...common animals in Cambodia

Okay, this is the fun part and what we have been trying to acheive all along.
We are going to read KHMER!!!! YEPEE!! (jumping)
This will test all of what you have learn so far.
Before you begin to sound out the word, ALWAYS look at the consonant FIRST! And then any vowel surrounding the consonant.
[NOTE:] The English spelling here are just an approximate of what I think it sounds like in KHMER, PLEASE PLEASE use your native tongue when trying to sound out these words.

The subscript takes its consonant sound!!! Let's see how this works.

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GAR + ROR + BAR + sat AY = GARBAY
Again you have the subscript "ROR" before the consonant "GAR". LION

TDAR + GAR + sat OA= TDOA
Remember the vowel "sat OA" is surrounding the consonant, "TDAR".
Say "pant" in Khmer you will hear the "-OA" sound. KOAH. KOAH. KOAH.
KOAH. TDOA. KOAH. TDOA. KOAH. TDOA. You getting it??
elephant

DAR + sat UM + ROR + sat AY = DUMRAY

BEAR

KAR + LOR + sat AH + KOR + MOR + sat OTH + sat UM = KLAHKMOUM
Don't forget you have the subscript "ROR" under the consonant "KAR".
HA-HA-HAH!! LOL. J
I can see you're struggling with this one. Yeah, I know too many vowels at the end and you don't know where to start sounding out the vowels. HAHAHAH!!
Sorry for laughing at all the folks out there :-), I cant help myself.
Here is the rule of sounding more than one vowel surrounding a consonant.
You always start with the consonant. Sound out any vowel(s) below the consonant in decending order. Top to Bottom. Then if you see a vowel above it sound out that last.
COnsonant--->vowel below-->vowel above.
X-tra: History of Bears in Cambodia
Yes, we used to have bears in Cambodia. But when the bears started attaching the villagers in the middle of the night or when they were hunting; Khmer saw the bears as a threat, so we hunt and kill the bear to extinction.
Dude, it was all about the bow and arrows; slingshot and spears. PING. PING. One by one the bear went down.
We didn't just kill the bears because they were a threat but it was also a good source for meat. Khmer don't believe in killing anything if we're not going to eat it. Shoot, bear meat was tasty and the word spread and the bear became a delectacy.
One popular technique used to kill the bear was, to slit open a fresh meat and stuff it with gun powder. And put the meat were the bears would hang-out. Then when the bear eat the meat, it would get a stomachache and DIE!!!!
The hunter would come back the next day and there would be fresh bear meat. Cool, huh?
Oh, I heard bear meat tastes like chicken. J

TDOR + NOR + SAR + sat AH +YOR= TDNSAHY

Here you have the subscript "SAR" connected to the vowel "sat AH".

Vowel Demo

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