ប្រធាន៖ ពិសី ឮថាចង់ឈប់ធ្វើការ មានបញ្ហាអីអ៎? ប្រាប់បងមើល។
ពិសី៖ ចាស បង។ ខ្ញុំចង់សាកល្បងការងារផ្សេងវិញ ព្រោះធ្វើការងារហ្នឹងយូរឆ្នាំដែរហើយ។
ប្រធាន៖ ចង់ធ្វើការអីវិញ?
ពិសី៖ ខ្ញុំចង់ធ្វើផ្នែកគណនេយ្យវិញបង។
ប្រធាន៖ អីចឹងចាំបាច់ឈប់ពីក្រុមហ៊ុនយើងធ្វើអី? បងផ្លាស់ពិសីឯងទៅធ្វើខាងគណនេយ្យវិញទៅបានហើយ។ ម៉េចដែរ? ហើយប្រាក់ខែនៅដដែល។ ធម្មតា ផ្នែកគណនេយ្យបានប្រាក់ខែតិចជាងខាងម៉ាឃីតធីង ប៉ុន្តែបើពិសីចង់ទៅខាងគណនេយ្យ ប្រាក់ខែបងឲ្យដូចឥឡូវចឹង។ ណាមួយ នៅខាងនោះម៉ោងធ្វើការក៏តិចជាងឥឡូវ វាល្អម្យ៉ាងដែរសម្រាប់អូន។ អូនគិតម៉េចដែរ?
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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ដាក់ពាក្យ | dak piek | to apply (especially by filling out a form), to ask for permission |
| សុំ | som | to ask (for), to beg, to demand (may be used in a polite way by older persons to younger ones) |
| ឈប់ | cʰup | 1. to stop, halt, cease {ឈប់ធ្វើការ = to quit one's job} {ឈប់ពីការងារ = to quit one's job} {ឡានពេទ្យបានឈប់ខាងមុខខ្លោងទ្វារមន្ទីរពេទ្យ = the ambulance stops in front of the hospital} 2. to stop, wait, hold on {ឈប់សិន = wait a moment!} |
| ពី | pii | from, since, of, about, at |
| ក្រុមហ៊ុន | kromhun | company, corporation |
| ប្រធាន | prɑtʰien | 1. boss 2. chairman, leader, president (of an organization) 3. to be supreme, highest, most important |
| ពិសី | piʔsəy | female Cambodian name |
| ឮ | lɨɨ | 1. to hear 2. independent vowel representing the Sanskrit vowel លឭៃ (words spelled with ឮ may also be spelled with លឺ) Notes: also written លឺ |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| ចង់ | cɑŋ | 1. to want/wish/desire (to do something) 2. to flirt with, court, woo (a girl) 3. to approach, draw near 4. about to (do something), on the point of 5. even if |
| ធ្វើការ | tvəə kaa | to work |
| 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’ |
| បញ្ហា | baɲhaa, paɲhaa | problem, difficulty, matter, question, issue |
| 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 |
| អ៎ | ʔɑɑ | 1. particle used to form a yes/no question, similar to ឬ 2. exclamation indicating satisfaction or surprise 3. indicating something like surprise on part of the speaker that the listener might not be aware of some fact or past event {ម៉ាស៊ីនត្រជាក់ខូចតាំងពីម្សិលមិញអ៎។ = [Didn’t you know that] the A/C has been broken since yesterday!} Notes: colloquial |
| ប្រាប់ | prap | 1. to tell, say, state, inform, report 2. to explain 3. to point out |
| បង | bɑɑŋ | 1. elder sibling 2. you (addressing an acquaintance, friend, elder sibling, or husband), or I (if elder than the addressee) 3. you (politely addressing a stranger who's not too much younger than oneself) |
| មើល | məəl | 1. to look at, to watch, to watch for, to observe 2. to read (to oneself), to review (a lesson) 3. to examine, survey, inspect 4. to observe 5. to treat (medically) 6. to care for, take care of 7. to consider, regard 8. particle: come on, give it a try 9. let me see! 10. phrase-final: softens a command or request {ជួយបង្ហាញតិចមើល = Please show me!} |
| ចាស | caah | 1. yes (used by women) 2. often merely a polite word of acknowledgment, especially at the beginning of a sentence |
| ខ្ញុំ | kɲom | I |
| សាកល្បង | saak lbɑɑŋ | to test, try, sample, experiment |
| ការងារ | kaaŋie | job, work, profession, duty, task |
| ផ្សេង | pseeŋ | to differ, to be different (from each other), to be separate |
| វិញ | vɨɲ | again, back, instead |
| ព្រោះ | prʊəh | because (of), since |
| ធ្វើ | tvəə | 1. to do, to make, to work, to prepare 2. to cultivate (a field) {ធ្វើស្រែ = to work in a rice field, be a farmer, grow rice} |
| ហ្នឹង | nɨŋ | this, that, right here, right now (colloquial form of នេះ = this, that) |
| យូរ | yuu | 1. slow 2. (of time) long 3. late |
| ឆ្នាំ | cnam | year |
| ដែរ | dae | 1. also, too, likewise, in the same way 2. indeed, quite, rather 3. marks a polite, gentler, less abrupt statement: all the same, even so, nevertheless |
| 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 |
| ផ្នែក | pnaek | part, portion, section, division, department |
| គណនេយ្យ | kʊənnaʔney, keaʔnaʔnəy | accounts, accounting, bookkeeping |
| អីចឹង | ʔəycəŋ | 1. like this, like that, in that way, then {គិតម៉េចទៅអីចឹង? = What are you going to do next?} {ធ្វើមុខអីអីចឹង? = Why are you making such a face?} 2. really? Notes: variant: អ៊ីចឹង |
| ចាំបាច់ | cam bac | 1. necessary, essential, indispendable 2. to need to |
| យើង | yəəŋ | 1. we 2. I (familiar) 3. in final position used to refer to 'our Cambodian ...' {ទុរេនកំពតយើងមែន? = Kampot durian (from our country, Cambodia), right?} |
| ផ្លាស់ | plah | 1. to replace, to change (e.g., clothes), to exchange 2. to transfer 3. to be transferred, changed, replaced |
| ឯង | ʔaeŋ | 1. you 2. self, oneself, by oneself 3. used after personal pronouns or names to make the address more polite 4. surely, obviously |
| 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!} |
| ខាង | kʰaaŋ | 1. side, part 2. direction 3. pertaining to, with regard to |
| 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)} |
| ម៉េចដែរ | məc dae | 1. How is it? How is it going? 2. What's up? 3. How is that? What do you think about that? Notes: colloquial |
| ប្រាក់ខែ | prak kʰae | salary |
| 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?} |
| ដដែល | dɑdael | 1. to be identical, alike, the same 2. as before, over and over, in the same way |
| ធម្មតា | tʰoam meaʔ taa | 1. to be natural, habitual, usual, ordinary 2. usually, ordinarily |
| តិច | təc | 1. to be few (in number), small (in size or extent), less 2. a little bit, somewhat 3. phrase-final: makes a request more polite {ចង់ពឹងឲ្យជួយលើកអីវ៉ាន់តិច = Can you please help me carrying these things?} {ខ្ញុំសុំលអាវនេះតិចបានអេ៎? = Can I try on this shirt here, please?} 4. phrase-initial: expressing concern {តិចមានបញ្ហាអីទៅ បង? = Will this be a problem?} |
| ជាង | cieŋ | 1. (more) ... than, in excess of, exceeding, to a greater extent than 2. marks the comparative degree of an adjective {ល្អជាង = better} 3. craftsman, artisan, skilled worker, smith {ជាងថត = camera man} |
| ម៉ាឃីតធីង | maakʰiitʰiiŋ | marketing Notes: BCF |
| ប៉ុន្តែ | pontae | but, however Notes: ជើង ត; root: តែ |
| បើ | baə | 1. if, may be 2. although |
| 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 |
| ដូច | douc | alike, similar, like, as |
| ឥឡូវ | ʔləv, ʔiʔləv, ʔəyləv | now, at the present time, at this time Notes: also written ឥលូវ |
| ចឹង | cəŋ | 1. in that case, so, then, therefore 2. like this/that 3. this/that much Notes: colloquial form of អញ្ចឹង |
| ណាមួយ | naa muəy | 1. on the one hand/on the other hand {ណាមួយ ... ណាមួយ ... = one the one hand ... on the other hand ...} which one? 2. a certain one, anyone, whichever |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| ម៉ោង | maoŋ | 1. hour 2. o'clock 3. clock, time {សប្បាយពេកភ្លេចមើលម៉ោង = it was so much fun that I forgot to watch the clock} {គាត់សល់ម៉ោងច្រើនដែរ = she still has a lot of time} |
| ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
| វា | vie | 1. it (of animals, things, or very young children) 2. he, she, they (familiar or contemptuous) |
| ល្អ | lʔɑɑ | 1. good, nice, beautiful, pretty 2. correct, proper |
| ម្យ៉ាង | myaaŋ | one kind/category/way/method (contraction of មួយយ៉ាង ) Notes: also written ម៉្យាង |
| សម្រាប់ | sɑmrap | 1. for 2. used for, used to (make or do something) |
| អូន | ʔoun | 1. I (younger brother, younger sister, sweetheart or wife - about themselves) 2. you (intimate or familiar address form for younger sibling, for one's wife or girl friend, or for a close friend who is younger) 3. you (politely addressing a stranger who's younger than oneself) |
| គិត | kɨt | 1. to think, to realize 2. to calculate 3. to charge 4. គិត ... ឃើញ = to find a solution, figure out, solve 5. to come to a conclusion, realize, understand |
| ហ្នឹងហើយ | nɨŋ haǝy | 1. yeah, yes, right, correct, that's correct 2. ok, all right Notes: colloquial |
| អរគុណ | ʔɑɑ kun | 1. thank you 2. to thank, to be grateful |
| ច្រើន | craən | 1. much, many, numerous, very much 2. mostly, often |