Identifying items or people 2 — Dialogue 1

មិត្តភក្តិមកលេងផ្ទះ
កណ្ណិកា៖ ភា រូបថតគ្រួសារភាឯងមែន?
សោភា៖ ហ្នឹងហើយ។ ថតកាលខ្ញុំនៅតូច ហើយពេលហ្នុងម៉ាក់ទើបតែកើតប្អូនស្រីខ្ញុំ។
កណ្ណិកា៖ មួយណាភាឯង? មុខស្រដៀងៗគ្នា។ កម្ពស់ប៉ិនៗគ្នាទៀត។
សោភា៖ ចុះបើបងប្អូន មិនឲ្យស្រដៀងគ្នា? ខ្ញុំមួយនៀក ឈរនៅជិតម៉ាក់។ ហើយអ្នកឈរនៅជិតប៉ានេះ បងស្រីខ្ញុំ។
កណ្ណិកា៖ មុខកាត់តាមម៉ាក់ទាំងអស់ម៉ង។

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Khmer	Pronunciation	English/Notes
មិត្តភក្តិ	mɨt pʰeaʔ	friend Notes: ជើង ត (twice)
មក	mɔɔk	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
លេង	leeŋ	1. to play 2. to do something for fun or pleasure 3. to joke
ផ្ទះ	pteah	house, home, residence, building
កណ្ណិកា	kɑnəkaa	female Cambodian name
ភា	pʰie	short for សោភា, a female Cambodian name
រូបថត	ruup tʰɑɑt	photograph, picture
គ្រួសារ	kruəsaa	family
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
មែន	mɛɛn	1. to be real, true, accurate, to be right, correct, it is true 2. really, actually, indeed 3. as a question tag: [...], really? [...], right?
សោភា	saopʰie	female Cambodian name
ហ្នឹងហើយ	nɨŋ haǝy	1. yeah, yes, right, correct, that's correct 2. ok, all right Notes: colloquial
ថត	tʰɑɑt	1. to photograph, take pictures 2. to record (sound) 3. to X-ray 4. to untie 5. to take out 6. drawer
កាល	kaal	1. time, moment, period of time 2. era, epoch 3. during, at the time when
ខ្ញុំ	kɲom	I
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?}
តូច	touc, tuuc	1. small, little, tiny 2. minor
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
ពេល	peel	1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time
ហ្នុង	noŋ	1. this, that 2. there
ម៉ាក់	mak	mom, mommy Notes: colloquial
ទើបតែ	təəp tae	just
កើត	kaət	1. to be born, created 2. to be, become 3. to come into existence, arise, appear 4. to rise (of the sun) 5. to happen, occur 6. to give birth to 7. to have/suffer (from a disease), contract (an illness) 8. to be affected (by an emotion) 9. to succeed 10. to be possible 11. to be able 12. (the) east 13. eastern 14. period (or day) of the waxing moon (the days in the 15-day period between the new moon and the full moon)
ប្អូនស្រី	pʔoun srǝy	younger sister
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]!}
ណា	naa	1. which, any 2. where, somewhere, anywhere
មុខ	muk	1. face, front 2. in front of 3. type, kind, variety 4. dish, kind of food 5. head, chief, chairman, president 6. mouth or opening of a stream 7. (sharp) edge (of a knife blade)
ស្រដៀង	srɑdiǝŋ	to be similar to, to resemble
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
កម្ពស់	kɑmpʊəh	height
ប៉ិន	pən	1. to be clever, smart, skilful, talented {អត់សូវប៉ិន = to be not good at, to not like} 2. spoken form of ប៉ុន = equal to, alike, similar, same as
ទៀត	tiət	1. again, still, more, further, yet, additional 2. to be different, other
ចុះបើ	coh baə	what if, but if
បងប្អូន	bɑɑŋ pʔoun	1. brothers and sisters, siblings 2. relatives
មិន	mɨn	negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ)
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
នៀក	niək	spoken forms of នេះ = this Notes: colloquial
ឈរ	cʰɔɔ	to stand (up)
ជិត	cɨt	1. to be close, near 2. tight 3. close-set, dense, thick 4. closely, tightly 5. almost 6. about to, on the point of (doing something) 7. to cover completely, be completely/firmly covered 8. command used by elephant drivers to make an elephant to move closer
អ្នក	neak	1. you (to equals of both sexes) 2. person, one who... (used as an agentive particle to create nouns from predicatives)
ប៉ា	paa	father
នេះ	nih	1. this, these 2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space
បងស្រី	bɑɑŋ srǝy	elder sister
កាត់	kat	1. to cut, slice, slit 2. to divide, detach 3. to penetrate, pass through, cut through/across, take a short cut 4. to interrupt 5. to solve, untangle 6. to settle (a matter) 7. to decide (a legal case) 8. to ignite, catch/start (of a fire) 9. to be hybrid, of mixed blood or ethnic origin 10. across, through 11. briefly 12. to set, to fix, to judge
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}
ទាំងអស់	teaŋ ʔɑh	all, all of
ម៉ង	mɑɑŋ	1. immediately, at once, right away 2. all of a sudden 3. generally, in general 4. totally Notes: spoken form of តែម្ដង