9.2 Sending Parcels from Cambodia

A large building with Khmer language and the words Cambodia post on the front
Phnom Penh Post Office © judithbluepool, 2013, CC BY-NC 2.0.

1. Pre-reading

Create a conversation based on the following questions.

  • មុនផ្ញើសំបុត្រ ឬឥវ៉ាន់នៅប្រៃសណីយ៍[1] គេត្រូវធ្វើអ្វីខ្លះ?[2]?
  • ជាធម្មតាផ្ញើកញ្ចប់មួយទៅប្រទេសអង់គ្លេសពីប្រទេសកម្ពុជាថ្លៃប៉ុន្មាន?
  • ត្រូវទិញតែមប្រិ៍តម្លៃប៉ុន្មាន?
  • ប៉ុន្មានថ្ងៃនឹងទៅដល់?

2. Reading

Then rearrange the following conversation and compare with the conversation you created. 

3. Post-reading

After reading, answer the following questions.

Record the conversation you have previously created during pre-reading section and compare it with the one of your classmates.

  1. The terms ប៉ុស្តិ៍ and ប្រៃសណីយ៍, meaning post office, are synonyms. Both terms can also be combined as in ប៉ុស្តិ៍ប្រៃសណីយ៍ ↵
  2. When used after the question word អី្វ? "what?", the word ខ្លះ "some" implies plurality. In this question, the speaker is referring to what steps/procedures he should follow when sending a letter. ↵

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