Learning to SAy the Khmer Consonants
Now we are going to learn how to say all the Khmer consonants.
Once we know how to say the consonants we are ready to write them.
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Cheat Sheet: English Spelling closest to the sound |
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| GAR("neck" in Khmer) | KAR(say "car" with "K") | GOR(AL Gore) | KOR("earth's core" with "K" sound) | NGOR(say "NG" then add "OR") |
| JAR | CHAR | JOR | CHOR | NYOR |
| DAR | TAR | DOR | TO | NAR |
| DTAR("to connect" in Khmer) | TAR(again) | DTOR("a shelf" in Khmer) | TOR | NOR |
| BAR (a place to drink beer) | PAR (as in "parameter") | BPOR("to hold a baby" in Khmer) | POR (as in "pour" the milk) | MOR |
| YOR as in "your" | RORas in roar of a lion | LOR | WOR | SAR(color "white" in Khmer) |
| HAR | LAR | AR(as in "are") |
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