Apologizing — Dialogue 4

ការខកម៉ោងណាត់ជួប
ធារី៖ សុំទោសកញ្ញា! ខ្ញុំមកយឺតហើយ! មកចាំយូរនៅ?
កញ្ញា៖ យូរហើយ។ កន្លះម៉ោងហើយ។

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Khmer	Pronunciation	English/Notes
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)
ខក	kʰɑɑk	1. to fail to achieve what was planned, to be prevented from achieving a planned goal {ខកម៉ោងណាត់ជួប = to be late for an appointment} 2. to commit oneself to do something which is beyond one's ability or which one is reluctant to do
ម៉ោង	maoŋ	1. hour 2. o'clock 3. clock, time {សប្បាយពេកភ្លេចមើលម៉ោង = it was so much fun that I forgot to watch the clock} {គាត់សល់ម៉ោងច្រើនដែរ = she still has a lot of time}
ណាត់	nat	1. to determine, fix (a time for something), set/schedule (an appointment) {ខ្ញុំមានណាត់ហើយ = I’ve got an appointment already} 2. to promise, stand by (an agreement), commit oneself 3. clf. for gunshots
ជួប	cuəp	to meet (especially intentionally)
ធារី	tʰierii	female Cambodian name
សុំទោស	som tooh	1. excuse me, pardon me 2. I'm sorry
កញ្ញា	kaɲɲaa	female Cambodian name
ខ្ញុំ	kɲom	I
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
យឺត	yɨɨt	1. to be slow, late 2. to stretch, to be elastic
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
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
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?}
កន្លះ	kɑnlah	1. half 2. clf.: half a [...] {កន្លះម៉ោង = half an hour}