កណ្ណិកា៖ ទំនេរតាសបង។ ម៉េចដែរ?
ដាលីន៖ អត់ទំនេរក៏បងប្រើដែរ ព្រោះប្រញាប់ហើយ។ បងចង់ឲ្យអូនឯងជួយសរុបលទ្ធផលស្រង់មតិឲ្យបង ប្រហែល ១០០ សន្លឹក។ ចង់បានថ្ងៃស្អែកពេលព្រឹក ម៉េចដែរ? បានអេ៎?
កណ្ណិកា៖ ប្រហែលជាបានបង។
ដាលីន៖ អូនឯងមើលក្នុងហ្នឹងទៅដឹងហើយ។ មានតែ ៣ សំណួរអេ៎។ អីចឹងអូនឯងសរុបចម្លើយ យេស ឬក៏ ណូ សម្រាប់សំណួរមួយៗម៉ោ តែកុំភ្លេចដំបូងសរុបចំនួនមនុស្សឆ្លើយទាំងអស់សិនម៉ោណា។
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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ដាលីន | daalɨn | female Cambodian name |
| កណ្ណិកា | kɑnəkaa | female Cambodian name |
| ទំនេរ | tumnee | 1. free 2. empty, unoccupied, vacant 3. not busy |
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| អូន | ʔoun | 1. I (younger brother, younger sister, sweetheart or wife - about themselves) 2. you (intimate or familiar address form for younger sibling, for one's wife or girl friend, or for a close friend who is younger) 3. you (politely addressing a stranger who's younger than oneself) |
| តាស | taah | 1. particle in final position when giving a positive answer to a yes/no question {កន្លែងនេះអង្គុយបានអេ៎? ចា៎ស បានតាស។ = Can I sit here? Sure!} 2. particle in final position used to affirm the preceding {ល្អតាស! = Sounds good!} 3. particle in final position after a negative response: expresses that the preceding is a correction of what the other person has said {ធារីមែន? អត់ទេ ខ្ញុំកញ្ញាតាស។ = You’re ធារី, right? No, I’m កញ្ញា!} {ឯងទៅសាលាមែន? អត់ទេ ខ្ញុំទៅផ្សារតាស។ = You’re going to school, right? No, I’m going to the market!} Notes: colloquial; spoken form of ទេតើ |
| 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) |
| ម៉េចដែរ | məc dae | 1. How is it? How is it going? 2. What's up? 3. How is that? What do you think about that? Notes: colloquial |
| ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
| ប្រើ | praə | to use |
| 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 |
| ព្រោះ | prʊəh | because (of), since |
| ប្រញាប់ | prɑɲap | 1. to hurry, to be in a hurry 2. quickly, promptly |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| ឯង | ʔaeŋ | 1. you 2. self, oneself, by oneself 3. used after personal pronouns or names to make the address more polite 4. surely, obviously |
| ជួយ | cuəy | to help, to assist |
| សរុប | saʔrop | 1. to summarize 2. to sum up 3. to generalize 4. to unite, gather 5. sum, summary, total |
| លទ្ធផល | lattʰeaʔpʰɑl | result, outcome, effect |
| ស្រង់មតិ | srɑŋ meaʔteʔ | 1. to poll, to take a survey 2. poll, survey |
| ប្រហែល | prɑhael | 1. about, approximately 2. resembling, similar to, nearly identical 3. almost 4. maybe, probably, it is possible that, perhaps |
| សន្លឹក | sɑnlək | 1. sheet (of paper), page, leaf 2. clf. for thin flat objects such as leaves and sheets of paper |
| 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)} |
| ថ្ងៃស្អែក | tŋay sʔaek | tomorrow |
| ពេលព្រឹក | peel prɨk | morning, in the morning |
| អេ៎ | ʔee | 1. spoken form of the question particles ... អត់? or ... ទេ? 2. spoken form of the negation particle ទេ 3. hey! Notes: colloquial |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| មើល | məəl | 1. to look at, to watch, to watch for, to observe 2. to read (to oneself), to review (a lesson) 3. to examine, survey, inspect 4. to observe 5. to treat (medically) 6. to care for, take care of 7. to consider, regard 8. particle: come on, give it a try 9. let me see! 10. phrase-final: softens a command or request {ជួយបង្ហាញតិចមើល = Please show me!} |
| ក្នុង | knoŋ | 1. in, inside 2. during + (time word) |
| ហ្នឹង | nɨŋ | this, that, right here, right now (colloquial form of នេះ = this, that) |
| 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!} |
| ដឹង | dəŋ | 1. to know, to be aware of, to be familiar with 2. [colloquial] can be used in the affirmative or, as an answer to a question, to mean ‘no’ {ដឹងហើយ = ok!} {ឯងដឹងថាគាត់ទៅណាអត់? ដឹង! = Do you know where he went to? No, I don’t.} |
| 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’ |
| តែ | tae | 1. but, however 2. only, just 3. tea |
| សំណួរ | sɑmnuə | question |
| 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 |
| ចម្លើយ | cɑmlaəy | response, answer, reply Notes: root: ឆ្លើយ; also written ចំឡើយ |
| យេស | yeeh | yes |
| ឬក៏ | rɨɨ kɑɑ | or (on the other hand) |
| ណូ | nou | no |
| សម្រាប់ | sɑmrap | 1. for 2. used for, used to (make or do something) |
| 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]!} |
| 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 |
| កុំ | kom | do not ... |
| ភ្លេច | plɨc | to forget |
| ដំបូង | dɑmbouŋ | 1. first, first of all, before 2. at first, in the beginning |
| ចំនួន | cɑmnuən | amount, number, quantity |
| មនុស្ស | mɔnuh, meaʔnuh | human being, person |
| ឆ្លើយ | claəy | to reply, to answer |
| ទាំងអស់ | teaŋ ʔɑh | all, all of |
| សិន | sən | 1. [phrase-final] for now, for the time being, for a moment 2. [phrase-final] first Notes: polite final hortatory particle |
| ណា | naa | final particle to soften a statement or request |
| ចា៎ស | caah | 1. yes (used by women) 2. often merely a polite word of acknowledgment, especially at the beginning of a sentence Notes: same as ចាស, but written with a diacritic to indicate high intonation |
| ខ្ញុំ | kɲom | I |
| យល់ | yʊəl | 1. to understand, comprehend 2. to learn 3. to see, perceive 4. recognize, know 5. to favor, be partial to |
| បើ | baə | 1. if, may be 2. although |
| ឆ្ងល់ | cŋɑl | 1. to wonder 2. to be surprised, astonished, amazed 3. to be dazed, confused 4. to (be in) doubt 5. to be hesitant |
| 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 |
| ចាំ | cam | 1. to wait (for) 2. to remember, to memorize, to know by heart 3. phrase-initial: I will [do ... for you very soon/now] {ចាំខ្ញុំយកឲ្យវិញបង = I’ll get it back for you} {ចាំខ្ញុំពន្យល់ពីរបៀបប្រើ = I’ll explain you how it works} {ចាំមើលណា = Let me see...} |
| តេ | tee | to call, to phone {តេអត់ចូលសោះ = I can’t reach [her], I don’t get through} |
| សួរ | suə | 1. to ask, question, enquire 2. to visit, come to see |