Asking “How do you write this?” — Additional dialogue 1

ពិសិដ្ឋ៖ ពន្ធធនាគារ? បានន័យថា គុក ហ្នឹងមែន? ម៉េចសរសេរអីចឹងវិញ?
វាសនា៖ បើមិនសរសេរអីចឹង សរសេរម៉េចវិញ?
ពិសិដ្ឋ៖ អត់មាន ធ អេ៎។ ពន្ធ ហើយ -នាគារ យកម៉ង។

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Khmer	Pronunciation	English/Notes
ពិសិដ្ឋ	piʔsət	male Cambodian name
ពន្ធធនាគារ	pʊəntʰeaʔniekie	common misspelling of ពន្ធនាគារ = jail, prison
បានន័យថា	baan ney tʰaa	1. that means, in other words 2. to mean
គុក	kuk	1. jail, prison 2. pit dug in the ground as an oven for cooking 3. furnace 4. kind of large owl
ហ្នឹងមែន	nɨŋ mɛɛn	Is that true? {ហ្នឹងមែន? ហ្នឹងហើយ។ = Is that true? Yes, that's true!} Notes: colloquial
ម៉េច	məc	what (following a verb of saying), why, in what way/manner, how {ម៉េចហើយ?/ម៉េចអី? = What's up?} {[…] ម៉េចទៅ? = In what way […]?} {ថាម៉េចចៅ? = What are you saying, grand-daughter?} {បងចង់បានម៉ូតម៉េច? = What kind of design/fashion do you like?}
សរសេរ	sɑɑ see	to write
អីចឹង	ʔəycəŋ	1. like this, like that, in that way, then {គិតម៉េចទៅអីចឹង? = What are you going to do next?} {ធ្វើមុខអីអីចឹង? = Why are you making such a face?} 2. really? Notes: variant: អ៊ីចឹង
វិញ	vɨɲ	again, back, instead
វាសនា	viehsnaa, viesaʔnaa	male Cambodian name
បើ	baə	1. if, may be 2. although
មិន	mɨn	negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ)
អត់	ʔɑt	1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions
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’
ធ	tʰɔɔ	19th consonant of the Khmer alphabet
អេ៎	ʔee	1. spoken form of the question particles ... អត់? or ... ទេ? 2. spoken form of the negation particle ទេ 3. hey! Notes: colloquial
ពន្ធ	pʊən	1. tax, duty, tribute, contribution 2. [formal] tie, bond
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
នាគារ	niekie	[word ending]
យកម៉ង	yɔɔk mɑɑŋ	immediately, directly, right away Notes: spoken form of យកតែម្ដង