Asking “What is this?” — Dialogue 2

ធារី៖ ពិសិដ្ឋ! កាន់អីនៅនឹងដៃហ្នឹង?
ពិសិដ្ឋ៖ វចនានុក្រមអេឡិចត្រូនិច ធារីស្គាល់អត់?
ធារី៖ ធ្លាប់តែឮគេនិយាយ តែអត់ដែលឃើញសោះ។ គេប្រើយ៉ាងម៉េចអាហ្នឹង?

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Khmer	Pronunciation	English/Notes
ធារី	tʰierii	female Cambodian name
ពិសិដ្ឋ	piʔsət	male Cambodian name
កាន់	kan	1. to hold, carry in the hand, grasp, hang on to 2. to control, be in charge of, be responsible for 3. to withstand, support, sustain, bear 4. to hold to, believe in, keep/observe (e.g., a religion) {កាន់សាសនាព្រះពុទ្ធ = to believe in Buddhism} 5. (of a spirit) to possess
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
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?}
នឹង	nɨŋ	with, by (means of), (attached) to
ដៃ	day	1. arm, hand 2. handle, lever, crank 3. branch (of a tree, bamboo, or a river), offshoot 4. tendril 5. trunk (of an elephant) 6. sleeve 7. steering wheel 8. clf. for handfuls of young rice plants/grass 9. clf. for slaps 10. command to an elephant not to move its trunk or not to pull up something with its trunk 11. clf. for a bunch of 10 areca nuts
ហ្នឹង	nɨŋ	this, that, right here, right now (colloquial form of នេះ = this, that)
វចនានុក្រម	veaʔcaʔnaanuʔkrɑm	dictionary
អេឡិចត្រូនិច	eeləttrounɨt	electronic Notes: also written អេឡិចត្រូនិក; neither in Headley nor Chuon
ស្គាល់	skoal	1. to know (someone), recognize, have seen before 2. to be familiar with
អត់	ʔɑt	1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions
ធ្លាប់តែ	tloap	1. to become accustomed to, familiar with, to be used to 2. to have the habit/custom of 3. marker of continuous action in the past Notes: equivalent to ធ្លាប់
ឮ	lɨɨ	1. to hear 2. independent vowel representing the Sanskrit vowel លឭៃ (words spelled with ឮ may also be spelled with លឺ) Notes: also written លឺ
គេ	kee	1. he, she 2. one, someone 3. other(s)
និយាយ	niʔyiey	to speak, say, talk, relate, tell, to narrate, to talk over, discuss
តែ	tae	1. but, however 2. only, just 3. tea
អត់ដែល	ʔɑt dael	never [to have done something] (used only for past actions) Notes: see also មិនដែល
ឃើញ	kʰəəɲ	1. to see, to perceive 2. to understand, to recognize 3. គិត ... ឃើញ = to find a solution, figure out, solve 4. to come to a conclusion, realize, understand
សោះ	sɑh	1. final particle: (in negative clauses) at all, in the least, completely, utterly, absolutely, finally 2. to be completely out of 3. to be empty, devoid of content 4. to be tasteless, insipid, flavorless, lifeless 5. tired, exhausted 6. pale, anemic 7. it’s just … {សំឡេងទូរស័ព្ទសោះ = it’s just the sound of the phone}
ប្រើ	praə	to use
យ៉ាងម៉េច	yaaŋ məc	1. how, in what way 2. in any way, however
អាហ្នឹង	ʔaa nɨŋ	this thing, that thing Notes: less polite, used in casual conversation; see also អានោះ