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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 |
| 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!} |
| ធ្លាប់ | tloap | 1. to become accustomed to, to be familiar with, to have experience with, to be used to 2. to have the habit/custom of 3. marker of continuous action in the past |
| ទិញ | tɨɲ | to buy |
| ទំនិញ | tumnɨɲ | goods, merchandise |
| ខ្លួន | kluən | 1. body, figure, person, self 2. reflexive pronoun: myself, yourself, himself etc. |
| ចង់ | cɑŋ | 1. to want/wish/desire (to do something) 2. to flirt with, court, woo (a girl) 3. to approach, draw near 4. about to (do something), on the point of 5. even if |
| 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)} |
| ហាង | haaŋ | store, shop |
| ណា | naa | 1. which, any 2. where, somewhere, anywhere |
| 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]!} |
| 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 |
| ពេញចិត្ត | pɨɲ cət | to be pleased, satisfied, content Notes: ជើង ត |
| អតិថិជន | ʔaʔteʔtʰeʔ cɔɔn | customer, client Notes: formal |
| ច្រើនតែ | craən tae | mostly, usually, for the most part |
| 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!} |
| ទីនោះ | tii nuh | there, over there |
| ជាប្រចាំ | cie prɑcam | 1. regularly 2. permanently |
| ភាសា | pʰiesaa | 1. language 2. speech, words |
| សាមញ្ញ | saamaɲ | 1. to be ordinary, common, simple, universal, conventional 2. religious austerity 3. religious mendicancy |
| 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) |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| ម៉ូយ | mouy | regular customer/client/patient |
| អ្នកលក់ | neak lʊək | seller |
| ច្រើន | craən | 1. much, many, numerous, very much 2. mostly, often |
| ប្រើ | praə | to use |
| ពាក្យ | piek | word, term, expression, phrase |
| លក់ | lʊək | 1. to sell 2. asleep {ដេកលក់ = to be sound asleep, to sleep deeply} {ដេកមិនលក់ = to not be able to fall asleep, to have insomnia} |
| យក | yɔɔk | 1. to take (in one's hand or with oneself), hold 2. when ordering: I’ll take, I’ll have {យកបបរគ្រឿងសាច់ជ្រូកម៉ាចាន = I’ll have a bowl of pork porridge} 3. to take (away) 4. to steal 5. to bring 6. to borrow 7. to get, obtain, achieve |
| មានន័យ | mien ney | to mean |
| គេ | kee | 1. he, she 2. one, someone 3. other(s) |
| 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 |
| ម្នាក់ | mneak | 1. one person (contraction of មួយនាក់) 2. alone |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| ក្នុង | knoŋ | 1. in, inside 2. during + (time word) |
| តម្លៃ | tɑmlay | 1. price 2. value |
| ថោក | tʰaok | 1. to be cheap (of price or behavior), inexpensive 2. petty, trivial, inconsequential |
| ជាពិសេស | cie piʔseeh | especially |
| ដើម្បី | daəmbəy | in order to, for, to, toward, reserved for |
| គាត់ | koat | 1. he/him/his 2. she/her 3. they/them/their (formal/polite 3rd person pronoun) 4. you/your (intimate) |
| 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 |
| ជួយ | cuəy | to help, to assist |
| ទៀត | tiət | 1. again, still, more, further, yet, additional 2. to be different, other |
| ក្រោយ | kraoy | 1. to be next, behind, after 2. back 3. later, next 4. in the future |