្ញុំ​ថ្លឹន​មើល​សិន ។
១៨. ទម្ងន់ ២ គីឡូ​ ២០០ ក្រាម ។
១៩. សូម​លោក​បោះ​ត្រា​ប្រាប់​គេ​កុំ​ឲ្យ​បោះបោក​ខ្លាំង​ពេក ។
២០. ហើយ​ខ្ញុំ​ត្រូវការ​តែមប្រិ៍ ៥ រៀល ១០ នឹង​តែមប្រិ៍ ១០ រៀល​ ៥ ។
២១. ថ្លៃ​ទាំងអស់ ៣៥៨ រៀល ។
២២. ឥឡូវ​ខ្ញុំ​ត្រូវ​យក​ប្រាក់​ទៅ​ដាក់​បង់​សិន ។
២៣. ហី​ឯង​មាន​កុង​នៅ​បង់​ណា ?
២៤. នៅ​ធនាគារ​ជាតិ ។
២៥. អូ អញ្ចឹង​សន្សំ​លុយ​បាន​ច្រើន​ហើយ​មែន​ទេ ?
២៦. សន្សំ​ឯណា ? ស្ទើរ​តែ​រក​លុយ​ចាយ​មិន​គ្រាន់​ផង ។
២៧. អូ និយាយ​អញ្ចឹង ខ្ញុំ​មាន​សេក​មួយ​ខ្ញុំ​ចង់​យក​ទៅ​បើក​ដែរ ។
២៨. ទៅ​កន្លែង​នោះ​វិញ មនុស្ស​តិច​បន្តិច ។
២៩. ខ្ញុំ​ចង់​ដាក់​ប្រាក់​ ១០០០ ក្នុង​កុង​ខ្ញុំ ។
៣០. នេះ​ប្រកាន់​ដៃ ។
៣១. ខ្ញុំ​ចង់​បើក​សេក​នេះ ។
៣២. សូម​លោក​ស៊ីញេ​ឈ្មោះ​សិន ។
៣៣. ហើយ​ខ្ញុំ​ត្រូវការ​សេក​មួយ​ក្បាល​ទៀត ។
៣៤. អូ ខ្ញុំ​ភ្លេច​ដាក់​សំបុត្រ​នេះ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ប្រអប់​សំបុត្រ​ហើយ ។
៣៥. អញ្ចឹង​ទៅ​ប៉ុស្តិ៍​វិញ ។

Modern Spoken Cambodian – Lesson 22

បានដាក់ប្រកាស ក្នុង Uncategorized ខែ កញ្ញា 11, 2009 ដោយ samnangnah

Will get to posting the rest of these in due time. I’ll also be posting audio of just the dialogues with all the build-ups cut out for those who want to use them for listening practice.
As usual, words I wasn’t sure of are marked by an asterisk ( * ).

LESSON 22. AT THE HOSPITAL
[Tape 39]
A. DIALOGUE
១. ខ្ញុំ​មិន​ដឹង​ជា​កើត​អី​ទេ ចេះតែ​មិន​ស្រួល​ខ្លួន ។
២. ឈឺ​យ៉ាង​ម៉េច ?
៣. ខ្ញុំ​ក្ដៅ​ខ្លួន​ហើយនិង​ឈឺ​ក្បាល ។
៤. ប្រហែល​ជា​គ្រុន​ក្បាល ។
៥. លេប​ថ្នាំ​ពី​គ្រាប់​នេះ ហើយ​គេង​ទៅ ។
៦. ម៉េច គ្រាន់បើ​ហើយឬនៅ ?
៧. មិន​គ្រាន់បើ​ប៉ុន្មាន​ទេ ។
៨. យូរ ៗ ម្តង​ខ្ញុំ​ញ័រ​ខ្លួន​ហើយ​ក្តៅ​រងា ។
៩. អញ្ចឹង​ខ្ញុំ​ទៅ​រក​ហៅ​គ្រូពេទ្យ​សិន ។
១០. សូម​បៀម​ទែម៉ូម៉ែត្រ​នេះ​មើល ។
១១. យី លោក​គ្រុន​ខ្លាំង​ណាស់ ! មាន​កំដៅ​​ដល់​ទៅ ៤០ អង្សា ។
១២. ខ្ញុំ​នឹង​ចាក់​ថ្នាំគ្រុន​ជូន​លោក ។
១៣. រួច​ខ្ញុំ​ត្រូវ​បញ្ជូន​លោក​ឲ្យ​ទៅ​គេង​ពេទ្យ ។
១៤. នៅ​នោះ​មាន​ប្រដាប់​ប្រដា​គ្រប់​សព្វ​ទាំងអស់​សម្រាប់​ព្យាបាល​អ្នក​ជំងឺ ។
១៥. ម៉េច មាន​គ្រូពេទ្យ​មក​ពិនិត្យ​មើល​ហើយឬនៅ ?
១៦. បាទ គេ​ប្រាប់​ខ្ញុំ​ថា​ខ្ញុំ​ឈឺ​ជំងឺ​គ្រុនចាញ់ ។
១៧. អូ ជំងឺ​នោះ​មិន​ធ្ងន់​ប៉ុន្មាន​ទេ ។
១៨. ហ្នឹងហើយ តែ​បើ​មិន​មើល​ឲ្យ​ជា​ស្រឡះ អាច​បណ្តាល​ឲ្យ​ស្លាប់​ក៏មាន ។
១៩. សារិន​ឯង​មាន​ដែល​គេង​ពេទ្យ​ទេ ?
២០. ម្ដង​ដែរ កាល​ដែល​ខ្ញុំ​មាន​អាប៉ង់ឌិស៊ីត * ។
២១. មុន​ដំបូង គ្រាន់តែ​ចុក​ពស់​បន្តិច ។
២២. ហើយ​បន្ទាប់​មក ក៏​ចុក​ពស់​ខ្លាំង​ឡើង ហើយ​គ្រូ​ពេទ្យ​សម្រេច​វះ​កាត់​ភ្លាម ។
២៣. ពី​ម្សិលមិញ​មាន​មនុស្ស​ម្នាក់​ត្រូវ​គ្រោះ​ថ្នាក់​បុក​ឡាន ។
២៤. បាក់​ជើង​ហើយនិង​បែក​ក្បាល ហើយ​គេ​ប៉ង់ស្មង់​ពេញ​ទាំង​ខ្លួន ។
២៥. កាល​នៅ​ពី​តូច ខ្ញុំ​យក​ពូថៅ​ទៅ​កាប់​ដើមឃើ ប៉ុន្តែ​វា​ជ្រលួស​មក​ត្រូវ​ជង្គង់​វិញ ។?
២៦. ខ្ញុំ​ត្រូវ​ទៅ​ពេទ្យ​ឲ្យ​គេ​ដេរ​មុខ​របួស​ឲ្យ​ខ្ញុំ​ផង ។
២៧. មនុស្ស​ដេច​លើ​គ្រែ​នោះ​ឈើ​អី ?
២៨. បាទ មាន​ជម្ងឺ​មួល ដេក​ពេទ្យ​ពី​រអាទិត្យ​ហើយ ។
២៩. នៅ​កន្លែង​នេះ​មាន​អ្នក​ណា​កើត​ជម្ងឺ​អាសន្នរោក​ទេ ?
៣០. បាទ មាន តែ​អ្នក​ណា​មាន​រោក​ឆ្លាង​គេ​ឲ្យ​ទៅ​ដេក​តែ​ម្នាក់​ឯង ។
៣១. សារិន មិន​ស្រួល​ខ្លួន​ឬ បាន​ជា​ក្អក ?
៣២. បាទ ខ្ញុំ​គ្រាន់តែ​ផ្ដាសាយ​បន្តិច​បន្តួច​ទេ ។

Khmer Harry Potter!!!

បានដាក់ប្រកាស ក្នុង Uncategorized ខែ កញ្ញា 11, 2009 ដោយ samnangnah

For those who like to learn languages by reading parallel texts, a(n unofficial) Khmer translation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

សួស្ដីឆ្នាំថ្មី !

បានដាក់ប្រកាស ក្នុង Uncategorized ខែ មេសា 16, 2008 ដោយ samnangnah

a bit late, but oh well…hope you had a good one.

This blog was, not coincidentally, started around Cambodian New year last year, so it’s also our first “ anniversary” .

បង​ឯង​តើ ! អា​ប្រមឹក !

បានដាក់ប្រកាស ក្នុង Uncategorized ខែ កុម្ភៈ 8, 2008 ដោយ samnangnah

Thanks to all of you who sent e-mails and posted messages in this blog. No, I’m not abandoning it. Though I can’t promise I will be posting as often, I will try to come up with something new every now and then.

For now, an article about the increase in interest in the Khmer language in Thailand from KI Media:

Khmer studies becoming more popular
PHNOM PENH RIOTS FIVE YEARS LATER
Relations improve in wake of anti-Thai riots

Tuesday January 29, 2008
THANIDA TANSUBHAPOL
Bangkok Post

The riots in Phnom Penh five years ago that resulted in the Thai embassy being burned and rocked Thai business confidence in the country has not deterred Thai people from learning the Khmer language. Since the anti-Thai protests on Jan 29, 2003, Dhonburi Rajabhat University, which pioneered teaching Khmer, has seen more students applying for the course, according to university vice-president Prayoon Songsilp.

About 40 students enrol in the class each year, said the expert in the Khmer language, adding the number was higher than during the protest, which temporarily soured ties between the two countries. However, she did not reveal past records on the number of students.

Dhonburi Rajabhat University opened its Khmer language course in 1989. Now Silpakorn, Maha Sarakham and Si Sa Ket Rajabhat universities also offer students courses in the Khmer language in a bid to build closer relations between the countries.

For Thailand, one of the most jarring events in Thai-Cambodian relations in recent history happened on January 29, 2003. On that day hundreds of young Cambodians stormed the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh, broke into the compound and burned the building. The angry rioters then moved on to other Thai businesses in the area, looting and smashing property, prompting then prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to send C-130 military planes to evacuate Thai people living there.

The major cause of the protests came from a single misunderstanding of culture and history between the two countries. Actress Suwanan Kongying was accused of saying that Angkor Wat belonged to Thailand in a television show, something she later denied saying.

The incident showed a large gap in understanding between the two countries. One way to close that gap was to learn the language of Thailand’s neighbouring country.

” The Thai people should know all the languages of their neighbours, especially the Khmer due to many similarities in the cultures,” said Ms Prayoon.

Thai words used to address members of the Royal Family have their roots in the Khmer language, she said as an example.

Pajaree Phancharoen, 20, a second-year student at Silpakorn University’s archaeology faculty, said she had chosen to learn Khmer because she was interested in the language.

It is not difficult to learn to write Khmer because it is similar to the Thai language, but the pronunciation is different because it has more than 20 vowels, she added.

” I would like to become a tour guide because there are very few people who know the Khmer language. I want to know the Cambodian culture, way of life and food,’ ‘ she said.

Supachai Varoros, a fourth-year student at Dhonburi Rajabhat University’s education faculty, said he is taking up the course because his home province, Si Sa Ket, is adjacent to Cambodia.

” After I graduate, I will go back home to become a teacher because I got a scholarship to study. I chose to learn Khmer because I think I can use it more than Japanese, Chinese or English in my hometown,” he said.

” Language will be an important way of helping us understand and not look down on each other,” he added.

The situation now is different from in the past when only a few Thais knew the language of their neighbouring country.

The lack of Thai people speaking Khmer was reflected in an incident involving the navy when Cambodia was at war.

” The Royal Thai Navy, which patrolled along the border, got hold of some Khmer documents, but no navy officer could read the documents,” recalled Ms Prayoon.

After then-prime minister Chatichai Choonhavan launched a policy of turning the battlefield into a trading market in 1988, a lot of Thai businessmen flocked to Cambodia but knew nothing of the language, she said.

Those who knew how to speak Khmer made big money at the time when Thai businesses starting up in Cambodia needed people to translate contracts and agreements.

In addition to being translators, these Thais also had to turn themselves into teachers for the Thai businessmen and bankers who wanted to do business in Phnom Penh.

The demand for Khmer speakers led to a decision by Dhonburi Rajabhat University to open language courses to the public.

” Reporters or businessmen were among the 500 people in the first group who entered Phnom Penh, but they had to apply to join the course first,” she said.

She also taught the language to Thai diplomats being sent to Phnom Penh or those wanting to know Khmer since 1994.

However, the Khmer language is not highly popular compared with other languages in this region for Foreign Ministry officials.

Hiatus

បានដាក់ប្រកាស ក្នុង Uncategorized ខែ ធ្នូ 15, 2007 ដោយ samnangnah

I’m going to be away for a bit so there won’t be any updates for the next month or so.

In fact, I’ve been thinking about making this break more or less permanent, for several reasons:
1. I’ve had several busy periods where extra-curricular activities, including the study of Khmer, have fallen by the wayside;
2. I’m not in regular contact with Khmer speakers. No contact = no learning = no progress.
3. There frankly isn’t much of an audience for this blog, or this language in general;
4. See 1. and 2. Honestly, there are better, more knowledgeable people to pose as experts of this language.
5. See 1. and 2. Without regular study or exposure to the language, there isn’t much inspiration to write about it.

Nothing has been decided for sure and I may yet change my mind. In any case I will leave the blog online so that others may still benefit from it and perhaps be inspired to take it a step further.

French translation of Chuon Nath’s dictionary

បានដាក់ប្រកាស ក្នុង Uncategorized ខែ ធ្នូ 2, 2007 ដោយ samnangnah

Some old news from KI MEDIA via buddh•ism ad•junkt

(the same article in French here)

17-09-2007
By CS
Cambodge Soir
Translated from French by Luc Sâr

Following a long duration work, Father Rogatien Rondineau just completed the publication of his translation work of Samdech Chuon Nath’s classic dictionary.

11 years of work was needed to reach the finalization and the printing of this imposing 4,000-page and 2-volume work. This is the private translation of the official dictionary of Samdech Chuon Nath, the former supreme leader of the Mohanikay Buddhist sect in Cambodia (and who was also the author of Cambodia’s current national hymn). This work which dated from the 60s, is updated with the orthographic dictionary published by the National Language Institute in 2005.

This amazing work, led by Father Rogatien Rondineau of the Foreign Missions in Paris, is finally available to the public. Two collaborators, Mrs. Theresa Long Lean, and Mrs. Theresa Salay Sangkhum, insured the exceptional quality of the translation.

This dictionary is divided into 3 principal topics: museographic, academic and practical. It gives the public an access to an ancient reference dictionary which is now out of the oblivion. Several annotations also clarify the linguistic phenomena which are often obscure to the neophytes, in particular regarding the pronunciation. Finally, this tool brings to the novice readers a real knowledge of the language, and to the linguists, a testimonial on the evolution of the language.

Father Rogatien Rondineau was ordained a priest in 1954, he arrived in Cambodia in 1955. He was forced to leave Cambodia in 1975, when the Khmer Rouge occupied Phnom Penh. He restarted back his research works, and the continuation of this work in 1996. Following a stay in the US, he returned back to Cambodia in 1003 where he completed this amazing work which highlights the great perseverance of this researcher.

Khmer Live TV!!!

បានដាក់ប្រកាស ក្នុង Uncategorized ខែ តុលា 20, 2007 ដោយ samnangnah

From Sopheak’s blog


Here’s your chance to see what TV in Cambodia looks like:

http://www.kflivetv.com/

It’s free until November 26 so watch it while you can.

ស្រីសដូចសំឡីចេះនិយាយខ្មែរ!

បានដាក់ប្រកាស ក្នុង Uncategorized ខែ តុលា 20, 2007 ដោយ samnangnah

Is it starting to become trendy or what…more indie movies with Khmer-speaking barang:

(at 1:32)

ព្រោះ​ពេល​ខ្ញុំ​មក​ដល់ សង្សារ​ខ្ញុំ​បង្រៀន​ខ្ញុំ​និយាយ​ខ្មែរ
pruəh peel kñom môôk dâl sâŋsaa kñom bâŋriən kñom niyeay khmae

(because when I came my boyfriend/lover taught me to speak Khmer)

ការណាត់ជួបដ៏ល្អ (The Perfect Date):

ព្រះអើយ ខ្ញុំ​ជុះ​​អាចម៍​ដាក់​ខោ !

preəh əəy…kñom cuh ac daq khao!

(Oh my god! I just shit my pants!)