Expressing surprise — Dialogue 2


សួរតម្លៃ
មីងសំបង ល្មុតហ្នឹងបងទិញម៉ាគីឡូប៉ុន្មាន?
មីងនួនម៉ាគីឡូម៉ឺន
មីងសំអីក៏ថ្លៃម៉េះ? ទិញនៅណាហ្នឹង? ខ្ញុំទៅទិញនៅផ្សារម្សិលមិញ ម៉ាគីឡូតែម៉ឺនហ្នឹង!
មីងនួនអីគេ? ម៉ាគីឡូតែម៉ឺនអេ៎? ថោកម៉េះ! មិនមែនអេ៎អី? ល្អអត់ហ្នឹង?
មីងសំអូ ល្អសឹងអីធំហើយផ្អែមទៀត

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KhmerPronunciationEnglish/Notes
សួរ suə 1. to ask, question, enquire
2. to visit, come to see
តម្លៃ tɑmlay 1. price
2. value
មីង miiŋ 1. aunt (younger sister of either parent)
2. 2nd or 3rd person pronoun for a younger aunt or a step-mother
3. 2nd person pronoun for an older woman one does not know (one who is younger or appears to be younger than one's parents)
សំ sɑm male or female Cambodian name
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)
ល្មុត lmut kind of fruit (sapodilla) with a sweet, malty flavor
ហ្នឹង nɨŋ this, that, right here, right now (colloquial form of នេះ = this, that)
ទិញ tɨɲ to buy
ម៉ា maa one
Notes: spoken form of មួយ (contraction)
គីឡូ kiilou 1. kilo-
2. kilogram
3. kilometer
ប៉ុន្មាន ponmaan 1. how much, how many
2. (in an affirmative context) some, several, a few, a certain number
3. (in a negative or indefinite context) (not) many, to any (great) extent
នួន nuən female Cambodian name
ម៉ឺន məɨn ten thousand
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
ក៏ kɑɑ marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly
ថ្លៃ tlay 1. expensive, dear, valuable
2. cost, price, value
ម៉េះ meh thus, so, in this way, this much
Notes: spoken form of ម្ល៉េះ
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?}
ណា naa 1. which, any
2. where, somewhere, anywhere
ខ្ញុំ kɲom I
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
ម្សិលមិញ msəl mɨɲ yesterday
តែ tae 1. but, however
2. only, just
3. tea
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
អេ៎ ʔee 1. spoken form of the question particles ... អត់? or ... ទេ?
2. spoken form of the negation particle ទេ
3. hey!
Notes: colloquial
ថោក tʰaok 1. to be cheap (of price or behavior), inexpensive
2. petty, trivial, inconsequential
មិនមែន mɨn mɛɛn no, not, is not
អេ៎អី ʔee ʔəy as a question: maybe ...? {ញ៉ាំអីខុសអេ៎អី? = Maybe you’ve eaten something wrong?}
ល្អ lʔɑɑ 1. good, nice, beautiful, pretty
2. correct, proper
អត់ ʔɑt 1. no, not
2. to be without, lacking
3. to restrain oneself, abstain from
4. particle to form yes/no questions
អូ ʔou oh, aha (exclamation expressing sudden realization, or loss of doubt)
សឹងអី səŋ ʔəy very much
Notes: BCF; colloquial
ធំ tʰom to be big, tall, vast, important
Notes: irregular pronunciation
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
ផ្អែម pʔaem sweet
ទៀត tiət 1. again, still, more, further, yet, additional
2. to be different, other