Indicating Agreement — Dialogue 2

យល់ស្រប — នៅកន្លែងធ្វើការ
តារា៖ វុទ្ធី! វុទ្ធីឯងគិតថាហេតុអីបានចំនួនអតិថិជនធ្លាក់ចុះខ្លាំងម្ល៉េះខែមុន?
វុទ្ធី៖ ខ្ញុំអត់ច្បាស់ដែរបង។ តែខ្ញុំគិតថា ប្រហែលជាមកពីខែមុនមានបុណ្យទានច្រើនពេក។
តារា៖ ហ្នឹងហើយ ខ្ញុំគិតអីចឹងដែរ។ / ប្រហែលហើយមើលទៅ។

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Khmer	Pronunciation	English/Notes
យល់ស្រប	yʊəl srɑɑp	to agree, to fully agree, to approve
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?}
កន្លែងធ្វើការ	kɑnlaeŋ tvəə kaa	office, workplace
តារា	taaraa	male Cambodian name
វុទ្ធី	vutʰii	male Cambodian name
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
គិត	kɨt	1. to think, to realize 2. to calculate 3. to charge 4. គិត ... ឃើញ = to find a solution, figure out, solve 5. to come to a conclusion, realize, understand
ថា	tʰaa	1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...]
ហេតុអី	haet ʔəy	why? for what reason? Notes: colloquial form of ហេតុអ្វី
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)}
ចំនួន	cɑmnuən	amount, number, quantity
អតិថិជន	ʔaʔteʔtʰeʔ cɔɔn	customer, client Notes: formal
ធ្លាក់	tleak	1. to fall, to fall down 2. to fail (an examination)
ចុះ	coh	1. to move downwards, descend, go down, get down, dismount 2. get off/out of 3. to go downstream 4. (of rain) to fall 5. (of fog/mist) to appear 6. to flow, run 7. to decrease, diminish 8. to lower a price, to give a discount 9. to submit, give up, comply 10. down (adverbial denoting movement downwards physically, in status or class, or in price) 11. downstream 12. to register, sign 13. to make an entry, record 14. to formalize 15. to conduct, carry out (e.g., an investigation) 16. to relax 17. to release 18. to be dated (with a calendrical date) 19. to work something out 20. to have diarrhea
ខ្លាំង	klaŋ	1. to be strong, vigorous 2. loud 3. firm, sturdy 4. serious 5. strongly, vigorously, exceedingly
ម្ល៉េះ	mleh	thus, so, in this way, this much
ខែ	kʰae	1. month 2. moon
មុន	mun	1. previous(ly), former(ly) {ខែមុន = last month} 2. first, before {ញ៉ាំមុនចុះ = Go ahead and eat first!}
ខ្ញុំ	kɲom	I
អត់	ʔɑt	1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions
ច្បាស់	cbah	1. clear, distinct, sure {ខ្ញុំអត់ច្បាស់ដែរ = I'm not sure (either)} 2.  clearly, surely, distinctly, definitely
ដែរ	dae	1. also, too, likewise, in the same way 2. indeed, quite, rather 3. marks a polite, gentler, less abrupt statement: all the same, even so, nevertheless
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)
តែ	tae	1. but, however 2. only, just 3. tea
ប្រហែល	prɑhael	1. about, approximately 2. resembling, similar to, nearly identical 3. almost 4. maybe, probably, it is possible that, perhaps
ជា	cie	1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines)
មកពី	mɔɔk pii	1. because of 2. to result from
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’
បុណ្យទាន	bon tien	ceremony of alms giving or merit making
ច្រើន	craən	1. much, many, numerous, very much 2. mostly, often
ពេក	peek	too, too much, too many
ហ្នឹងហើយ	nɨŋ haǝy	1. yeah, yes, right, correct, that's correct 2. ok, all right Notes: colloquial
អីចឹង	ʔəycəŋ	1. like this, like that, in that way, then {គិតម៉េចទៅអីចឹង? = What are you going to do next?} {ធ្វើមុខអីអីចឹង? = Why are you making such a face?} 2. really? Notes: variant: អ៊ីចឹង
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
មើលទៅ	məəl tɨv	maybe, perhaps, probably, it seems that {គិតមើលទៅ = [after] thinking [for a while], it seems that/I can say that/maybe}