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Learn Basic Cambodian Volume I

The Cambodian Basic Volume I course examines two different Cambodian dialects: Standard Cambodian and the Phnom Penh dialect. Standard Cambodian is the approved speech for public education and mass communications. Of all the Cambodian dialects, it corresponds most closely to the writing system. The Phnom Penh dialect is spoken in the country's capital city. It differs sharply from the Standard Cambodian in pronunciation but is similar in other aspects being familiar with both styles of speech will enable students to speak and understand the language better.

Volume I contains Units 1 through 45 and comes with 19 CD's and a 454 page textbook or 1 DVD with audio on MP3 and textbook in a PDF file.

The material of the course is arranged in groups of five units with a common theme. The first four units of each sequence are based on Dialogues, usually in the Phnom Penh dialect, and the fifth is based on a Narration, in Standard Cambodian , which reviews the immediately preceding subject matter. The text for Units 1 -20 is entirely in standard style. From Unit 21 on, most of the text is given in Phnom Penh dialect, but a parallel Standard version of each Dialogue is provided in the Dialogue for Comrehension. Vocabulary lists include both forms wherever there is a difference.

Unit 1 - Classroom expressions

Unit 2 - Please say it again. Khmer is easy to learn.

Unit 3 - Open books to page three, the yellow book. Numbers and colors

Unit 4 - The word "learn"

Unit 5 - Narration

Unit 6 - Questions and answers in Cambodian

Unit 7 - Answer my question

Unit 8 - Khmer is hard to learn

Unit 9 - Discussing the difficulties of writing in Khmer

Unit 10 - Narration

Unit 11 - Classroom objects like a pencil, book, pictures

Unit 12 - Discussing the map of Cambodia

Unit 13 - Numbers and colors

Unit 14 - Making comparisons

Unit 15 - Discussing classroom objects

Unit 16 - Numbers and colors.

Unit 17 - Comparisons: Smallest and Largest

Unit 18 - Describing the picture of the flag

Unit 19 - Dialogue

Unit 20 - Counting

Unit 21 - Greetings: Hello, how are you?

Unit 22 - Is she Cambodian?

Unit 23 - Is your family in Phnom Penh?

Unit 24 - What's your name?

Unit 25 - Where did you study Cambodian?

Unit 26 - How are your children?

Unit 27 - Discussing the house

Unit 28 - Invitation to eat

Unit 29 - Car breaks down

Unit 30 - Narration

Unit 31 - Directions to the restaurant

Unit 32 - Directions to the post office

Unit 33 - Where would you like to go?

Unit 34 - Going to Angkor Wat on the weekend

Unit 35 - How far is Angkor Wat from Siem Riap?

Unit 36 - Plan to rent a boat

Unit 37 - Are we about to arrive in Phnom Penh?

Unit 38 - I want to buy a ticket to Poipet

Unit 39 - My car won't start the battery is run down

Unit 40 - Narration

Unit 41 - Buying cloth for a suit

Unit 42 - Do you know any soothsayers

Unit 43 - At the barber

Unit 44 - Are you a soldier? Where are you from? What rank are you?

Unit 45 - Narration: Going to the market and shopping