Comments on: Lazily learning the Khmer language

By: Fabien

Fabien — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 06:35:41 +0000

Hi Marissa,
Out of curiosity, to which school have you been taking your classes ?
Thanks

By: Geoff Gerster

Geoff Gerster — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 05:08:53 +0000

I would love to go �鶹��ýӳ�� one day, I find Khmer a beautiful and mysterious language, especially to my ears. Just started to try….try to learn some phrases. I really like it a lot! Khnom jol-jet wia nass!
Charlotte…I enjoyed your story about Phsar Kandal market!! Jum reap leah.

By: Charlotte Louise

Charlotte Louise — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:59:02 +0000

Keep at it Marissa! I’ve been in Cambodia coming on three years now and I speak Khmer fluently. I learned most of my Khmer while getting my hair done in the Phsar Kandal market. I would listen intently to the Khmer and Vietnamese women chattering. I also used a trick of answering ‘Jah’ to almost anything anybody would ask me, even if I didn’t understand. It would sometimes mean I got my nails painted some ghastly colour or I’d end up with an exaggerated side part. But I used them all as invaluable lessons, stores up what I learned and used it on my next visit. I now run a small tutoring company in Siem Reap called Speak Out Tutors, I teach all aspects on English and even Khmer conversation. Good luck with you studies, and look forward to not only being able to have great conversations with anybody but also being introduced to another world of music, comedy and way of explaining the world :)