Boats, Ships and Sailing
The exhaustive master guide to the sea! Select the tabs below to switch between types of vessels, parts, actions, and idioms.
Port and Starboard 🎬
Watch Teacher Sopheak explain why sailors do not use the words "Left" and "Right"! Learn how to identify the Port side and the Starboard side of any vessel.
Vocab Check ⚡
ត្រួតពិនិត្យពាក្យ ⚡
Definition Match
What do we call the front end of a ship?
(តើផ្នែកខាងមុខនៃកប៉ាល់ហៅថាអ្វី?)
Vocab Check ⚡
ត្រួតពិនិត្យពាក្យ ⚡
Context Fill
When the wind stopped, they had to use the ___ to move the rowboat.
(នៅពេលខ្យល់ឈប់បក់ ពួកគេត្រូវប្រើច្រវាដើម្បីអុំទូក។)
LITERAL TRAP ❌
If someone says "It is sink or swim", they mean:
(តើសំនួនវោហារស័ព្ទនេះមានន័យដូចម្តេច?)
Vocab Check ⚡
ត្រួតពិនិត្យពាក្យ ⚡
Direction Check
When facing forward on a ship, the right side is called...
(នៅពេលឈរនៅលើកប៉ាល់បែរមុខទៅមុខ តើផ្នែកខាងស្តាំហៅថាអ្វី?)
Vocab Check ⚡
ត្រួតពិនិត្យពាក្យ ⚡
Word Meaning
If a boat "capsizes", it means it has...
(ប្រសិនបើទូកមួយ "capsizes" វាមានន័យថាវាបាន...)
Observation Mission 🎯
អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!
Writing Mission 🎯
អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!
Speaking Mission 🎯
អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!
Ask a Question 🙋♂️
តើអ្នកមានចម្ងល់មែនទេ? សួរគ្រូនៅទីនេះ!
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Recent Questions
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Sopheak Pich
Teacher
1 hour ago
Hi Kanha! When you are facing the front (the Bow) of the ship, Port is always on your LEFT, and Starboard is always on your RIGHT. A trick to remember: "Port" and "Left" both have 4 letters! 🚢
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Vireak
5 hours ago
Is a submarine a boat or a ship?
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Sopheak Pich
Teacher
4 hours ago
That is a famous naval question! Historically, and traditionally in the Navy, submarines are always referred to as "boats", no matter how large they are! 🌊
Teacher, what is the exact difference between Port and Starboard?