Astronomy geek here, one of the craters on Venus was named Sovadi but I can't find the name on any name lists, and I'd like to know what Sovadi means-or of it's not a name at all!

Another crater was named Nuon which I am finding on name lists with the meaning "soft and tender." Is any of that accurate?

So my bfs name is Sethik and we are wondering how to properly pronounce his name and what it means. He was adopted so we have no way of knowing what it actually means or how to say it. Any help is greaaatly appreciated!

Hey all,

I have been busy with learning some khmer lately and while watching a video (https://youtu.be/rxMbA10G510) around the 10-min mark I noticed the person writing a sign after a word (កក: residue) but I don't know what that sign means. Can any of you explain it to me? Thanks in advance!

Can someone explain these four diacritic marks to me?

https://preview.redd.it/5fu7o0dl91881.png?width=210&format=png&auto=webp&s=3a229b89a746e2014449607f18c0bc1b0c836d79

How is the name “Kou Roun” spelled in khmer script? It’s for an investigation on the history of Cambodia under Sihanouk.

Hi everyone

I'm from Melbourne, Australia and grew up in a Cambodian family. I however can't speak the language, but I would like to learn it now in order to (1) Improve communication with my family & (2) I have more time to learn it now as I was busy with university work.

I am planning to use flashcards like Quizlet and ANKI to memorise new vocabulary, plus I also want to use the Ling language app (Available on multi-platforms). There are also some good Youtube videos for learning Khmer (e.g. KhmerLesson)

If there are any other suggestions or helpful resources on learning Khmer, please don't hesitate to comment.

Hi guys, what does "Nh sl nek" mean? idk how the romanization work with this one

បម្រាបសួរ

Why does the word for "scorpion" ខ្យាដំរី have the word for "elephant" ដំរី in it? If it is just a coincidence, what is the etymology of ខ្យាដំរី?

Thanks!

I would like to relearn Khmer and I think a good place to start for me would be the natural language approach, using input to pick it up again. Does anyone have recommendations for shows or films in Khmer? Even if they're not that good, anything helps. Thank you in advance.

For context, I used to speak it fluently having been born and raised in Cambodia, but I forgot it due to moving away young and not continuing. I've found that trying to learn khmer the traditional way, such as with Latin spelling, has felt really unnatural and bad since once I learned it before I could read, and went straight to script. I'm mentioning this on the off chance someone has had a similar situation :)

My fiancé spent two years in the Peace Corp in Cambodia. During this time, she became very close with her host family. I am trying to plan a small surprise for her and I was wondering if anyone in this sub might be able to help me translate a few phrases/sentences so I can communicate with her host family. If you are able and game to help, please DM me. Thanks in advance for your help!

Just as English has "umm", "ahh", "hmm", "well", "like", and the rest, I'm wondering if there are any common filler words or sounds in Khmer?

សួស្ដីអ្នកទាំងអស់គ្នា!! I’m a native Khmer speaker so I don’t really need help with anything related to the language. Anyway, as you may already know; most Cambodians don’t use the Khmer script, but rather the Latin script to write Khmer on social media. Having been a language enthusiast, I can say with confidence that the scripts are what makes languages interesting; so, writing Khmer that way still baffles me to this day. I mean we have our own script so why not use it? It makes the texts look a lot more organized and appealing (than gibberish). Finally, here’s the question: What are your thoughts on this?

I don't fully understand the audio I have for this sentence. It goes "mian samnua an?" (or "at"?) . I understand the first two words, មាន​សំណូរ,​ but what is the last one?

Thx!

Hey guys,

Is there a website or something that teaches us the correct way of spelling Khmer? I’ve seen so many people writing words differently using different letters like ប៉ុណ្ណឹង and ប៉ុននឹង, អោយ and ឱ្យ, etc. I want to be able to spell Khmer the proper way and not destroying its originality.

Thanks!

Do any of you know any resources just briefly describing the use of intonation in Khmer? (or could give a brief description)

I often find when talk with my language exchange partner that I'm waiting for him to continue when he has actually finished. Leads to a bit of confusion.

The David Symth version: https://www.amazon.com/Colloquial-Cambodian-Routledge-Colloquials-Audio/dp/041545302X

Or the Chhany Sak-Humphry version: https://www.amazon.com/Colloquial-Cambodian-Complete-Course-Beginners/dp/0415524075

or Both?

Hello everyone. Is there a discord server where we can practice Khmer? Maybe we can start one if there isn't one already?

Hi guys,

I'm designing a tattoo that has "Life is moments" written in the centre in Khmer.

At the moment I have ជីវិតគឺជាពេលវេលា. Would this correctly convey the phrase "life is moments" or "life is moments in time"?

Thank you so much for your help.

Hi im looking to get a tattoo in Khmer since I lived in Cambodia and it means a lot to me! Would it be correct to get Sabay tattood written like សប្បាយ to mean happiness?

Thanks for the help!

Hi everyone,

I’m starting to learn Khmer, and I was wondering what are the reading rules for separating words within a sentence? Since there are no spaces between words in written Khmer like there are in written English, how do you know where a word begins and ends? I know there must be some type of consonant-vowel pattern, but I can’t seem to find anything concrete online. Any help would be appreciated, and if there are any resources you could provide that would be great!

Thanks so much :)

Hello! I was advised to check with a Khmer professional to help me translate a Garuda sakyant i received from an Ajarn while traveling in Europe. I didn't wish to bother the Ajarn with the exact translation, and I regret to not have asked before as I would really like to honor the Yant by understanding it.

I hope it's not rude to ask, I would truly appreciate the help in translation of it

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Thank you enormously, this means a lot--

So I have a new coworker that is Cambodian. He was taking an esl class at a local college but due to covid classes are no longer in session. I suggested Duolingo bud didn’t realize that the was not options for khmer speakers to learn English . I was wondering if there was an app where he could learn English

ពួកគេធ្លាប់បានចាប់ផ្តើមបីម៉ោងមកហើយ។

Im​ trying to understand the grammar in this sentence. What is ធ្លាប់​ 's use in this? And I think I get មក​ហើយ​ but wouldn't mind having it spelled out if someone would be so kind.

​Here's the full sentence for context ពួកគេនៅតែដើរទិញអីវ៉ាន់ ទោះបីពួកគេធ្លាប់បានចាប់ផ្តើមបីម៉ោងមកហើយ។

My friend is looking for a good Khmer keyboard for windows 10. A while ago I added (I believe) the Khmer language to her laptop from windows language settings, but she said it's not that good.

She was mentioning Khmer Unicode and looking at this site (http://www.cambodia.org/fonts/) but that site seems out of date and not sure if safe.

She has a Khmer keyboard on her iphone which works well. Wondering what people here use on a windows 10 computer.

Thanks.

Hey guys, I have several questions about Khmer,

1. When you talk about someone, do you say គាត់​+ the name or only គាត់? Also when you want to talk about "this guy" in the street, what do you say? នីះ បុរស​គាត់​ជា...?
2. How do you express past tense in khmer?
3. How do you ask a "where" question?

I have come across this accent quite a few times but I can't really understand what it stands for. For example in the word chicken - សាច់មាន់ it is there twice and I don't understand why it has no effect on the first syllable while on the second it completely changes the sound from [mean] to [moan]