Asking “How do you write this?” — Additional dialogue 2


ពិសិដ្ឋ៖ វាសនា ជួយមើលពាក្យ សម្បជញ្ញៈ សរសេរត្រូវអត់?
វាសនា៖ ត្រូវតាស។
ពិសិដ្ឋ៖ ចុះពាក្យ គិលានុប្បដ្ឋាយិកា សរសេរអីចឹងត្រូវអេ៎?
វាសនា៖ មិនមែនទេដឹង។ ខ្ញុំគិតថាអត់មានជើង ប អេ៎។

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KhmerPronunciationEnglish/Notes
ពិសិដ្ឋ piʔsət male Cambodian name
វាសនា viehsnaa, viesaʔnaa male Cambodian name
ជួយ cuəy to help, to assist
មើល məəl 1. to look at, to watch, to watch for, to observe
2. to read (to oneself), to review (a lesson)
3. to examine, survey, inspect
4. to observe
5. to treat (medically)
6. to care for, take care of
7. to consider, regard
8. particle: come on, give it a try
9. let me see!
10. phrase-final: softens a command or request {ជួយបង្ហាញតិចមើល = Please show me!}
ពាក្យ piek word, term, expression, phrase
សម្បជញ្ញៈ sampaʔcʊəɲɲeaʔ 1. conscience, consciousness, self-consciousness
2. vigilance, watchfulness
សរសេរ sɑɑ see to write
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)
អត់ ʔɑt 1. no, not
2. to be without, lacking
3. to restrain oneself, abstain from
4. particle to form yes/no questions
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
ចុះ coh 1. phrase-initial particle: And how about ...?
2. phrase-initial particle: As for ...
គិលានុប្បដ្ឋាយិកា kiʔlienuʔpattʰaayiʔkaa wrong spelling of គិលានុបដ្ឋាយិកា = female nurse
អីចឹង ʔəycəŋ 1. like this, like that, in that way, then {គិតម៉េចទៅអីចឹង? = What are you going to do next?} {ធ្វើមុខអីអីចឹង? = Why are you making such a face?}
2. really?
Notes: variant: អ៊ីចឹង
អេ៎ ʔee 1. spoken form of the question particles ... អត់? or ... ទេ?
2. spoken form of the negation particle ទេ
3. hey!
Notes: colloquial
មិនមែន mɨn mɛɛn no, not, is not
ទេដឹង tee dəŋ clause-final: maybe, perhaps
ខ្ញុំ kɲom I
គិត kɨt 1. to think, to realize
2. to calculate
3. to charge
4. គិត ... ឃើញ = to find a solution, figure out, solve
5. to come to a conclusion, realize, understand
ថា tʰaa 1. to say, tell, pronounce
2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse)
3. I've [just] said, [...]
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’
ជើង cəəŋ 1. foot, leg
2. base, bottom
3. edge
4. subscript form of a Cambodian consonant
5. immediate vicinity
6. north {ខាងជើង = north}
7. way, path, trip
8. clf. for trips or occurrences
9. to be an expert/veteran/skilled at + verb
ប bɑɑ 21th consonant of the Khmer alphabet