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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ជាទូទៅ | cie tuu təv | in general, as a whole, generally |
| ការ | kaa | 1. commonly occurs as a nominalizing particle deriving abstract nouns or noun phrases from verbs or verb phrases 2. work, occupation 3. business, affair, matter 4. to protect, defend, prevent 5. to marry 6. marriage 7. wedding 8. interest (e.g., on a loan) 9. profit 10. usury 11. to wind (into a skein/bobbin/reel) 12. to spin (silk) |
| សួរ | suə | 1. to ask, question, enquire 2. to visit, come to see |
| បញ្ជាក់ | bɑɲceak | 1. to confirm, verify, certify, to clarify, explain 2. to indicate 3. to prove, to show 4. to determine 5. to announce, declare, claim 6. to order 7. to conform to |
| ក្រោយ | kraoy | 1. to be next, behind, after 2. back 3. later, next 4. in the future |
| ពន្យល់ | pʊənyʊəl | to explain, show, demonstrate |
| អ្វីមួយ | ʔvǝymuǝy | 1. what? 2. any, some, a certain one 3. anything, nothing, something |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| តើ | taə | 1. indicating an indirect question, it may often be translated as 'if' or 'whether' 2. phrase-final: used for emphasis |
| អ្នក | neak | 1. you (to equals of both sexes) 2. person, one who... (used as an agentive particle to create nouns from predicatives) |
| យល់ | yʊəl | 1. to understand, comprehend 2. to learn 3. to see, perceive 4. recognize, know 5. to favor, be partial to |
| 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!} |
| មិនមែន | mɨn mɛɛn | no, not, is not |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| គួរសម | kuə sɑɑm | 1. polite, acceptable, appropriate 2. reasonable, moderate {មានច្រើនគួរសមដែរ = it has a reasonably/relatively many} |
| ប៉ុន្មាន | ponmaan | 1. how much, how many 2. (in an affirmative context) some, several, a few, a certain number 3. (in a negative or indefinite context) (not) many, to any (great) extent |
| បំផុត | bɑmpʰot | 1. to be the most..., the very..., extreme, extraordinary 2. to terminate, to end, to finish, to conclude 3. final, last |
| គឺ | kɨɨ | 1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely |
| ក្រោយពេល | kraoy peel | after (the time when) |
| គួរ | kuə | 1. should, ought to 2. to be worthy of (often marks phrases equivalent to Eng. adjectives in -able/-ible) 3. to be correct, proper, suitable, fitting |
| 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?} |
| ស្ងៀម | sŋiǝm | 1. to be silent, quiet 2. still, immobile, inactive 3. to be idle, free, unemployed |
| និង | nɨŋ | and |
| ញញឹម | ɲɔɲɨm | to smile |
| ទៅកាន់ | tɨv kan | to, toward |
| ដៃគូសន្ទនា | day kuu sɑnteaʔnie | conversation partner |
| ពិតប្រាកដ | pɨt praakɑɑt | true, exact, sure |
| ណាស់ | nah | very, very much |
| 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} |
| បែប | baep | kind, sort, model, type, style, form, shape, method, way |
| នេះ | nih | 1. this, these 2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space |
| យើង | yəəŋ | 1. we 2. I (familiar) 3. in final position used to refer to 'our Cambodian ...' {ទុរេនកំពតយើងមែន? = Kampot durian (from our country, Cambodia), right?} |
| មិន | mɨn | negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ) |
| ដឹង | dəŋ | 1. to know, to be aware of, to be familiar with 2. [colloquial] can be used in the affirmative or, as an answer to a question, to mean ‘no’ {ដឹងហើយ = ok!} {ឯងដឹងថាគាត់ទៅណាអត់? ដឹង! = Do you know where he went to? No, I don’t.} |
| ប្រាកដ | prakɑt | 1. clearly, certainly, without fail, precisely 2. certain, true, exact 3. famous, celebrated |
| ពិតជា | pɨt cie | 1. certainly, surely 2. will certainly, will surely |
| 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!} |
| 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)} |
| និយាយ | niʔyiey | to speak, say, talk, relate, tell, to narrate, to talk over, discuss |
| ឬ | rɨɨ | 1. or 2. phrase-final interrogative particle {មិនមែនឬ = Isn't it true?} |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| ឡើយ | laəy | 1. at all, absolutely 2. generally used with the negative particles កុំ, គ្មាន, ពុំ, មិន, ឥត, to express the idea of incompleted action, existence or progressing action |
| ផ្ទុយទៅវិញ | ptuy tɨv vɨɲ | on the contrary |
| ក្នុង | knoŋ | 1. in, inside 2. during + (time word) |
| ករណី | kaʔraʔnəy | case, cause, instance, matter, story |
| 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’ |
| សុំ | som | to ask (for), to beg, to demand (may be used in a polite way by older persons to younger ones) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| ដូចជា | douc cie | such as, like, as though, to seem as though, for instance |
| មេរៀន | mee riən | lesson |
| របៀប | rɔbiəp | 1. method, system, order, arrangement, organization 2. style, way 3. rules |
| ប្រើ | praə | to use |
| ច្រើន | craən | 1. much, many, numerous, very much 2. mostly, often |
| ដង | dɑɑŋ | time, occurrence, occasion |
| ត្រង់ | trɑŋ | 1. straight, directly 2. exactly in (some spot) 3. upright, vertical 4. frank, honest, fair |
| ហ្នឹង | nɨŋ | this, that, right here, right now (colloquial form of នេះ = this, that) |
| កន្លែង | kɑnlaeŋ | 1. place, location, region 2. clf. for locations |
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| ធម្មតា | tʰoam meaʔ taa | 1. to be natural, habitual, usual, ordinary 2. usually, ordinarily |