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Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
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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?} |
ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
កំពុង | kɑmpuŋ | to be in the process of (doing something) |
ដើរ | daə | 1. to walk, to go, to move 2. (of machines) to run |
ឬ | rɨɨ | 1. or 2. phrase-final interrogative particle {មិនមែនឬ = Isn't it true?} |
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} |
ការងារ | kaaŋie | job, work, profession, duty, task |
អ្វីមួយ | ʔvǝymuǝy | 1. what? 2. any, some, a certain one 3. anything, nothing, something |
ជាមួយ | cie muəy | with |
មិត្តភក្តិ | mɨt pʰeaʔ | friend Notes: ជើង ត (twice) |
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 |
អ្នក | neak | 1. you (to equals of both sexes) 2. person, one who... (used as an agentive particle to create nouns from predicatives) |
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 |
ទិញ | tɨɲ | to buy |
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 |
ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
ត្រូវ | trəv | 1. must, have to 2. to be correct, right, proper, exact, accurate 3. to concern, have to do with, to agree/jibe with, coincide with 4. to be affected with/by, to suffer, undergo (ត្រូវ + CLAUSE marks a passive-like construction in which the subject of the clause introduced by ត្រូវ is translated as the agent in the passive construction) |
បបួល | bɑbuəl | 1. to invite/appeal/persuade to 2. to ask 3. to arrange (with) |
ចំណែក | cɑmnaek | 1. as for, as to, regarding 2. part, division, portion, fragment, quotient |
សម្រាប់ | sɑmrap | 1. for 2. used for, used to (make or do something) |
របស់ | rɔbɑh | 1. object, thing, belonging, property 2. of, belonging to |
ផងដែរ | pʰɑɑŋ dae | also, too, as well |
ទើប | təəp | 1. then, only then, next 2. so, consequently {យប់មិញជួបមិត្តចាស់ទើបខ្ញុំញ៉ាំស្រា = yesterday, I met old friends, so I had drinks [with them]} 3. just {ទើបមកដល់ម្សិលមិញ = [they’ve] just arrived yesterday} |
ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
ការ | kaa | 1. commonly occurs as a nominalizing particle deriving abstract nouns or noun phrases from verbs or verb phrases 2. work, occupation 3. business, affair, matter 4. to protect, defend, prevent 5. to marry 6. marriage 7. wedding 8. interest (e.g., on a loan) 9. profit 10. usury 11. to wind (into a skein/bobbin/reel) 12. to spin (silk) |
គួរសម | kuə sɑɑm | 1. polite, acceptable, appropriate 2. reasonable, moderate {មានច្រើនគួរសមដែរ = it has a reasonably/relatively many} |
នេះ | nih | 1. this, these 2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space |
ប្រហែល | prɑhael | 1. about, approximately 2. resembling, similar to, nearly identical 3. almost 4. maybe, probably, it is possible that, perhaps |
រឿង | rɨəŋ | 1. story, novel 2. cause, case, event, conflict |
ធម្មតា | tʰoam meaʔ taa | 1. to be natural, habitual, usual, ordinary 2. usually, ordinarily |
វប្បធម៌ | voappaʔ tʰoa | 1. culture 2. cultural |
ប្រទេស | prɑteeh | country, nation |
ផ្សេងទៀត | pseeŋ tiət | other |
មិនមែន | mɨn mɛɛn | no, not, is not |
តែ | tae | 1. but, however 2. only, just 3. tea |
ខ្មែរ | kmae | Khmer, Cambodian |
នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
ទេ | tee | 1. particle: negative particle occurring in phrase final position especially after មិន, ពុំ, etc. 2. interrogative particle occurring in phrase final position, often in the combination ឬទេ 3. neutral/positive particle to add emphasis {ខ្ញុំសុខសប្បាយទេ = I'm fine!} {យកតែមួយទេ = I’ll take only one!} |