Term of endearment?
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Never MingPlayboy wrote:Ming ??RainMan wrote:Just for curiosities sake violet, do you get called 'sister' by either men or women? I know the Khmer girls call each other sister a lot.violet wrote:^beat me to it.
I get both sister and bong from both males and females. And sometimes madam
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Friend...I thinkRainMan wrote:Yes I've heard madame and sir, what is the meaning of bong?
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Elder Brother or Elder Sister in that contextviolet wrote:Friend...I thinkRainMan wrote:Yes I've heard madame and sir, what is the meaning of bong?
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Bomg is packed with ganga the whole family can enjoy.Playboy wrote:Elder Brother or Elder Sister in that contextviolet wrote:Friend...I thinkRainMan wrote:Yes I've heard madame and sir, what is the meaning of bong?
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LPB is correct. Elder person.
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Not elder person, but slightly older person.Jep wrote:Bomg is filled with ganga the whole family can enjoy.Playboy wrote:Elder Brother or Elder Sister in that contextviolet wrote:Friend...I thinkRainMan wrote:Yes I've heard madame and sir, what is the meaning of bong?
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LPB is correct. Elder person.
It goes in this order.
Khmoey (niece or nephew)
P’oun (little brother or sister)
- - - - - - - - - -
Me
- - - - - - - - - -
Bong/Chai (older brother or sister)
Pu/Ming/Ee/Meas (uncle or aunt)
Om (older uncle or aunt)
Ta / Yey (grandpa grandma)
Alternatively, Bong can also be used for people who are younger than you but are in a position of respect.
It largely depends on the subjects age relative to you/your parents.
To me it feels like the word bong (bong srey) is more or less used for people in the same age range as you, more or less, instead of someone slightly older. Except for the bars, where every man is a 'bong'.
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I think if they aren’t sure then they will err on the side of respect and call you Bong.Kachang wrote:To me it feels like the word bong (bong srey) is more or less used for people in the same age range as you, more or less, instead of someone slightly older. Except for the bars, where every man is a 'bong'.
Unless anyone speak fluent Khmer I don't think you should engage in conversation. Call them Champions, the lot of them. they understand that.ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:I think if they aren’t sure then they will err on the side of respect and call you Bong.Kachang wrote:To me it feels like the word bong (bong srey) is more or less used for people in the same age range as you, more or less, instead of someone slightly older. Except for the bars, where every man is a 'bong'.
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Yeah, maybe. But if they want to be really polite they have more options like 'loke', 'hear'... Anyway, I guess the use of Khmer language is less formal than 50 years ago, like most languages.ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:I think if they aren’t sure then they will err on the side of respect and call you Bong.Kachang wrote:To me it feels like the word bong (bong srey) is more or less used for people in the same age range as you, more or less, instead of someone slightly older. Except for the bars, where every man is a 'bong'.
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"Hea" is actually the chinese (teachew) counterpart of "bong", it refers exclusively to a male person.Kachang wrote:Yeah, maybe. But if they want to be really polite they have more options like 'loke', 'hear'... Anyway, I guess the use of Khmer language is less formal than 50 years ago, like most languages.ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:I think if they aren’t sure then they will err on the side of respect and call you Bong.Kachang wrote:To me it feels like the word bong (bong srey) is more or less used for people in the same age range as you, more or less, instead of someone slightly older. Except for the bars, where every man is a 'bong'.
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