វាមានន័យថា ពេលនៅផ្ទះ យើងមានគ្រួសារផ្សេងៗគ្នាមែន តែពេលនៅក្រៅផ្ទះ យើងគួរជួយគ្នាទៅវិញទៅមកឲ្យដូចជាបងប្អូនបង្កើតគ្នាអីចឹងដែរ។
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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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?} |
| ផ្ទះ | pteah | house, home, residence, building |
| ម្ដាយ | mdaay | mother (used when speaking of or to someone else's mother) Notes: ជើង ដ |
| ទីទៃ | tii tey | to be different, individually separate, other, opposite, reverse |
| ព្រៃ | prey | 1. woods, forest, jungle, wilderness 2. wild, undomesticated |
| តែ | tae | 1. but, however 2. only, just 3. tea |
| 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]!} |
| គឺ | kɨɨ | 1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| សុភាសិត | soʔpʰiesət | 1. proverb, saying, maxim 2. (of speech or words) to be right, correct, exact, proper |
| ដែល | dael | 1. who, whom, which, where, when 2. of/to/in/at which/whom 3. the fact/reason that 4. ever, happened to, having done at least once, having been to, already, always, had occasion to, have ever {អត់ដែលដឹងសោះ = I’ve never known this!} |
| ជនជាតិ | cɔɔn ciet | 1. citizen, people {ជនជាតិខ្មែរ = Khmer people} 2. nationality |
| ខ្មែរ | kmae | Khmer, Cambodian |
| តែងតែ | taeŋ tae | usually, regularly, constantly, always, continually |
| និយាយ | niʔyiey | to speak, say, talk, relate, tell, to narrate, to talk over, discuss |
| វា | vie | 1. it (of animals, things, or very young children) 2. he, she, they (familiar or contemptuous) |
| មានន័យ | mien ney | to mean |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
| យើង | yəəŋ | 1. we 2. I (familiar) 3. in final position used to refer to 'our Cambodian ...' {ទុរេនកំពតយើងមែន? = Kampot durian (from our country, Cambodia), right?} |
| 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’ |
| គ្រួសារ | kruəsaa | family |
| ផ្សេង | pseeŋ | to differ, to be different (from each other), to be separate |
| គ្នា | knie | 1. together 2. mutually, reciprocally 3. I/me/my (informal, intimate) 4. he/she/they/we (informal, intimate) 5. assistant, helper, colleague 6. friend, companion 7. people 8. clf. for persons |
| មែន | mɛɛn | 1. to be real, true, accurate, to be right, correct, it is true 2. really, actually, indeed 3. as a question tag: [...], really? [...], right? |
| ក្រៅ | krav | 1. outside, out 2. foreign |
| គួរ | kuə | 1. should, ought to 2. to be worthy of (often marks phrases equivalent to Eng. adjectives in -able/-ible) 3. to be correct, proper, suitable, fitting |
| ជួយ | cuəy | to help, to assist |
| ទៅវិញទៅមក | tɨv vɨɲ tɨv mɔɔk | 1. back and forth 2. mutually, reciprocally 3. to each other |
| ឲ្យ | ʔaoy | 1. to give 2. to let, to allow 3. for, to, in order to, so as to {ចង់ឲ្យខ្ញុំកុម្ម៉ង់អីញ៉ាំឲ្យហើយអត់? = Do you want me to order something for you already?} 4. in a... manner (forms adverbial phrases from predicatives) Notes: also written អោយ, ឱ្យ |
| ដូចជា | douc cie | such as, like, as though, to seem as though, for instance |
| បងប្អូន | bɑɑŋ pʔoun | 1. brothers and sisters, siblings 2. relatives |
| បង្កើត | bɑŋkaət | 1. to create, to produce, to give birth to 2. to be related to (by blood) |
| 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 |
| 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 |