2. arun sour sdei
Good morning

3. Hello.

4. Hello.
chumree-uhp soo-uh
Formal
Sues’ dei
Informal

5. Meet: Prach Ly
• Age 23, a Cambodian-American
rapper from Long Beach, California
• Sound bites from old Khmer Rouge
propaganda speeches to create
what he calls an "autobiography,"
reciting stories he'd heard from his
refugee family to deliver a blistering
history lesson about Cambodia's
genocide. (From Battambang)
• A copy to CM1 Cambodian radio .
• Asiaweek reporter tracked Prach Ly
down to let him know his album
was No. 1 in Cambodia:

6. Cambodian Language: Khmer
• Hello. . (Chum riep sueh)
• Hello. (informal) . (sues dei)
• How are you? . (Daa neh sok sabbai te?)
• Fine, thank you. . (la'or, arkhun)

7. Khmer: Practice
• What is your name? . (chmuah eiy?)
• My name is ______ . (Knyom chmuah _____ .)

8. Khmer:
• Please. . (Soum)
• Thank you. . (Aw khun)
• You're welcome. . (Muhn ay te )
• Yes. . (ja female) (baaht men)
• No. . (ot te)
• Excuse me. (getting attention) . (soum doh)

9. “Moto” of Moto-Duhp

10. Khmer:
• stop here chop tee-nih
• turn left bot ch’wayng
• turn right bot s’dum

11. Khmer: Numbers
• soun) •6 pbram
• 1 mouy) muoy)
• 2 pii) •7 pbram pii)
• 3 bey) •8 pbram bey)
• 4 bourn) •9 pbram
• 5 pbram) bourn)
• 10 dop)
• 20 = m'pai

12. Khmer: Food and Funnies
Every picture has a story to tell…

76. Cambodia: In 100 images…

77. Back to the Lesson:
• Big question of the day: Do these conventions
work?
– Who is the enforcement wing of the UN?
– What is the Security Council?
– With as many as 10 million dead since WWII from
genocide, what is the next step? What do we do
to prevent these kinds of atrocities?

78. Big Questions:
• Mentality: If it’s not on our shores, why
should we stop it?
– Is there an American genocide brewing?
– Any states that border us have problems with
ethnic, political or religious killings?
– Dissident groups? Internal struggles? Offshore
prisons? Detainees?

79. Close:
• Reminder H/w