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Acknowledgments
Cover Image Credits
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
1.1 Informal Conversation
1.2 Formal Conversation
1.3 The First 16 Consonants
1.4 The Question Words for "What" and "Where"
1.5 Key Vocabulary and Useful Expressions
2.1 Review from Chapter I
2.2 Conversation: I Am a Teacher
2.3 Subject Pronouns with Verb "to be" in Khmer
2.4 Negative Formers: "ɔt...dtee" and "mən...dtee"
2.5 Conversation: Addressing People in Cambodia
2.6 Combination of Consonants and Combination of Consonants with Diacritic “់”
2.7 Tell Us More About Yourself
2.8 Key Vocabulary and Useful Expressions
3.1 Review from Chapter II
3.2 Khmer Numbers 1–100
3.3 The First and Second Series of Consonants
3.4 Family Relationships
3.5 Conversation: How Many Siblings Do You Have?
3.6 Question Word: Bpon-maan “How many?”
3.7 Introduction to Khmer Vowels
3.8 Possessive Adjective and Apostrophe + "s" ('s)
3.9 Key Vocabulary and Useful Expressions
4.1 Review from Chapter III
4.2 What Time Is It in Phnom Penh?
4.3 The Abbreviations "a.m." and "p.m." in Khmer
4.4 Conversation: What Time Does Your Khmer Class Start?
4.5 Vowel Symbols: ា/ ាំ/ោ/ៅ
4.6 Conversation: What Is Your Phone Number?
4.7 Vowel Symbols: ី/ ី/ ឹ/ ឺ
4.8 The Combination of Consonants and Vowels
4.9 Key Vocabulary and Useful Expressions
5.1 Review from Chapter IV
5.2 Time and Date
5.3 Do You Know?
5.4 Vowel Symbols: ៀ/ ឿ/ េះ/ ោះ
5.5 Numbers 100–1,000,000
5.6 Vowel Symbols: ំ/ ុំ/ ះ/ ុះ
5.7 Key Vocabulary and Useful Expressions
6.1 Review from Chapter V
6.2 Time Expressions
6.3 Conversation: I Taught Khmer in the U.S.
6.4 The Demonstrative Adjective Nih "This"
6.5 Vowel Sounds with First and Second Series
6.6 Key Vocabulary and Useful Expressions
7.1 Review from Chapter VI
7.2 Conversation: I Want to Be a Teacher Too
7.3 Sub-consonants
7.4 Conversation: I Do Not Like This Job Very Much
7.5 When I Was a Child. . .
7.6 "Used to" + Infinitive
7.7 Key Vocabulary and Useful Expressions
8.1 Review from Chapter VII
8.2 Conversation: He Is Available This Afternoon
8.3 Conjunctions in Khmer: ហើយ “and”, ប៉ុន្តែ “but”, and អ៊ីចឹង “so”
8.4 Conversation: Can I Speak to Mr. Saan?
8.5 The Diacritics “ ៊” and “ ៉”
8.6 Making Appointments with a Government Official
8.7 Key Vocabulary and Useful Expressions
Appendix I: Translation of Conversations and Audio Scripts
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