{"id":760,"date":"2023-02-27T15:00:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.svietnamtravel.com\/explore\/?p=760"},"modified":"2023-12-05T16:54:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T09:54:25","slug":"counting-in-cambodian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.svietnamtravel.com\/explore\/cambodia\/counting-in-cambodian","title":{"rendered":"Counting in Cambodian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Khmer has the particularity of using a bi-quinary counting system (base 5 and 10), which makes it easier for visitors to pick up. For a quick start, you only need to learn numbers from 0 to 5 and multiples of 10. That\u2019s only 16 Khmer words to be able to count to 1000!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Numbers from 6 to 9 are just combinations of numbers from 0 to 5. For example, instead of saying 6, you say \u201c5 and 1\u201d. Seven becomes \u201c5 and 2\u201d and so forth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you speak Hokkien or Cantonese, you\u2019ll notice that multiple of tens from 20 to 90 sound very similar to your own dialects. Those fluent in Pali and Sanskrit may also find some familiar sounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cambodians count in increments of five. After you reach the number 5 (phrum), you just then add one to five (phrum muy for 6) and so on. When you reach 10 (dop) , the cycle begins again by adding one (dop muy for 11).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You will also often encounter some Khmers who reverses the orders of the numbers especially for numbers between 10-20 and they usually insert dun between the numbers. Example, for 12 \u2013 instead of saying dop pii, they usually say pii dun dop.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Khmers usually also use shortcuts like instead of saying \u2018muuy roy\u2018 for 1,000 they would say \u2018ma\u2019puan\u2018..<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The trick is to listen well. If you simply don\u2019t get it, you can ask them to speak slowly, say \u2018Sohm, niyeay yeut yeut..\u2019\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 &nbsp;\u2013 &nbsp; muuy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 &nbsp;\u2013 &nbsp; pii<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 &nbsp;\u2013 &nbsp; bai<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 &nbsp;\u2013 &nbsp; buhn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5 &nbsp;\u2013 &nbsp; phrum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6 &nbsp;\u2013 &nbsp; phrum muuy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7 &nbsp;\u2013 &nbsp; phrum pii<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8 &nbsp;\u2013 &nbsp; phrum bai<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9 &nbsp;\u2013 &nbsp; phrum buhn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10 \u2013 dop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11 \u2013 dop muuy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>15 \u2013 dop phrum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16 \u2013 dop phrum muuy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20 \u2013 m\u2019pai<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>21 \u2013 mpai muuy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>30 \u2013 saam-suhp<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>40 \u2013 sai-suhp<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>50 \u2013 haa-suhp<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>60 \u2013 hok-suhp<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>70 \u2013 jeut-suhp<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>80 \u2013 paet-suhp<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>90 \u2013 kau-suhp<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>100 \u2013 muuy roy (* hundreds use \u2018<em>roy<\/em>\u2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>101 \u2013 muuy roy muuy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>200 \u2013 pii roy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1000 \u2013 muy puan (thousands use \u2018<em>puan<\/em>\u2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1,000,000 \u2013 muuy lian (millions use \u2018<em>lian<\/em>\u2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khmer has the particularity of using a bi-quinary counting system (base 5 and 10), which makes it easier for visitors to pick up. For a quick start, you only need to learn numbers from 0 to 5 and multiples of 10. That\u2019s only 16 Khmer words to be able to count to 1000! 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