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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| មិត្តភក្តិ | mɨt pʰeaʔ | friend Notes: ជើង ត (twice) |
| តារា | taaraa | male Cambodian name |
| ឯង | ʔaeŋ | 1. you 2. self, oneself, by oneself 3. used after personal pronouns or names to make the address more polite 4. surely, obviously |
| 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} |
| 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?} |
| 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)} |
| ពូកែ | puukae | clever, skilfull, good at (doing something) |
| ម្ល៉េះ | mleh | thus, so, in this way, this much |
| ប្រណាំង | prɑnaŋ | to compete, to race, to rival |
| រត់ | rʊət | 1. to run (away), flee, escape 2. to run/function well 3. to coincide 4. to work out 5. to work as a runner/motorcycle taxi/rickshaw driver 6. to be fast 7. to be fluent |
| ជាប់លេខ | coap leek | to win, place (e.g., in a competition) |
| ដល់ | dɑl | 1. to reach, to attain, to arrive at 2. to, toward, up to, as far as, at, until |
| 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!} |
| ឆ្នាំ | cnam | year |
| ជាប់គ្នា | coap knie | 1. to be joined, attached, linked, locked (together) 2. next to, consecutive {៣ ឆ្នាំជាប់គ្នា = three years in a row} |
| ខំ | kʰɑm | to make an effort, try hard |
| ហាត់ | hat | 1. to practice, train, drill, exercise 2. to learn, study, be in training |
| រាល់ថ្ងៃ | roal tŋay | every day |
| តែ | tae | 1. but, however 2. only, just 3. tea |
| សំខាន់ | sɑmkʰan | 1. to be important, essential, crucial, principal 2. magnificent, superb, remarkable, excellent, exemplary, model |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| គឺ | kɨɨ | 1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely |
| ចូលចិត្ត | coul cət | to like, to prefer Notes: ជើង ត |
| ត្រូវ | trəv | 1. must, have to 2. to be correct, right, proper, exact, accurate 3. to concern, have to do with, to agree/jibe with, coincide with 4. to be affected with/by, to suffer, undergo (ត្រូវ + CLAUSE marks a passive-like construction in which the subject of the clause introduced by ត្រូវ is translated as the agent in the passive construction) |
| 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 |
| បើ | baə | 1. if, may be 2. although |
| មិន | mɨn | negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ) |
| ពិតជា | pɨt cie | 1. certainly, surely 2. will certainly, will surely |
| អាច | ʔaac | 1. to be able/qualified (to do something), capable of (doing something) 2. to be possible 3. to be in condition (to), be in a position (to) 4. to dare to |
| តស៊ូ | tɑɑ suu | 1. to strive, struggle, fight, resist fiercely 2. to persist, to continue bravely |
| 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!} |
| មែន | mɛɛn | 1. to be real, true, accurate, to be right, correct, it is true 2. really, actually, indeed 3. as a question tag: [...], really? [...], right? |
| អាទិត្យ | ʔaatɨt | 1. sun 2. week 3. Sunday, as in ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ = Sunday |
| ថ្ងៃ | tŋay | 1. day, daytime 2. sun |
| ទុក | tuk | 1. to put, set, place, arrange 2. to set aside, keep, retain, save, preserve, maintain, conserve, hold (in reserve) {ទុកញ៉ាំ = to keep for eating later} |
| ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
| សម្រាក | sɑmraak | 1. to rest, to relax, to cause to relieve 2. break {សម្រាកថ្ងៃត្រង់ = lunch break} Notes: root: ស្រាក; also written សំរាក |
| សាច់ដុំ | sac dom | muscle |
| 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]!} |
| ញ៉ាំ | ɲam | to eat, to drink, to consume {ញ៉ាំបាយ = general term for 'to eat' (neutral form for younger persons and persons of the same age)} Notes: informal, of oneself, addressing children or close friends but not elders |
| ប្រូតេអ៊ីន | prouteeʔiin | protein |
| 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 |
| ច្រើន | craən | 1. much, many, numerous, very much 2. mostly, often |
| ទៀត | tiət | 1. again, still, more, further, yet, additional 2. to be different, other |
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| ហ្នឹងហើយ | nɨŋ haǝy | 1. yeah, yes, right, correct, that's correct 2. ok, all right Notes: colloquial |
| ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
| បន្លែ | bɑnlae | vegetable |
| 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 |