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Cambodian for Beginners (Paperback)

by R.K. Gilbert (Author), S. Hang (Author)
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  • Paperback: 292 pages
  • Publisher: Paiboon Publishing,Thailand (14 Sep 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1887521356
  • ISBN-13: 978-1887521352
  • Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.5 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great starting place to learn Khmer- but make sure you get the CDs as well, 15 Feb 2007
This review is from: Cambodian for Beginners (Audio CD)
I bought this book and CD set because I had been impressed with the 3 part Thai course from the same publisher. The Cambodian for beginnners follows the same format with the lessons split into Vocab lists, Grammar and learning to read and write the alien Khmer alphabet.

First I should say that I bought the book and 3 CD set and must recommend that anyone new to Khmer MUST have the CDs to effectively learn the course. Without hearing the natives speak the words you really are making things difficult for yourself as its impossible to accurately transcribe phonetically.

Now Khmer, although it looks simliar to Thai, is in fact easier to learn, mainly because unlike Thai, it is NOT a tonal language which means the pronounciation is not so critical and one word doesn't mean five different things like in Thai!

However, this brings us to the only problem I have with this course: As beginners, we cannot read Khmer script, so the authors must create Phonetic words for us to read and learn, but they have made things unnecessarily difficult by using a bizarre sytem throughout that requires you to learn their particular symbols such as upside down letters. Its hard to explain, but its non-intuitive and adds a needless level of ambiguity and complexity.

But! all is not lost because I found that it is easy to write your own phonetic alongside the Khmer word as you go through the lessons. I know that this sounds a lot of work- but its far easier than you think as there are only a couple of hundred words, and with this problem corrected I found the learning improved.

Each lesson starts with the American saying an English word once then the Khmer speaker saying the Khmer word once. Then there is a gap where I guess you should practice saying the word yourself, and so on. The main points of grammar are introduced gradually alongside example sentences and conversations between a Khmer man and woman. The native speakers appear to talk at full speed which adds realism and soon you will be looking back at early lessons and realising the progress you have made.

Despite the phonetic problem with the book, I highly recommend this course. Even in the dearth of Cambodian language books, it stands out as the best. I hope that Poomsam Becker publishers come out with an advanced Cambodian course which I would buy without hesistation.
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3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars can't stand it, 30 Dec 2007
This review is from: Cambodian for Beginners (Audio CD)
After having learned to read and speak thai from 'teach your self thai, David Smyth' i thought that khmer would be an good second language and plumped for this course. I am writing this review 6months later, It's not really a review because i have not decided to use the course because i hate it,the reasons are because firstly the khmer music played all the way through is so somber that it immediatley puts me in a deflated mood and like any music or noise that you have to listen to over and again can quickly become tiresome,imagine having to listen to a friends CD collection over and again you'll want to kill yourself. Secondly i am not a fan of americans and the sound of this narrators voice is so boring it's unreal. Thirdly the spacing between when the khmer speaker and the american speaker saying the vocab words leads to major confusion for me. For example the khmer girl will say a khmer word and the american will say the word in english afterwards,but the gap between is so long insome instances that you think to your self has the american started a new word now and is the khmer following or what.
The course lacks the energy and clearness that 'Teach your self thai' has . So i feel i have wasted my money here i cannot in way understand why the publishers decided to use this guy as a narrator when there are so many other choices,such as a english speaking khmer national for example. What a wasted opportunity
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