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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?} |
| ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
| កំពុង | kɑmpuŋ | to be in the process of (doing something) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| ក្រឡេក | krɑleek | 1. to glance 2. to look at sideways 3. to tickle |
| ឃើញ | kʰəəɲ | 1. to see, to perceive 2. to understand, to recognize 3. គិត ... ឃើញ = to find a solution, figure out, solve 4. to come to a conclusion, realize, understand |
| អ្នក | neak | 1. you (to equals of both sexes) 2. person, one who... (used as an agentive particle to create nouns from predicatives) |
| ស្គាល់គ្នា | skoal knie | to know each other |
| ជនជាតិ | cɔɔn ciet | 1. citizen, people {ជនជាតិខ្មែរ = Khmer people} 2. nationality |
| ខ្មែរ | kmae | Khmer, Cambodian |
| តែងតែ | taeŋ tae | usually, regularly, constantly, always, continually |
| បបួល | bɑbuəl | 1. to invite/appeal/persuade to 2. to ask 3. to arrange (with) |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| 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) |
| គួរសម | kuə sɑɑm | 1. polite, acceptable, appropriate 2. reasonable, moderate {មានច្រើនគួរសមដែរ = it has a reasonably/relatively many} |
| ដោយ | daoy | 1. by, with, along 2. (indicator of an adverb) in a ... manner 3. because |
| និយាយ | niʔyiey | to speak, say, talk, relate, tell, to narrate, to talk over, discuss |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| ឈ្មោះ | cmʊəh | 1. name 2. to be named/called |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| លោក | look | 1. you (used in addressing adult males who are of approximately equal rank with the speaker and Buddhist monks) 2. he (used in referring to adult males who are of approximately equal rank with the speaker and Buddhist monks) 3. monk, man (who is respected) 4. sir, mister (commonly used before a title or given name) 5. world, sphere of existence 6. universe |
| ពូ | puu | 1. uncle (younger brother of either parent) 2. respectful term of address to older men |
| ឧទាហរណ៍ | ʔuʔtiehɑɑ | 1. example 2. for example |
| បាយ | baay | 1. cooked rice 2. food, meal |
| នំ | num | cake, cooky, pastry, sweet, generic term for sweet pastries |
| ពិសា | piʔsaa, piisaa | to eat, to consume Notes: polite form used when speaking to older persons |
| 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!} |
| 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) |
| ហៅ | hav | 1. to call, name 2. to order (e.g., in a restaurant), specifically to stop a vehicle 3. to send for, summon 4. to invite (guests) |
| 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 |
| បដិសេធ | paʔdeʔsaet | 1. to deny 2. to reject, to refuse 3. to cancel, to abolish, to eliminate |
| អត់អីទេ | ʔɑt ʔəy tee | 1. it doesn't matter, it's all right 2. surely, certainly Notes: see also មិនអីទេ |
| ចុះ | coh | phrase-final particle: mild imperative indicating permission {ញ៉ាំចុះ = Go ahead and eat!} |
| ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
| ឬក៏ | rɨɨ kɑɑ | or (on the other hand) |
| ទទួលយក | tɔtuəl yɔɔk | 1. to accept 2. to take, to receive |
| ចំណី | cɑmnəy | 1. snack 2. dessert 3. fodder, (animal) feed |
| បន្តិចបន្តួច | bɑntəc bɑntuəc | 1. a little, a few 2. to a small extent, just barely, somewhat Notes: ជើង ត (both times) |