Apologizing — Dialogue 1

ការប៉ះទង្គិច
តារា៖ អីយ៉ាស់! សុំទោសបង! មានអីអត់បង?
វុទ្ធី៖ អត់អីទេ។
តារា៖ សុំទោស។ ខ្ញុំប្រញាប់ពេក។

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Khmer	Pronunciation	English/Notes
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)
ប៉ះទង្គិច	pah tʊəŋkɨc	1. to clash, collide, bump into 2. to skirmish
តារា	taaraa	male Cambodian name
អីយ៉ាស់	ʔəy yah	oops
សុំទោស	som tooh	1. excuse me, pardon me 2. I'm sorry
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)
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’
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
អត់	ʔɑt	1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions
វុទ្ធី	vutʰii	male Cambodian name
អត់អីទេ	ʔɑt ʔəy tee	1. it doesn't matter, it's all right 2. surely, certainly Notes: see also មិនអីទេ
ខ្ញុំ	kɲom	I
ប្រញាប់	prɑɲap	1. to hurry, to be in a hurry 2. quickly, promptly
ពេក	peek	too, too much, too many