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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| អសន្តិសុខ | ʔaʔsɑnteʔsok | 1. lack of security, insecurity 2. insecure, to be unsafe Notes: ជើង ត |
| 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?} |
| ប្រទេស | prɑteeh | country, nation |
| កម្ពុជា | kampuʔcie | Cambodia |
| ធ្វើឲ្យ | tvəə ʔaoy | 1. to cause, make (someone) do (something) 2. to do (something) for (someone) (often used to form causative compounds) |
| 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’ |
| រឿង | rɨəŋ | 1. story, novel 2. cause, case, event, conflict |
| ទាក់ទង | teak tɔɔŋ | 1. in relation to, concerning 2. to contact, communicate (with), keep/be in touch (with), maintain relations (with) 3. to connect (with) |
| នឹង | nɨŋ | with, by (means of), (attached) to |
| ចោរកម្ម | cao kam | theft, banditry |
| ឬ | rɨɨ | 1. or 2. phrase-final interrogative particle {មិនមែនឬ = Isn't it true?} |
| គ្រោះថ្នាក់ចរាចរណ៍ | krʊək tnak cɑraacɑɑ | 1. road accident 2. to have a road accident |
| ជាច្រើន | cie craən | many, a lot, in abundance |
| កើតឡើង | kaət laəŋ | to happen, occur |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| រៀងរាល់ថ្ងៃ | riəŋ roal tŋay | every day, always |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| តាមដាន | taam daan | 1. to keep track of, follow a situation 2. to spy on |
| ព័ត៌មាន | poadɑɑmien | news, information {សួរព័ត៌មាន = to make an enquiry, to ask for information} Notes: also written ពត៌មាន |
| ទាំងនេះ | teaŋ nih | all of these |
| ហេតុការណ៍ | haet kaa | event, incident, circumstance, situation |
| មិន | mɨn | negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ) |
| ល្អ | lʔɑɑ | 1. good, nice, beautiful, pretty 2. correct, proper |
| របស់ | rɔbɑh | 1. object, thing, belonging, property 2. of, belonging to |
| អ្នកដទៃ | neak dɑtey | strangers, others, other people |
| តាម | taam | 1. to follow, to agree, to go along {ដើរតាមភ្ញៀវគ្រប់ជំហាន = to follow the customer’s every step} 2. according to, in accordance with, following, along, by, through {តាមអាយុ = according to age} {តាមសម្រួល = take it easy/take your time} 3. on, in, along {ជិះម៉ូតូតាមផ្លូវ = to ride a motorbike on the street} {ជិះតាមផ្លូវតូចៗ = to drive on small roads} {នៅតាមខេត្ត = in/throughout the province} {លក់នៅតាមផ្សារ = to sell in the market} |
| ទូរទស្សន៍ | tuureaʔtʊəh | TV |
| និយាយ | niʔyiey | to speak, say, talk, relate, tell, to narrate, to talk over, discuss |
| ត | tɑɑ | 1. to connect, to link, to join together, to attach 2. to continue 3. one after another, from one to another {និយាយតៗគ្នា = to spread information by talking to each other} |
| 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 |
| គឺ | kɨɨ | 1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely |
| ទម្លាប់ | tumloap | 1. habit, custom 2. to make a habit of, to be accustomed to |
| ជនជាតិ | cɔɔn ciet | 1. citizen, people {ជនជាតិខ្មែរ = Khmer people} 2. nationality |
| ខ្មែរ | kmae | Khmer, Cambodian |
| គោលបំណង | kool bɑmnɑɑŋ | objective, purpose, goal |
| ដើម្បី | daəmbəy | in order to, for, to, toward, reserved for |
| 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.} |
| ពី | pii | from, since, of, about, at |
| មូលហេតុ | muulhaet | 1. cause 2. origin, source |
| និង | nɨŋ | and |
| បង្ការ | bɑŋkaa | 1. to defend, to protect 2. to prevent {បង្ការកុំឲ្យ ... កើតឡើង = to prevent ... (from happening)/so that ... doesn't happen} 3. to be cautious, to take precautions |
| កុំឲ្យ | kom ʔaoy | 1. in order that not ..., so as not to ... 2. don't let ... |
| ចំពោះ | cɑmpʊəh | toward, to, about, as for |
| ខ្លួនឯង | kluən ʔaeŋ | 1. oneself 2. personally, on one's own, by oneself |
| មិត្តភក្តិ | mɨt pʰeaʔ | friend Notes: ជើង ត (twice) |
| ក្រុមគ្រួសារ | krom kruəsaa | family, family members |