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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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?} |
| ខ្មែរ | kmae | Khmer, Cambodian |
| ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
| 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!} |
| ផ្សារ | psaa | market, bazaar, fair |
| ទិញ | tɨɲ | to buy |
| ទំនិញ | tumnɨɲ | goods, merchandise |
| ពេលព្រឹក | peel prɨk | morning, in the morning |
| គេ | kee | 1. he, she 2. one, someone 3. other(s) |
| ហាម | haam | 1. to forbid, prohibit, prevent 2. put a stop to 3. restrict, bar, block 4. border, edge (of a plate), rim, brim (of a hat) |
| មិន | mɨn | negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ) |
| 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 |
| តថ្លៃ | tɑɑ tlay | to discuss the price, to debate the price, to haggle (over the price) |
| ច្រើន | craən | 1. much, many, numerous, very much 2. mostly, often |
| ឬ | rɨɨ | 1. or 2. phrase-final interrogative particle {មិនមែនឬ = Isn't it true?} |
| សួរ | suə | 1. to ask, question, enquire 2. to visit, come to see |
| តម្លៃ | tɑmlay | 1. price 2. value |
| 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 |
| បើ | baə | 1. if, may be 2. although |
| 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?} |
| 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} |
| ដូច | douc | alike, similar, like, as |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| អ្នកលក់ | neak lʊək | seller |
| នឹង | nɨŋ | future tense marker: will, about to |
| ខឹង | kʰəŋ | to be angry |
| អាច | ʔaac | 1. to be able/qualified (to do something), capable of (doing something) 2. to be possible 3. to be in condition (to), be in a position (to) 4. to dare to |
| ស្ដីឲ្យ | sdǝy ʔaoy | to blame/scold/reprimand directly Notes: ជើង ដ |
| ព្រោះ | prʊəh | because (of), since |
| ជឿ | cɨə | 1. to believe, to trust (in) 2. to buy on credit |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| 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) |
| លក់ | lʊək | 1. to sell 2. asleep {ដេកលក់ = to be sound asleep, to sleep deeply} {ដេកមិនលក់ = to not be able to fall asleep, to have insomnia} |
| ដំបូង | dɑmbouŋ | 1. first, first of all, before 2. at first, in the beginning |
| គឺ | kɨɨ | 1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely |
| សំខាន់ | sɑmkʰan | 1. to be important, essential, crucial, principal 2. magnificent, superb, remarkable, excellent, exemplary, model |
| ណាស់ | nah | very, very much |
| 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)} |
| ដាច់ | dac | 1. detached, disconnected, cut off, separated, torn 2. to break apart, to separate 3. time periods: to end 4. to be ended 5. end, last part of 6. to be firm, resolute, determined, to be committed to a course of action 7. extremely, absolutely, firmly, positively, clearly 8. + verb: to be able to + verb 9. {លក់ដាច់ = to sell well (of a product)} |
| មួយ | muəy | 1. one {មួយៗ = one by one} 2. one person/myself {សុំចេញមួយ = Please let me [go] out!} {សុំទៅមួយ = Please give way [for me one person]!} {សុំចុះមួយ = Please let me [one person] get off [the bus]!} |
| ថ្ងៃ | tŋay | 1. day, daytime 2. sun |
| ពេញ | pɨɲ | 1. to be complete, full, filled up 2. to fill up 3. to be sufficient, satisfied, whole, entire |
| តែម្ដង | tae mdɑɑŋ | 1. immediately, at once, right away, directly 2. all of a sudden 3. generally, in general 4. totally Notes: ជើង ដ |
| ប្រើ | praə | to use |
| ពាក្យ | piek | word, term, expression, phrase |
| កៅឆាយ | kav cʰaay | first customer of the day |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| ក្លាយ | klaay | 1. to change (into), become, transform (into) 2. to alter/transform something 3. to be changed 4. to be false, fake, counterfeit 5. impure, adulterated |
| ពី | pii | from, since, of, about, at |
| ចិន | cən | 1. Chinese 2. China |
| មានន័យ | mien ney | to mean |
| ចាប់ផ្ដើម | cap pdaəm | to begin, start Notes: ជើង ដ |