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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ពាក្យ | piek | word, term, expression, phrase |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| បញ្ជោរ | bɑɲcoo | to praise, to flatter |
| មានន័យ | mien ney | to mean |
| និយាយ | niʔyiey | to speak, say, talk, relate, tell, to narrate, to talk over, discuss |
| សរសើរ | sɑɑ saə | 1. to congratulate 2. to compliment, praise, eulogize, admire |
| នរណាម្នាក់ | nɔɔnaa mneak | somebody, anybody |
| អំពី | ʔɑmpii | 1. about, concerning, relative to 2. from, out of {អំពីថ្ងៃនេះទៅ = from this day on} |
| អ្វី | ʔvəy | 1. what? 2. anything, something, nothing |
| 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!} |
| មិន | mɨn | negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ) |
| ពិត | pɨt | 1. to be true, real, genuine 2. to be sure, certain, accurate, exact 3. to inform, notify, tell 4. to push apart, shove aside, push one's way through (e.g., a crowd) |
| ដូចជា | douc cie | such as, like, as though, to seem as though, for instance |
| ស្អាត | sʔaat | 1. to be clean, nice, neat 2. pure, chaste 3. smart (of someone's appearance) 4. nice-looking, beautiful |
| ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
| ។ល។ | laʔ | etc., and so forth, and so on |
| រីឯ | rii ʔae | as for, regarding |
| អ្នក | neak | 1. you (to equals of both sexes) 2. person, one who... (used as an agentive particle to create nouns from predicatives) |
| ចូលចិត្ត | coul cət | to like, to prefer Notes: ជើង ត |
| ស្ដាប់ | sdap | 1. to listen (to) 2. to obey 3. to understand (a spoken language) Notes: ជើង ដ |
| 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) |
| មនុស្ស | mɔnuh, meaʔnuh | human being, person |
| ស៊ី | sii | 1. to eat (with humans it is intimate in urban centers but may be used more generally in rural areas) 2. to consume (food, fuel) 3. ស៊ីប្រេន = to sell at a high price just because it’s a brand name |
| ជោរ | coo | 1. to flood 2. to overflow, spill 3. to well up (as tears) 4. to rise (e.g., of water level) 5. to be full, brimming, saturated, flooded 6. overripe, juicy 7. to be gullible, easily-duped (especially by flattery) 8. self-important, swollen-headed 9. to desire something greatly 10. to exceed, go beyond (the norm) 11. excessively, too much |
| 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 |
| 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’ |
| នៅមុខ | nɨv muk | 1. in front, ahead, further ahead 2. in front of 3. in the presence of |
| 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?} |
| ក្រោយ | kraoy | 1. to be next, behind, after 2. back 3. later, next 4. in the future |
| ដើម | daəm | 1. trunk (of a tree or the body), stock 2. stalk 3. tree, plant 4. source, origin 5. base, foundation, beginning 6. cause 7. originator 8. substance, matter, topic 9. case, facts 10. role, condition 11. initial investment, capital, principal 12. to be original, first 13. clf. for long, thin, stick-like objects such as trees, poles, pencils, and guns |
| 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 |
| ផ្ទុយទៅវិញ | ptuy tɨv vɨɲ | on the contrary |
| ចេះ | ceh | 1. to know (how to do something), to be able to 2. to be used to, accustomed to 3. to keep on doing something 4. constantly, always, incessantly 5. to be learned, intelligent, smart, cunning |
| នរណា | nɔɔnaa | who, which one, anybody |
| ទោះ | tʊəh | even (if), even though |
| ធ្វើ | tvəə | 1. to do, to make, to work, to prepare 2. to cultivate (a field) {ធ្វើស្រែ = to work in a rice field, be a farmer, grow rice} |
| 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)} |
| ល្អ | lʔɑɑ | 1. good, nice, beautiful, pretty 2. correct, proper |
| ក៏ដោយ | kɑɑ daoy | 1. (who)soever, (what)soever 2. whether or not, it makes no difference, even if 3. even though, although |