ដាលីន៖ ហ្នឹងហើយ បងនៅក្រៅ។ មានការអីអ៎?
កណ្ណិកា៖ ខ្ញុំចង់សួរបងតិច។ ស្រង់មតិហ្នឹងខ្ញុំធ្វើហើយៗ បងត្រូវការឲ្យខ្ញុំបកប្រែខ្មែរអត់បង?
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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| កណ្ណិកា | kɑnəkaa | female Cambodian name |
| អាឡូ | ʔaalou | hello (answering the phone) Notes: colloquial |
| បង | bɑɑŋ | 1. elder sibling 2. you (addressing an acquaintance, friend, elder sibling, or husband), or I (if elder than the addressee) 3. you (politely addressing a stranger who's not too much younger than oneself) |
| 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 |
| 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?} |
| ក្រៅ | krav | 1. outside, out 2. foreign |
| 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 |
| អេ៎ | ʔee | 1. spoken form of the question particles ... អត់? or ... ទេ? 2. spoken form of the negation particle ទេ 3. hey! Notes: colloquial |
| ដាលីន | daalɨn | female Cambodian name |
| ហ្នឹងហើយ | nɨŋ haǝy | 1. yeah, yes, right, correct, that's correct 2. ok, all right Notes: colloquial |
| 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’ |
| 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) |
| អី | ʔəy | 1. what? {អីហ្នឹង?/អីគេ?/អីគេហ្នឹង? = what is this?/what?} {កាន់អីនៅនឹងដៃហ្នឹង? = What are [you] holding in [your] hand?} 2. something, anything {មានអីអត់ = Are you all right?/Is everything ok?/Did anything happen?} {ខ្ញុំទៅក្រៅញ៉ាំអី = I’m going out to eat something} Notes: variant of អ្វី |
| អ៎ | ʔɑɑ | 1. particle used to form a yes/no question, similar to ឬ 2. exclamation indicating satisfaction or surprise 3. indicating something like surprise on part of the speaker that the listener might not be aware of some fact or past event {ម៉ាស៊ីនត្រជាក់ខូចតាំងពីម្សិលមិញអ៎។ = [Didn’t you know that] the A/C has been broken since yesterday!} Notes: colloquial |
| ខ្ញុំ | kɲom | I |
| 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 |
| សួរ | suə | 1. to ask, question, enquire 2. to visit, come to see |
| តិច | təc | 1. to be few (in number), small (in size or extent), less 2. a little bit, somewhat 3. phrase-final: makes a request more polite {ចង់ពឹងឲ្យជួយលើកអីវ៉ាន់តិច = Can you please help me carrying these things?} {ខ្ញុំសុំលអាវនេះតិចបានអេ៎? = Can I try on this shirt here, please?} 4. phrase-initial: expressing concern {តិចមានបញ្ហាអីទៅ បង? = Will this be a problem?} |
| ស្រង់មតិ | srɑŋ meaʔteʔ | 1. to poll, to take a survey 2. poll, survey |
| ហ្នឹង | nɨŋ | this, that, right here, right now (colloquial form of នេះ = this, that) |
| 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} |
| ហើយៗ | haǝy haǝy | to be ready/finished Notes: colloquial |
| ត្រូវការ | trəv kaa | 1. to need, require, want 2. to be necessary, needed, required |
| 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 |
| បកប្រែ | bɑɑk prae | to translate |
| ខ្មែរ | kmae | Khmer, Cambodian |
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| មិនបាច់ | mɨn bac | to not have to, not need to, to be not necessary {មិនបាច់ទេ = [that’s/it’s] not necessary} |
| ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
| 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)} |
| 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 |
| អូន | ʔoun | 1. I (younger brother, younger sister, sweetheart or wife - about themselves) 2. you (intimate or familiar address form for younger sibling, for one's wife or girl friend, or for a close friend who is younger) 3. you (politely addressing a stranger who's younger than oneself) |
| តែ | tae | 1. but, however 2. only, just 3. tea |
| ឥឡូវ | ʔləv, ʔiʔləv, ʔəyləv | now, at the present time, at this time Notes: also written ឥលូវ |
| មិន | mɨn | negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ) |
| សរុប | saʔrop | 1. to summarize 2. to sum up 3. to generalize 4. to unite, gather 5. sum, summary, total |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| ចំនួន | cɑmnuən | amount, number, quantity |
| 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) |
| ជួយ | cuəy | to help, to assist |
| សរសេរ | sɑɑ see | to write |
| ភាគរយ | pʰiek rɔɔy | percent |
| ផង | pʰɑɑŋ | 1. also, too, as well 2. marker indicating entreaty or a polite request: please ..., would you ... |
| 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 |
| ចេះ | ceh | 1. to know (how to do something), to be able to 2. to be used to, accustomed to 3. to keep on doing something 4. constantly, always, incessantly 5. to be learned, intelligent, smart, cunning |
| ចេញ | cəɲ | 1. to go out, leave, emerge, exit 2. to issue, bring out, come out (of a publication) 3. to emit, utter 4. out, off, away (also figuratively) {ខ្ញុំគិតអត់ចេញ = I can't figure it out} 5. to pay out, pay for, lay out (money), spend 6. to gain, earn, save 7. to play (a card) |
| ក្រាប | kraap | 1. to bow, cringe 2. to fawn upon 3. to lie prone, prostrate oneself 4. to crouch 5. to brood (of birds) 6. to conceal 7. (of diseases) to be latent 8. graph |
| បង្រៀន | bɑŋriən | to teach, to instruct, to train |
| ម៉ោ | mao | 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 Notes: spoken form of មក |
| វិញ | vɨɲ | again, back, instead |
| 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} |
| ម៉ាន | maan | spoken form of ប៉ុន្មាន [ponmaan] = how much? how many? {ម៉ោងម៉ាន? = What time?} Notes: colloquial |
| 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!} |
| ថ្ងៃ | tŋay | 1. day, daytime 2. sun |
| 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...} |
| ទាន់ | toan | 1. to reach, attain 2. to catch up with, overtake 3. to be timely, appropriate 4. to be on/in time 5. on time 6. while |
| មុន | mun | 1. previous(ly), former(ly) {ខែមុន = last month} 2. first, before {ញ៉ាំមុនចុះ = Go ahead and eat first!} |