On Dec 26, 8:13 pm, Neak Kampuchea <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Khmer young. > > Some time I paste, but most of the time, I wrote. Please be luckly to > have English as a second language like me so that we could never > confuse word we have spoken and wrote. I am a Cambodian, who was > educated with French as second language in Phnom Penh. In 1982 I have > moved to Texas with all my 5 sons and one daughter without an English > word, Now all my sons and daughter are collage graduated. They are now > get marriaged living me and my wife. They have children of their own > living close to me, we can see each others every day. Here in the US > at first I have been no English at all, but I still could work for > raising my children and educated them to the end. >
Good for you. > But as you know, people with french backgroud could be able to have > self-learning English writing and speaking without going to school > like myself. And I can now, know what is right and what is wrong in > French or in Khmer words in compaison with English word we speak and > write. > Are you trying to tell that you would not know what is right or wrong if you didn't know French? Am I translating it right? > Until now In my experience, Khmer words we speak are the most > troublesome as they are never corrected them for adapting social > change in the country. As I have oftenly wrote that you can never > guess that they are Khmer when they speak Khmer, likewise thy are not > british when they speak English. > What are you saying? Do you mean that only a few bunch of Cambodians know Cambodian language? Things change from one generation to another. They change from one time to another due to their surrounding. > So nationlism is almost for nothing. Do you really realize that French > collage graduated must be English court taken, if not they would be > very very difficult to find job for the living. > So does it have anything to do with right or wrong when we talk about Cambodian language. > Please I have no more time, so I 'll see you again. > With my best regard, From Neak Kampuchea. > Thank you . You really don't have to tell us whether you have time or not. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org
