Expressing frustration — Dialogue 2

ប្រធាននិងបុគ្គលិក
ប្រធាន៖ និមល ការងារម្សិលមិញបងឲ្យធ្វើ ធ្វើហើយនៅ?
បុគ្គលិក៖ កក់សំបុត្រឡានទៅសៀមរាបមែនបង? ង៉ៃហ្នឹងខ្ញុំកក់ហើយបង។
ប្រធាន៖ អាហ្នឹងមួយហើយ ប្រាប់តាំងពីយូរ ។ ម្សិលមិញបងប្រាប់ថាម៉េច? ថាឲ្យផ្ញើរីផតមកឲ្យបង។ ថ្មើរហ្នឹងហើយ អត់មានឃើញអីសោះ។

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Khmer	Pronunciation	English/Notes
ប្រធាន	prɑtʰien	1. boss 2. chairman, leader, president (of an organization) 3. to be supreme, highest, most important
និង	nɨŋ	and
បុគ្គលិក	bokkeaʔlɨk	employee, staff
និមល	niʔmʊəl	female Cambodian name
ការងារ	kaaŋie	job, work, profession, duty, task
ម្សិលមិញ	msəl mɨɲ	yesterday
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)
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
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}
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
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?}
កក់	kɑk	1. to wash, shampoo 2. to clean, soak (in order to get clean) 3. to wet (of the rain) 4. to give an advance, make a deposit/down payment 5. kind of reed used for making mats 6. shower head, sprinkler 7. to be warm, comfortable 8. affectionate 9. to keep warm 10. to comfort, console 11. affectionately 12. to book, to make a reservation
សំបុត្រ	sɑmbot	1. ticket 2. letter, message, note 3. envelope in which money is put as a wedding gift Notes: also written សំបុដ
ឡាន	laan	car, motor vehicle
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!}
សៀមរាប	siǝm riep	Siem Reap (a province and town in northwest Cambodia, where the ruins of Angkor are located)
មែន	mɛɛn	1. to be real, true, accurate, to be right, correct, it is true 2. really, actually, indeed 3. as a question tag: [...], really? [...], right?
ង៉ៃហ្នឹង	ŋay nɨŋ	spoken form of ថ្ងៃនេះ = today
ខ្ញុំ	kɲom	I
អាហ្នឹង	ʔaa nɨŋ	this thing, that thing Notes: less polite, used in casual conversation; see also អានោះ
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]!}
ប្រាប់	prap	1. to tell, say, state, inform, report 2. to explain 3. to point out
តាំងពី	taŋ pii	since, from, starting with
យូរ	yuu	1. slow 2. (of time) long 3. late
ថា	tʰaa	1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...]
ម៉េច	məc	what (following a verb of saying), why, in what way/manner, how {ម៉េចហើយ?/ម៉េចអី? = What's up?} {[…] ម៉េចទៅ? = In what way […]?} {ថាម៉េចចៅ? = What are you saying, grand-daughter?} {បងចង់បានម៉ូតម៉េច? = What kind of design/fashion do you like?}
ផ្ញើ	pɲaə	1. to send, deliver 2. to leave (someone or something) for a time in someone else's care (e.g., to leave a motorbike in a paid parking area), to trust (someone to do something) 3. របស់ផ្ញើ: present, gift
រីផត	riipʰɑɑt	report Notes: see របាយការណ៍
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
ថ្មើរ	tmaə	1. time, moment, period of time 2. one who walks, traveler 3. that upon which someone walks
ហ្នឹង	nɨŋ	this, that, right here, right now (colloquial form of នេះ = this, that)
អត់	ʔɑt	1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions
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’
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
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
សោះ	sɑh	1. final particle: (in negative clauses) at all, in the least, completely, utterly, absolutely, finally 2. to be completely out of 3. to be empty, devoid of content 4. to be tasteless, insipid, flavorless, lifeless 5. tired, exhausted 6. pale, anemic 7. it’s just … {សំឡេងទូរស័ព្ទសោះ = it’s just the sound of the phone}