Expressing love — Monologues 1

ការគិតក្នុងចិត្ត
តារា៖ នឹកនារីដល់ហើយ។ បើនារីបានម៉ោជាមួយខ្ញុំដែរ មិនដឹងសប្បាយចិត្តម៉េចទេ។
នារី៖ មិនដឹងបងតារាម៉េចហើយទេនៀក។ ទៅដល់ខេត្តនៅទេ? សូមឲ្យគាត់សុខសប្បាយ។

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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)
គិត	kɨt	1. to think, to realize 2. to calculate 3. to charge 4. គិត ... ឃើញ = to find a solution, figure out, solve 5. to come to a conclusion, realize, understand
ក្នុង	knoŋ	1. in, inside 2. during + (time word)
ចិត្ត	cət	feeling, heart (as the seat of emotion), will (power), intention, thought, opinion Notes: ជើង ត
តារា	taaraa	male Cambodian name
នឹក	nɨk	1. to think of/about, imagine, visualize, conceive of, dream of, think up, get an idea 2. to consider, ponder 3. to reflect upon, meditate 4. to recall, remember 5. to miss (someone or some place) 6. to feel, become aware of 7. to suspect, doubt
នារី	nierii	female Cambodian name
ដល់ហើយ	dɑl haǝy	a lot, very, very much, extremely, really
បើ	baə	1. if, may be 2. although
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)}
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
ជាមួយ	cie muəy	with
ខ្ញុំ	kɲom	I
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
មិន	mɨn	negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ)
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.}
សប្បាយចិត្ត	sapbaay cət	1. to be content, satisfied, happy 2. to enjoy 3. happy feeling Notes: ជើង ត
ម៉េច	məc	what (following a verb of saying), why, in what way/manner, how {ម៉េចហើយ?/ម៉េចអី? = What's up?} {[…] ម៉េចទៅ? = In what way […]?} {ថាម៉េចចៅ? = What are you saying, grand-daughter?} {បងចង់បានម៉ូតម៉េច? = What kind of design/fashion do you like?}
ទេ	tee	1. particle: negative particle occurring in phrase final position especially after មិន, ពុំ, etc. 2. interrogative particle occurring in phrase final position, often in the combination ឬទេ 3. neutral/positive particle to add emphasis {ខ្ញុំសុខសប្បាយទេ = I'm fine!} {យកតែមួយទេ = I’ll take only one!}
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)
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
នៀក	niək	spoken forms of នេះ = this Notes: colloquial
ទៅដល់	tɨv dɑl	1. to arrive, to reach, to go to 2. until, up to 3. to, toward
ខេត្ត	kʰaet	1. province 2. region, territory Notes: ជើង ត; irregular pronunciation: ខែត
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?}
សូម	soum	1. to request, ask for 2. to beg, entreat 3. polite term used to introduce a sentence, meaning 'please, would you...', 'would you please'
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
គាត់	koat	1. he/him/his 2. she/her 3. they/them/their (formal/polite 3rd person pronoun) 4. you/your (intimate)
សុខសប្បាយ	sok sapbaay	to be well and happy (commonly used in the greeting សុខសប្បាយឬទេ? = How are you?, but can also used when saying goodbye)