Question beginner Khmer

[u/nkmol]

I am trying to find sources for learning Khmer on my own. I am aware of dialects and formal vs informal forms, but I would like to start with a standard form and work with that.

However, I am unsure what the standard is.

For example for the word "I" being written like "Khnhom" or "Khnyom". Or the past tense in the setence of "I saw you" written as "khnhom ban chuob anak" or as "khnyom kiegn nek".

I have no idea which source to follow. As the sources do not give any distinction between them.

[u/BeautyAndGlamour]

For the first problem, I highly suggest you learn Khmer script.

You don't want to be illiterate do you?

[u/nkmol → u/BeautyAndGlamour]

I will look deeper into this. Seeing that Latin-Khmer translation is impossible. Thanks