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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?} |
| ប្រទេស | prɑteeh | country, nation |
| កម្ពុជា | kampuʔcie | Cambodia |
| កម្រ | kɑmrɑɑ | 1. to be poor 2. rare, scarce 3. poverty Notes: also written កំរ |
| 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’ |
| 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) |
| ប្រារព្ធ | praarup | 1. to initiate, to start to organize, to prepare, to hold (a party) 2. to think of, to wonder about |
| ពិធី | piʔtʰii | 1. ceremony, celebration, ritual 2. occasion 3. process, method, way 4. traditions, customary rules |
| ខួបកំណើត | kʰuəp kɑmnaət | birthday |
| ណាស់ | nah | very, very much |
| ប្រជាជន | prɑciecʊən | the people, the population |
| 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]!} |
| ចំនួន | cɑmnuən | amount, number, quantity |
| ធំ | tʰom | to be big, tall, vast, important Notes: irregular pronunciation |
| មិនទាំង | mɨn teaŋ | + verb: (did/does) not even + verb |
| ចងចាំ | cɑɑŋ cam | to remember, retain, hold on to, be nostalgic about |
| ថ្ងៃកំណើត | tŋay kɑmnaət | birthday |
| របស់ | rɔbɑh | 1. object, thing, belonging, property 2. of, belonging to |
| ខ្លួនឯង | kluən ʔaeŋ | 1. oneself 2. personally, on one's own, by oneself |
| ផង | pʰɑɑŋ | 1. also, too, as well 2. marker indicating entreaty or a polite request: please ..., would you ... |
| ប៉ុន្តែ | pontae | but, however Notes: ជើង ត; root: តែ |
| សម័យ | saʔmay | 1. era, period, time, season, occasion 2. phase (of the moon) 3. condition, state 4. doctrine, tradition, style, fashion 5. sign, mark 6. cause 7. function |
| បច្ចុប្បន្ន | paccopbɑn | the present (time), now, in the present time |
| ថ្ងៃ | tŋay | 1. day, daytime 2. sun |
| ត្រូវ | trəv | 1. must, have to 2. to be correct, right, proper, exact, accurate 3. to concern, have to do with, to agree/jibe with, coincide with 4. to be affected with/by, to suffer, undergo (ត្រូវ + CLAUSE marks a passive-like construction in which the subject of the clause introduced by ត្រូវ is translated as the agent in the passive construction) |
| 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)} |
| គេ | kee | 1. he, she 2. one, someone 3. other(s) |
| ចាត់ទុក | cat tuk | 1. to consider 2. to regard (highly) |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| ពិសេស | piʔseh | special, exceptional, different |
| និង | nɨŋ | and |
| កាន់តែ | kan tae | more and more, further, becoming more and more, increasingly, continually |
| ច្រើន | craən | 1. much, many, numerous, very much 2. mostly, often |
| ឡើង | laəŋ | 1. to go up, ascend 2. (of aircraft) to take off 3. to rise, get up 4. to climb 5. to get on/board (a means of transport) 6. to go upstream 7. to ferment, rise (of dough) 8. to increase 9. up, upwards 10. upstream 11. increasingly 12. on 13. often occurs as a verb complement in various meanings |
| ដូច្នេះ | doucneh | 1. so, thus, therefore 2. like this |
| ម្នាក់ | mneak | 1. one person (contraction of មួយនាក់) 2. alone |
| នូវ | nɨv | 1. marker of the direct object, especially in written, literary language 2. with, and, and also, along with, by means of |
| អ្នកដទៃ | neak dɑtey | strangers, others, other people |
| ជនជាតិ | cɔɔn ciet | 1. citizen, people {ជនជាតិខ្មែរ = Khmer people} 2. nationality |
| ខ្មែរ | kmae | Khmer, Cambodian |
| ដោយ | daoy | 1. by, with, along 2. (indicator of an adverb) in a ... manner 3. because |
| ជួបជុំ | cuəp cum | to meet, hold a meeting, to gather together, assemble, (re)unite |
| មិត្តភក្តិ | mɨt pʰeaʔ | friend Notes: ជើង ត (twice) |
| ញ៉ាំ | ɲam | to eat, to drink, to consume {ញ៉ាំបាយ = general term for 'to eat' (neutral form for younger persons and persons of the same age)} Notes: informal, of oneself, addressing children or close friends but not elders |
| អាហារ | ʔaahaa | food, meal |
| ពេលល្ងាច | peel lŋiec | evening, in the evening |
| នំខេក | num kʰeek | cake |
| អាច | ʔaac | 1. to be able/qualified (to do something), capable of (doing something) 2. to be possible 3. to be in condition (to), be in a position (to) 4. to dare to |
| ជូន | cuun | 1. to give, present, offer 2. to accompany, escort, give someone a lift or ride 3. to, for (formal or polite variant of ឲ្យ) |
| កាដូ | kaadou | present, gift |
| ឬក៏ | rɨɨ kɑɑ | or (on the other hand) |
| ចូលលុយគ្នា | coul luy knie | to pool/contribute money |
| ទិញ | tɨɲ | to buy |
| រួច | ruəc | 1. to finish, end, achieve, complete 2. indicates the possibility of completing the action of the main verb, to be able 3. already, then, after that |
| ធ្វើឲ្យ | tvəə ʔaoy | 1. to cause, make (someone) do (something) 2. to do (something) for (someone) (often used to form causative compounds) |
| ភ្ញាក់ផ្អើល | pɲeak pʔaəl | 1. to be startled, surprised, excited, alarmed 2. to panic |
| កន្លែងធ្វើការ | kɑnlaeŋ tvəə kaa | office, workplace |
| មិន | mɨn | negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ) |
| ចាំបាច់ | cam bac | 1. necessary, essential, indispendable 2. to need to |
| 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!} |
| យោបល់ | yoobɑl | 1. opinion, point of view 2. idea, suggestion |
| លើក | lǝǝk | 1. to lift, raise, elevate, boost, hoist {លើកដៃសំពះ = to raise the hands in a greeting or respectful gesture} {លើករបស់ = to lift something} {លើកទូរស័ព្ទ = to pick up the phone} 2. to erect, build, establish, create 3. to form 4. to levy/raise (e.g., troops) 5. to perform/celebrate (a ritual or ceremony) 6. to exalt 7. to rouse 8. to transport 9. to exhume, dig up 10. to postpone, adjourn, cancel 11. time, occasion, instance, session {លើកមុន = last time} 12. except, unless |
| ខ្លួន | kluən | 1. body, figure, person, self 2. reflexive pronoun: myself, yourself, himself etc. |
| ជាជាង | cie cieŋ | instead of, rather than |
| ទទួលយក | tɔtuəl yɔɔk | 1. to accept 2. to take, to receive |
| អំណោយ | ʔɑmnaoy | gift, present, donation, contribution |
| សប្បាយ | sapbaay | 1. happy, pleasant, fun 2. kind, beneficial, healthy |
| រីករាយ | riik riey | to be happy, glad, enthusiastic |
| ជាមួយ | cie muəy | with |
| សាមីខ្លួន | saamǝy kluən | main person (e.g., the bride or groom in the wedding), interested party, person concerned, the subject (e.g., of an investigation) |
| គួរតែ | kuə tae | ought to, should, it's right to |
| សម្ដែង | sɑmdaəŋ | 1. to express (an idea) 2. to show, display, demonstrate 3. to come into view 4. to act, perform, portray on the stage 5. to declare, proclaim 6. to publish, promulgate Notes: root: ស្តែង; ជើង ដ; also written សំដែង |
| សេចក្តី | səckdəy | 1. affair, matter, case 2. subject, meaning, concept 3. reason, cause 4. nominalizing particle, forms abstract nouns from verbs and adjectives 5. these derivative nouns generally have the meaning of: the condition or state of … {សេចក្តីល្អ = goodness} Notes: ជើង ត, pronunciation: ជើង ដ |
| ដឹងគុណ | dəŋ kun | to be grateful |
| ដល់ | dɑl | 1. to reach, to attain, to arrive at 2. to, toward, up to, as far as, at, until |
| មាតា | miedaa | mother Notes: formal, literal, royal |
| 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!} |
| គាត់ | koat | 1. he/him/his 2. she/her 3. they/them/their (formal/polite 3rd person pronoun) 4. you/your (intimate) |
| ខិតខំ | kʰət kʰɑm | to make more strenuous efforts, try harder, to work harder |
| បង្កើត | bɑŋkaət | 1. to create, to produce, to give birth to 2. to be related to (by blood) |
| រូប | ruup | 1. image, picture, body, figure, shape, portrait, statue 2. clf. for respected people, monks, pictures, statues |
| ថ្ងៃនេះ | tŋay nih | today |
| កាលពី | kaal pii | at, during (of past time only), on (a certain date), in (the month of) |
| ប៉ុន្មាន | ponmaan | 1. how much, how many 2. (in an affirmative context) some, several, a few, a certain number 3. (in a negative or indefinite context) (not) many, to any (great) extent |
| ឆ្នាំ | cnam | year |
| មុន | mun | 1. previous(ly), former(ly) {ខែមុន = last month} 2. first, before {ញ៉ាំមុនចុះ = Go ahead and eat first!} |