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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| នារី | nierii | female Cambodian name |
| កញ្ញា | kaɲɲaa | female Cambodian name |
| ជុំគ្នា | cum knie | 1. to unite, reunite, assemble 2. together |
| ង៉ៃអាទិត្យ | ŋay ʔaatɨt | colloquial pronunciation of ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ = Sunday |
| ហ្នឹង | nɨŋ | this, that, right here, right now (colloquial form of នេះ = this, that) |
| 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!} |
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| រឿង | rɨəŋ | 1. story, novel 2. cause, case, event, conflict |
| អី | ʔəy | 1. what? {អីហ្នឹង?/អីគេ?/អីគេហ្នឹង? = what is this?/what?} {កាន់អីនៅនឹងដៃហ្នឹង? = What are [you] holding in [your] hand?} 2. something, anything {មានអីអត់ = Are you all right?/Is everything ok?/Did anything happen?} {ខ្ញុំទៅក្រៅញ៉ាំអី = I’m going out to eat something} Notes: variant of អ្វី |
| មិន | mɨn | negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ) |
| ចាំ | cam | 1. to wait (for) 2. to remember, to memorize, to know by heart 3. phrase-initial: I will [do ... for you very soon/now] {ចាំខ្ញុំយកឲ្យវិញបង = I’ll get it back for you} {ចាំខ្ញុំពន្យល់ពីរបៀបប្រើ = I’ll explain you how it works} {ចាំមើលណា = Let me see...} |
| យូរ | yuu | 1. slow 2. (of time) long 3. late |
| 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 |
| ចុះ | coh | 1. phrase-initial particle: And how about ...? 2. phrase-initial particle: As for ... |
| តាស | taah | 1. particle in final position when giving a positive answer to a yes/no question {កន្លែងនេះអង្គុយបានអេ៎? ចា៎ស បានតាស។ = Can I sit here? Sure!} 2. particle in final position used to affirm the preceding {ល្អតាស! = Sounds good!} 3. particle in final position after a negative response: expresses that the preceding is a correction of what the other person has said {ធារីមែន? អត់ទេ ខ្ញុំកញ្ញាតាស។ = You’re ធារី, right? No, I’m កញ្ញា!} {ឯងទៅសាលាមែន? អត់ទេ ខ្ញុំទៅផ្សារតាស។ = You’re going to school, right? No, I’m going to the market!} Notes: colloquial; spoken form of ទេតើ |
| តែ | tae | 1. but, however 2. only, just 3. tea |
| ដូច | douc | alike, similar, like, as |
| មិនសូវ | mɨn səv | 1. not so much 2. rather not |
| 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 |
| ណាស់ | nah | very, very much |
| ណា | naa | final particle to soften a statement or request |
| ផង | pʰɑɑŋ | 1. also, too, as well 2. marker indicating entreaty or a polite request: please ..., would you ... |
| រាល់ | roal | every, each, all |
| ដង | dɑɑŋ | time, occurrence, occasion |
| សប្បាយ | sapbaay | 1. happy, pleasant, fun 2. kind, beneficial, healthy |
| អ៎ | ʔɑɑ | 1. particle used to form a yes/no question, similar to ឬ 2. exclamation indicating satisfaction or surprise 3. indicating something like surprise on part of the speaker that the listener might not be aware of some fact or past event {ម៉ាស៊ីនត្រជាក់ខូចតាំងពីម្សិលមិញអ៎។ = [Didn’t you know that] the A/C has been broken since yesterday!} Notes: colloquial |
| អឹម | ʔəm | 1. filler word (umm...) 2. yes Notes: colloquial |
| ងាយ | ŋiey | easy |
| 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)} |
| ឯណា | ʔaenaa | 1. where, somewhere, anywhere 2. how, in what way 3. what 4. which, any, some 5. however {ឯណា ... ឯណា ... = on the one hand … on the other hand …} 6. {មានបាន … ឯណា = didn't …} |
| ផ្លាស់ | plah | 1. to replace, to change (e.g., clothes), to exchange 2. to transfer 3. to be transferred, changed, replaced |
| ប្ដូរ | pdou | 1. to exchange, change, replace 2. to swap, barter, trade Notes: ជើង ដ; root: ដូរ |
| បរិយាកាស | paʔreʔyaakaah | 1. air 2. atmosphere (of a situation or event), environment |
| ខ្លះ | klah | some (serves as a plural marker with ណា and អ្វី) |