Expressing fear — Dialogue 1

ខ្លាចឆ្កែ
សុជាតិ៖ ម៉ាក់ ឆ្កែអ៎!
ម្ដាយ៖ ជាតិ កូនឯងខ្លាចឆ្កែធ្វើអី? វាគ្រាន់តែព្រុសតាស។
សុជាតិ៖ ខ្លាចវាខាំ។ មើលអ៎ ម៉ោហើយ ម៉ាក់!
ម្ដាយ៖ កូនឯងធ្វើខ្លាចវា វាកាន់តែម៉ោ។ កុំខ្លាច ធ្វើធម្មតាទៅ។

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Khmer	Pronunciation	English/Notes
ខ្លាច	klaac	to fear, to be afraid of
ឆ្កែ	ckae	dog
សុជាតិ	soʔciet	male Cambodian name
ម៉ាក់	mak	mom, mommy Notes: colloquial
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
ម្ដាយ	mdaay	mother (used when speaking of or to someone else's mother) Notes: ជើង ដ
ជាតិ	ciet	short for the male Cambodian name សុជាតិ
កូន	koun	1. child (of someone, as opposed to ក្មេង = child in general) 2. animal baby, young 3. small member of a class or set, small object {កូនថង់ = small bag}
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
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}
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
វា	vie	1. it (of animals, things, or very young children) 2. he, she, they (familiar or contemptuous)
គ្រាន់តែ	kroan tae	just, only, only just
ព្រុស	pruh	1. to bark, bay, yelp 2. sound of thrashing about
តាស	taah	1. particle in final position when giving a positive answer to a yes/no question {កន្លែងនេះអង្គុយបានអេ៎? ចា៎ស បានតាស។ = Can I sit here? Sure!} 2. particle in final position used to affirm the preceding {ល្អតាស! = Sounds good!} 3. particle in final position after a negative response: expresses that the preceding is a correction of what the other person has said {ធារីមែន? អត់ទេ ខ្ញុំកញ្ញាតាស។ = You’re ធារី, right? No, I’m កញ្ញា!} {ឯងទៅសាលាមែន? អត់ទេ ខ្ញុំទៅផ្សារតាស។ = You’re going to school, right? No, I’m going to the market!} Notes: colloquial; spoken form of ទេតើ
ខាំ	kʰam	to bite, to sting (of an insect such as a mosquito)
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!}
ម៉ោ	mao	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 Notes: spoken form of មក
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
កាន់តែ	kan tae	more and more, further, becoming more and more, increasingly, continually
កុំ	kom	do not ...
ធម្មតា	tʰoam meaʔ taa	1. to be natural, habitual, usual, ordinary 2. usually, ordinarily
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!}