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⎯ មកពីណាហ្នឹង?
⎯ ទៅណាហ្នឹង?
⎯ អីគេហ្នឹង? (ពេលឃើញមានរបស់នៅនឹងដៃ)
⎯ មកទិញអីវ៉ាន់?
⎯ ទិញអីបានខ្លះហើយ? (ពេលជួបគ្នានៅផ្សារ)
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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| អីគេ | ʔəy kee | 1. what {អីគេ? = Pardon?/What?} {អីគេហ្នឹង? = What is this?} {ជប់លៀងអីគេ វុទ្ធី? = What party, វុទ្ធី?} 2. something, anything {តែដូចភ្លេចអីគេម្យ៉ាង … = But it’s as if I’ve forgotten something …} Notes: colloquial |
| ហ្នឹង | nɨŋ | this, that, right here, right now (colloquial form of នេះ = this, that) |
| គឺ | kɨɨ | 1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| ពាក្យ | piek | word, term, expression, phrase |
| ប្រើ | praə | to use |
| ញឹកញាប់ | ɲɨk ɲoap | 1. repeatedly, many times 2. often, frequently, on many occasions |
| ជាងគេ | cieŋ kee | superlative marker: the most, the ...-est |
| ក្នុង | knoŋ | 1. in, inside 2. during + (time word) |
| ភាសា | pʰiesaa | 1. language 2. speech, words |
| និយាយ | niʔyiey | to speak, say, talk, relate, tell, to narrate, to talk over, discuss |
| ជំនួស | cumnuəh | 1. instead of, in place of 2. to replace 3. replacement |
| ឲ្យ | ʔaoy | 1. to give 2. to let, to allow 3. for, to, in order to, so as to {ចង់ឲ្យខ្ញុំកុម្ម៉ង់អីញ៉ាំឲ្យហើយអត់? = Do you want me to order something for you already?} 4. in a... manner (forms adverbial phrases from predicatives) Notes: also written អោយ, ឱ្យ |
| នេះ | nih | 1. this, these 2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space |
| អ្វី | ʔvəy | 1. what? 2. anything, something, nothing |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| ការ | kaa | 1. commonly occurs as a nominalizing particle deriving abstract nouns or noun phrases from verbs or verb phrases 2. work, occupation 3. business, affair, matter 4. to protect, defend, prevent 5. to marry 6. marriage 7. wedding 8. interest (e.g., on a loan) 9. profit 10. usury 11. to wind (into a skein/bobbin/reel) 12. to spin (silk) |
| សួរ | suə | 1. to ask, question, enquire 2. to visit, come to see |
| ពី | pii | from, since, of, about, at |
| នៅ | nɨv | 1. in, at 2. to be located at, to live in or at, to reside, to stay, to be in 3. still, yet (pre-verbal marker of a durative or continuative aspect, as a final particle in the tag question ហើយឬនៅ it means 'yet' and as a reply to a question of this kind, it means 'not yet') {ញ៉ាំអីហើយនៅ? = Have you eaten already?} |
| ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
| ជួបគ្នា | cuəp knie | to meet each other |
| ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
| ទម្លាប់ | tumloap | 1. habit, custom 2. to make a habit of, to be accustomed to |
| នៃ | ney | 1. of, belonging to (more literary and formal than របស់) 2. links verb and its object |
| គួរសម | kuə sɑɑm | 1. polite, acceptable, appropriate 2. reasonable, moderate {មានច្រើនគួរសមដែរ = it has a reasonably/relatively many} |
| ផងដែរ | pʰɑɑŋ dae | also, too, as well |
| ក្រៅពី | krav pii | besides, in addition to |
| សុខទុក្ខ | sok tuk | (personal physical) health |
| ដូចជា | douc cie | such as, like, as though, to seem as though, for instance |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| មក | mɔɔk | 1. to come (toward the speaker in space or time) 2. to come to/towards (often used as a final particle indicating that the action began at some point in the past and continued up to the present) 3. (from then) on, (from that time) forth 4. to, toward |
| ណា | naa | 1. which, any 2. where, somewhere, anywhere |
| ទៅ | tɨv | 1. to go (away from the speaker in space or time), to go to/towards, go on, continue, advance, go away 2. towards 3. from now on, from then on (often used as a particle indicating that the action began at some point in the past or present and continued on into the future or that the action is directed away from the speaker) 4. imperative particle, go ahead and ...! {ញ៉ាំទៅ = Go ahead and eat/drink!} |
| ឃើញ | kʰəəɲ | 1. to see, to perceive 2. to understand, to recognize 3. គិត ... ឃើញ = to find a solution, figure out, solve 4. to come to a conclusion, realize, understand |
| មាន | mien | 1. to have, possess, own 2. to exist, there is, there are 3. to be rich, own property 4. indicates the accomplishment of an action, to happen to, to have occasion to Notes: in spoken Khmer, negated មាន (មិនមាន or គ្មាន) can be contracted into មាន, e.g., មានអ្នកណាចង់ជួបឯង = ‘there's nobody who wants to meet you’ — contrast this with the affirmative: មានគេចង់ជួបឯង = ‘there’s somebody who wants to meet you’ |
| របស់ | rɔbɑh | 1. object, thing, belonging, property 2. of, belonging to |
| នឹង | nɨŋ | with, by (means of), (attached) to |
| ដៃ | day | 1. arm, hand 2. handle, lever, crank 3. branch (of a tree, bamboo, or a river), offshoot 4. tendril 5. trunk (of an elephant) 6. sleeve 7. steering wheel 8. clf. for handfuls of young rice plants/grass 9. clf. for slaps 10. command to an elephant not to move its trunk or not to pull up something with its trunk 11. clf. for a bunch of 10 areca nuts |
| ទិញ | tɨɲ | to buy |
| អីវ៉ាន់ | ʔəyvan | objects, things, merchandise, goods, baggage |
| អី | ʔəy | 1. what? {អីហ្នឹង?/អីគេ?/អីគេហ្នឹង? = what is this?/what?} {កាន់អីនៅនឹងដៃហ្នឹង? = What are [you] holding in [your] hand?} 2. something, anything {មានអីអត់ = Are you all right?/Is everything ok?/Did anything happen?} {ខ្ញុំទៅក្រៅញ៉ាំអី = I’m going out to eat something} Notes: variant of អ្វី |
| បាន | baan | 1. to have completed/done something 2. to intend to complete something 3. marker of completed action 4. to get, obtain, acquire, to achieve, have been able to, to get/have the opportunity to do something 5. to get someone or something to do something (often translated by the English passive in this sense) 6. to be able to 7. not ... until, then and only then 8. to pass to someone through inheritance 9. to be OK, fine, all right 10. [spoken language] however, though, in contrast {ម្សិលមិញបានក្ដៅខ្លាំង = yesterday, however, it was very hot} 11. {បានហើយ = I'm done, I give up, I'm finished (depending on the context)} |
| ខ្លះ | klah | some (serves as a plural marker with ណា and អ្វី) |
| ហើយ | haǝy | 1. to be finished, ended, completed 2. enough! 3. final particle indicating completed action, already, by now 4. in a future context indicates action that will be completed at some future time 5. and, afterwards, next, then, after that |
| ផ្សារ | psaa | market, bazaar, fair |