Laundry (Sakanan) — 00 Introduction

សួស្ដី នៅក្នុងរូបភាពនេះគឺយើងនឹងនិយាយអំពីការបោកខោអាវ បាទ អញ្ចឹងជាទូទៅរៀងរាល់ថ្ងៃចុងសប្តាហ៍ បន្ទាប់ពីយើងមកពីរៀន បន្ទាប់ពីយើងសម្រាកពីការងារ ឬក៏បន្ទាប់ពីយើងសម្រាកពីការសិក្សា អញ្ចឹងយើងតែងតែមានខោអាវដើម្បីបោក ព្រោះថាយើងស្លៀកពាក់មួយអាទិត្យ អញ្ចឹងធ្វើឲ្យខោអាវយើងកខ្វក់ ដូច្នេះយើងត្រូវបោកខោអាវ។

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Khmer	Pronunciation	English/Notes
សួស្ដី	suǝsdǝy	greeting equivalent to 'hi!' 'hello!' 'good day!' Notes: ជើង ដ
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?}
ក្នុង	knoŋ	1. in, inside 2. during + (time word)
រូបភាព	ruup pʰiep	1. image, picture, drawing, photo 2. appearance, form, shape
នេះ	nih	1. this, these 2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space
គឺ	kɨɨ	1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely
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?}
នឹង	nɨŋ	future tense marker: will, about to
និយាយ	niʔyiey	to speak, say, talk, relate, tell, to narrate, to talk over, discuss
អំពី	ʔɑmpii	1. about, concerning, relative to 2. from, out of {អំពីថ្ងៃនេះទៅ = from this day on}
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)
បោក	baok	1. to beat (against a fixed object), smash, to slam, throw violently 2. to do the laundry, to wash clothes {បោកខោអាវ = to do the laundry, to wash clothes} 3. to launder, wash by beating 4. to overthrow 5. to throw oneself to the ground 6. to thresh 7. to cheat, dupe, swindle, trick
ខោអាវ	kʰao ʔaav	clothes, clothing
បាទ	baat	male politeness particle, also used to answer in the affirmative, or agree to or acknowledge a statement
អញ្ចឹង	ʔɑɲcəŋ	1. in that case, so, then, therefore 2. like this/that 3. this/that much
ជាទូទៅ	cie tuu təv	in general, as a whole, generally
រៀងរាល់ថ្ងៃ	riəŋ roal tŋay	every day, always
ចុងសប្តាហ៍	coŋ sappdaa	weekend Notes: ជើង ត; also written with ជើង ដ
បន្ទាប់ពី	bɑntoap pii	after, next
មក	mɔɔk	1. to come (toward the speaker in space or time) 2. to come to/towards (often used as a final particle indicating that the action began at some point in the past and continued up to the present) 3. (from then) on, (from that time) forth 4. to, toward
ពី	pii	from, since, of, about, at
រៀន	riən	to study, to learn, to practice
សម្រាក	sɑmraak	1. to rest, to relax, to cause to relieve 2. break {សម្រាកថ្ងៃត្រង់ = lunch break} Notes: root: ស្រាក; also written សំរាក
ការងារ	kaaŋie	job, work, profession, duty, task
ឬក៏	rɨɨ kɑɑ	or (on the other hand)
ការសិក្សា	kaa sǝksaa	studies, training, education
តែងតែ	taeŋ tae	usually, regularly, constantly, always, continually
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’
ដើម្បី	daəmbəy	in order to, for, to, toward, reserved for
ព្រោះ	prʊəh	because (of), since
ថា	tʰaa	1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...]
ស្លៀកពាក់	sliǝk peak	to dress, get dressed, be dressed, wear clothes
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]!}
អាទិត្យ	ʔaatɨt	1. sun 2. week 3. Sunday, as in ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ = Sunday
ធ្វើឲ្យ	tvəə ʔaoy	1. to cause, make (someone) do (something) 2. to do (something) for (someone) (often used to form causative compounds)
កខ្វក់	kɑkvɑk	to be dirty, polluted, stained
ដូច្នេះ	doucneh	1. so, thus, therefore 2. like this
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)