ធារី៖ អូ កញ្ញាចេះធ្វើម្ហូបអ៎?
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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| កញ្ញា | kaɲɲaa | female Cambodian name |
| ធារី | tʰierii | female Cambodian name |
| ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ | tŋay ʔaatɨt | Sunday |
| នេះ | nih | 1. this, these 2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space |
| 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 |
| ផ្ទះ | pteah | house, home, residence, building |
| ខ្ញុំ | kɲom | I |
| លេង | leeŋ | 1. to play 2. to do something for fun or pleasure 3. to joke |
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| 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 |
| ញ៉ាំ | ɲam | to eat, to drink, to consume {ញ៉ាំបាយ = general term for 'to eat' (neutral form for younger persons and persons of the same age)} Notes: informal, of oneself, addressing children or close friends but not elders |
| 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 |
| ធ្វើឲ្យ | tvəə ʔaoy | 1. to cause, make (someone) do (something) 2. to do (something) for (someone) (often used to form causative compounds) |
| អូ | ʔou | oh, aha (exclamation expressing sudden realization, or loss of doubt) |
| ចេះ | ceh | 1. to know (how to do something), to be able to 2. to be used to, accustomed to 3. to keep on doing something 4. constantly, always, incessantly 5. to be learned, intelligent, smart, cunning |
| 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} |
| ម្ហូប | mhoup | food, meal |
| 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 |
| ចូលចិត្ត | coul cət | to like, to prefer Notes: ជើង ត |
| 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 |
| ឲ្យតែ | ʔaoy tae | 1. whenever 2. provided that, so long as |
| ថ្ងៃសៅរ៍ | tŋay sav | Saturday |
| 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?} |
| 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 |
| ឧស្សាហ៍ | ʔussaa | 1. often, frequently 2. diligent(ly), hard-working 3. to try hard, to work hard, to study, to persevere |
| មែនទែន | mɛɛn tɛɛn | 1. really, truly, surely, in fact, as it should be, certainly 2. seriously, actually |
| វិញ | vɨɲ | again, back, instead |
| ខ្ជិល | kcɨl | 1. lazy 2. careless |
| ណាស់ | nah | very, very much |
| ជាពិសេស | cie piʔseeh | especially |
| ហ្នឹង | nɨŋ | this, that, right here, right now (colloquial form of នេះ = this, that) |
| ម៉ង | mɑɑŋ | 1. immediately, at once, right away 2. all of a sudden 3. generally, in general 4. totally Notes: spoken form of តែម្ដង |
| រៀបចំ | riəp cɑm | 1. to organize, prepare 2. to put in good order, arrange |
| សម្អាត | sɑmʔaat | 1. to clean {ដើម្បីសម្អាតវាឲ្យបានស្អាត = in order to clean it} {បោកសម្អាតខោអាវ = to wash the clothes clean} 2. to clean up, to sweep 3. to groom Notes: root: ស្អាត; also written សំអាត |
| មានអី | mien ʔəy | 1. what things, why not, of course, O.K., all right, yeah, well... 2. you're welcome 3. but, however (contrasts one statement with another) 4. no problem Notes: colloquial |
| តា | taa | 1. grandfather 2. respectful term for addressing an old man 3. ancestor (often used in the names of spirits) 4. spoken form of តែ {តាម៉ាភ្លែតអេ = តែមួយភ្លែតទេ = [it's] just a few minutes!} |
| ម៉ា | maa | one Notes: spoken form of មួយ (contraction) |
| ភ្លែត | plɛɛt | clf. for moments, instants {ចាំមួយភ្លែត = just a moment!/wait a moment!} |
| ចុះ | coh | 1. phrase-initial particle: And how about ...? 2. phrase-initial particle: As for ... |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| ពេលទំនេរ | peel tumnee | (during) spare time, leisure time |
| តេនីស | teeniih | tennis Notes: also written តែន្និស |
| 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} |
| អា | ʔaa | 1. preceding nouns, noun phrases or adjectives in colloquial speech {អាមួយនោះមែន? = This one, right?} {អាពណ៌បៃតង = the green one} {មានតែអាទុំអេ៎ហ្ន៎? អត់មានអាខ្ចីអេ៎? = Do you only have ripe ones? You don’t have green ones?} 2. used preceding nouns, noun phrases or adjectives giving them a pejorative, derogatory or familiar meaning 3. the vowel [a] when spelling |
| រឿង | rɨəŋ | 1. story, novel 2. cause, case, event, conflict |
| កីឡា | kəylaa | sports |