បូរ៉ា៖ ធីតា អង្គុយម្នាក់ឯងអេ៎អ៎? សុំអង្គុយដែរបានអត់?
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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| មិត្តភក្តិ | mɨt pʰeaʔ | friend Notes: ជើង ត (twice) |
| មិន | mɨn | negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ) |
| 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’ |
| កៅអី | kav ʔəy | chair, seat |
| គ្រប់គ្រាន់ | krup kroan | sufficient, enough, adequate |
| បូរ៉ា | bouraa | male Cambodian name |
| ធីតា | tʰiidaa | female Cambodian name Notes: irregular pronunciation: ធីដា |
| អង្គុយ | ʔɑŋkuy | to sit, to sit down |
| ម្នាក់ឯង | mneak ʔaeŋ | alone, by oneself |
| អេ៎ | ʔee | 1. spoken form of the question particles ... អត់? or ... ទេ? 2. spoken form of the negation particle ទេ 3. hey! Notes: colloquial |
| 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 |
| សុំ | som | to ask (for), to beg, to demand (may be used in a polite way by older persons to younger ones) |
| 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 |
| 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)} |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| ម៉ោ | mao | 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 Notes: spoken form of មក |
| តែ | tae | 1. but, however 2. only, just 3. tea |
| ផង | pʰɑɑŋ | 1. also, too, as well 2. marker indicating entreaty or a polite request: please ..., would you ... |
| 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!} |
| គេ | kee | 1. he, she 2. one, someone 3. other(s) |
| តិច | təc | 1. to be few (in number), small (in size or extent), less 2. a little bit, somewhat 3. phrase-final: makes a request more polite {ចង់ពឹងឲ្យជួយលើកអីវ៉ាន់តិច = Can you please help me carrying these things?} {ខ្ញុំសុំលអាវនេះតិចបានអេ៎? = Can I try on this shirt here, please?} 4. phrase-initial: expressing concern {តិចមានបញ្ហាអីទៅ បង? = Will this be a problem?} |
| សិន | sən | 1. [phrase-final] for now, for the time being, for a moment 2. [phrase-final] first Notes: polite final hortatory particle |
| សុំទោស | som tooh | 1. excuse me, pardon me 2. I'm sorry |
| ខ្ញុំ | kɲom | I |
| នេះ | nih | 1. this, these 2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space |
| 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]!} |
| តារា | taaraa | male Cambodian name |
| យក | yɔɔk | 1. to take (in one's hand or with oneself), hold 2. when ordering: I’ll take, I’ll have {យកបបរគ្រឿងសាច់ជ្រូកម៉ាចាន = I’ll have a bowl of pork porridge} 3. to take (away) 4. to steal 5. to bring 6. to borrow 7. to get, obtain, achieve |
| ចុះ | coh | phrase-final particle: mild imperative indicating permission {ញ៉ាំចុះ = Go ahead and eat!} |