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nanalan
What are some famous or not famous Khmer sayings?
yougottaknow
"jak tirk ler kbal dtear" is equivalent to saying "go in one ear and out the other"
Natein
QUOTE (yougottaknow @ Aug 18 2010, 05:24 PM) *
"jak tirk ler kbal dtear" is equivalent to saying "go in one ear and out the other"

pour water over your ear? I thought it was something like "cho chaheang cheng chaheang"

"manuerh kaeng chamuay kakoot chaeh knuerp chamuay dtaiy saooey"
yougottaknow
"jak tirk ler kbal dtear"=pour water over a duck's head is equivalent to saying "go in one ear and out the other" because when you pour water over a duck's head, the water does not stick to its head (the words said to a person does not stick)...

btw ear in khmer is "tro-jiek" (jak tirk ler tro-jiek embarassedlaugh.gif) which totally does not make sense

and sorry, I don't understand your khmer-lish...

here's another one:

"tver bonn ban bonn, tver baab ban baab"= "do merit, get merit, do sin get sin" which basically comes close to the English equivalent of saying "what goes around comes around"
evergreen
ooooo, there's a rhyme but can't remember how it goes, something about who farts loud is fine but who farts silent is deadly...lol
nanalan
QUOTE (evergreen @ Aug 27 2010, 04:58 AM) *
ooooo, there's a rhyme but can't remember how it goes, something about who farts loud is fine but who farts silent is deadly...lol


Haha. Are you serious? Deadly as in it's bad for them? laugh.gif
Oh, are there any sayings about your family?
evergreen
QUOTE (nanalan @ Aug 28 2010, 12:33 PM) *
Haha. Are you serious? Deadly as in it's bad for them? laugh.gif
Oh, are there any sayings about your family?


I found it! it goes like this:

na powm l-euh ke te-ak
na powm le-ak ke jair

English trans:
who farts loud, others will kick you
who farts secretly, others will swear at you

it's sounds better in khmer embarassedlaugh.gif
yougottaknow
QUOTE (evergreen @ Sep 1 2010, 04:41 AM) *
I found it! it goes like this:

na powm l-euh ke te-ak
na powm le-ak ke jair

English trans:
who farts loud, others will kick you
who farts secretly, others will swear at you

it's sounds better in khmer embarassedlaugh.gif


never heard that one before...embarassedlaugh.gif
yougottaknow
anymore funny khmer sayings?
Fatimasiddd
excellent, appreciate your sahring these types of

planet baby
KhmerBoi
Ber Min sjoh Kom arv chkea Orr mean if you are not willing to poo do not make dog happy. (village dog eat human $hit)
bong'katt phleung huve der chuol mean u have made fire then u just leave. Sometime this we saying to girl friend when she made us feeling then she just left!!! icon_smile.gif
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