Back from Work in the Province

Lesson 4:	Back from Work in the Province
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Listen to the Whole Conversation

Khmer	Aid to Listening	English
suxsb_ayeT sn ?	sok sabaay cie tee SAn?	How are you Sorn ?
ZaT suxsb_ay. cuHFIta viBaj ?	baat, sok sabaay. coh thiidaa when) ?	Yes, I am fine. What about you (name)
cas suxsb_ay b"uEn5rvl'EmnETn.	caah sok sabaay. pontae rOwu(el maen taen.	Yes, I am fine but very busy.
xj?u k+GBa3wgEdr .	kn)om KAA qan)ceN dae.	So am I.

Note:

The question (cuHFIta viBaj / ) consists of particles (cuH ) and (viBaj ). The question can be shorten as (cuHFIta / )

Particle (cuH ) is an interjection. It occurs with a constrastive function before questions which shift attention to a second person.

(viBaj ) is a constrastive particle, which means "back again", on the other hand, in a reverse direction. You can see more example in lesson 5.

	The response partical cas (caah) by women and ZaT (baat) by man are polite acknowledgment of aprevious utterance speech by other speakers, whether the previous utterance was a statement or a question. Following a question, the occurrence of a response particle as the sole constituent of the response implies affirmation.
	A negative reply is indecated by a response particle followed by the negative final particle eT (caseT ) and (ZaTeT ) or by eT alone.
	In exchange between equals, response particles tend to be dis continued after theinitial exchanges.
	The exchange between a superior and an inferior, resonse particles tend to be used through the exchange by the inferior, but may be discontinued or not used at all by the superior party in the exchange.
	Response particles usually occur with a falling intonational countour.