1.5: The Question Words for "What and Where"

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    The word for “what” is “Ey”. Sometimes it is pronounced A-vey, a formal word. In contrast to English, it comes at the end of a sentence.

    Examples:

    • Neak[1] chmuah ey? “What is your name?”

    The word for “where” is“Naa”. Like “Ey”, this question word comes at the end of the sentence.

    Examples:

    • Neak mook bpii bprɔɔ-dteh naa? “Where are you from?”

    Test Yourself

    Speaking

    Suppose you do not know the people in the pictures, how would you ask the following questions in Cambodian?

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    What’s her name?

    _________________

    Where is she from?

    _________________

    What’s her name?

    _______________

    Where is she from?

    _______________

    Listening

    Listen to the conversation between Smith (A) and Sokha (B) and then indicate the order of the sentences by dragging a number to its corresponding sentence.

    Query \(\PageIndex{1}\)

    Reading

    Query \(\PageIndex{2}\)

    [1] The word “Neak“ is the general term for “you”. It is commonly used by both genders of the same age.

    [2] “Lia-sən-haəy” is informal for “good-bye”. The formal and polite good-bye is “Jom-riab-lia”

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