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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| 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.} |
| 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) |
| ពាក្យ | piek | word, term, expression, phrase |
| ប្រើ | praə | to use |
| ញឹកញាប់ | ɲɨk ɲoap | 1. repeatedly, many times 2. often, frequently, on many occasions |
| ជាងគេ | cieŋ kee | superlative marker: the most, the ...-est |
| 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 |
| ឆ្លើយ | claəy | to reply, to answer |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| យើង | yəəŋ | 1. we 2. I (familiar) 3. in final position used to refer to 'our Cambodian ...' {ទុរេនកំពតយើងមែន? = Kampot durian (from our country, Cambodia), right?} |
| មិន | mɨn | negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ) |
| អំពី | ʔɑmpii | 1. about, concerning, relative to 2. from, out of {អំពីថ្ងៃនេះទៅ = from this day on} |
| អ្វីមួយ | ʔvǝymuǝy | 1. what? 2. any, some, a certain one 3. anything, nothing, something |
| គេ | kee | 1. he, she 2. one, someone 3. other(s) |
| ចូលចិត្ត | coul cət | to like, to prefer Notes: ជើង ត |
| ខាងចុង | kʰaaŋ coŋ | 1. at the end 2. the end |
| ព្រោះ | prʊəh | because (of), since |
| វា | vie | 1. it (of animals, things, or very young children) 2. he, she, they (familiar or contemptuous) |
| បង្កប់ន័យ | bɑŋkɑp ney | to imply Notes: BCF |
| ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
| 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)} |
| ជួយ | cuəy | to help, to assist |
| 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 |
| ឬ | rɨɨ | 1. or 2. phrase-final interrogative particle {មិនមែនឬ = Isn't it true?} |
| ដោះស្រាយ | dɑh sraay | 1. to solve (a problem), alleviate (a situation) 2. to attend to (e.g., a problem) 3. to untie 4. to explain |
| ចម្ងល់ | cɑmŋɑl | doubt Notes: root: ឆ្ងល់; neither in Headley nor Chuon |
| របស់ | rɔbɑh | 1. object, thing, belonging, property 2. of, belonging to |
| អ្នក | neak | 1. you (to equals of both sexes) 2. person, one who... (used as an agentive particle to create nouns from predicatives) |
| សួរ | suə | 1. to ask, question, enquire 2. to visit, come to see |
| ប៉ុន្តែ | pontae | but, however Notes: ជើង ត; root: តែ |
| នៅតែ | nɨv tae | 1. still, as before 2. to be left, remain |
| ផ្ទុយទៅវិញ | ptuy tɨv vɨɲ | on the contrary |
| 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!} |
| ស្ដាប់ | sdap | 1. to listen (to) 2. to obey 3. to understand (a spoken language) Notes: ជើង ដ |
| ទៅ | tɨv | 1. to go (away from the speaker in space or time), to go to/towards, go on, continue, advance, go away 2. towards 3. from now on, from then on (often used as a particle indicating that the action began at some point in the past or present and continued on into the future or that the action is directed away from the speaker) 4. imperative particle, go ahead and ...! {ញ៉ាំទៅ = Go ahead and eat/drink!} |
| មិនសូវ | mɨn səv | 1. not so much 2. rather not |
| ពីរោះ | piirʊəh | to be melodious, harmonious, sweet, sonorous, pleasing to the ear |
| 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 |
| ហាក់ដូចជា | hak douc cie | it seems as though, one could say that |
| មិនខ្វល់ | mɨn kvɑl | to not care (about) |
| បញ្ហា | baɲhaa, paɲhaa | problem, difficulty, matter, question, issue |