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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ដោយសារ | daoy saa | 1. because of, thanks to 2. depending on |
| ជនជាតិ | cɔɔn ciet | 1. citizen, people {ជនជាតិខ្មែរ = Khmer people} 2. nationality |
| ខ្មែរ | kmae | Khmer, Cambodian |
| មិនសូវ | mɨn səv | 1. not so much 2. rather not |
| គោរព | koorup | 1. to respect, obey, honor 2. respect |
| ពេលវេលា | peel veelie | time |
| 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?} |
| ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period 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 |
| ជួបគ្នា | cuəp knie | to meet each other |
| ដូច្នេះ | doucneh | 1. so, thus, therefore 2. like this |
| ពួកគេ | puək kee | they |
| 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’ |
| អារម្មណ៍ | ʔaarɑm | feelings, mood, attitude, impression |
| មួម៉ៅ | muə mav | 1. to be angry, furious, enraged 2. frustrated |
| 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!} |
| 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) |
| រង់ចាំ | rʊəŋ cam, rɔɔŋ cam | to wait (for, until) |
| ក្រោម | kraom | 1. below, beneath, under 2. to be located below, under 3. to be located to the south/downstream |
| នាទី | nietii | 1. minute 2. domain, scope, jurisdiction 3. role, function, duty, area of concern, business 4. rank |
| ខ្លះ | klah | some (serves as a plural marker with ណា and អ្វី) |
| អាច | ʔaac | 1. to be able/qualified (to do something), capable of (doing something) 2. to be possible 3. to be in condition (to), be in a position (to) 4. to dare to |
| ទ្រាំ | troam | 1. to bear, endure, put up with, withstand, resist 2. to treat (medically), care for, attend to (an illness) |
| យូរ | yuu | 1. slow 2. (of time) long 3. late |
| ឈប់ | cʰup | 1. to stop, halt, cease {ឈប់ធ្វើការ = to quit one's job} {ឈប់ពីការងារ = to quit one's job} {ឡានពេទ្យបានឈប់ខាងមុខខ្លោងទ្វារមន្ទីរពេទ្យ = the ambulance stops in front of the hospital} 2. to stop, wait, hold on {ឈប់សិន = wait a moment!} |
| ភ្លើងស្តុប | pləəŋ stop | traffic light Notes: ជើង ត |
| ឬ | rɨɨ | 1. or 2. phrase-final interrogative particle {មិនមែនឬ = Isn't it true?} |
| ស្ទះចរាចរណ៍ | steah cɑraacɑɑ | traffic jam |
| 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 |
| អ្នក | neak | 1. you (to equals of both sexes) 2. person, one who... (used as an agentive particle to create nouns from predicatives) |
| ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
| សម្រេចចិត្ត | sɑmrac cət | to decide to, to make up one's mind Notes: ជើង ត; also written សំរេចចិត្ត |
| បំពានច្បាប់ | bɑmpien cbap | to obstruct, abuse or evade the law |
| ចរាចរណ៍ | cɑraacɑɑ | traffic |
| 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]!} |
| ចំនួន | cɑmnuən | amount, number, quantity |
| ទម្លាប់ | tumloap | 1. habit, custom 2. to make a habit of, to be accustomed to |
| ធ្វើការ | tvəə kaa | to work |
| យឺតយ៉ាវ | yɨɨt yaav | to be slow, late (especially in terms of work) |
| ដូចជា | douc cie | such as, like, as though, to seem as though, for instance |
| បណ្ដើរ | bɑndaə | 1. to accompany, escort (by walking), conduct, take for a walk 2. (bicycle, motorbike) to push 3. to go together, go out with 4. to be simultaneous with 5. to keep on doing, continue 6. a little at a time, gradually 7. simultaneously, at the same time 8. while Notes: ជើង ដ |
| ជជែក | cɔcɛɛk | 1. to chat, talk (with), discuss 2. to debate 3. talk, conversation |
| គ្នា | knie | 1. together 2. mutually, reciprocally 3. I/me/my (informal, intimate) 4. he/she/they/we (informal, intimate) 5. assistant, helper, colleague 6. friend, companion 7. people 8. clf. for persons |
| លេង | leeŋ | 1. to play 2. to do something for fun or pleasure 3. to joke |
| ដើរ | daə | 1. to walk, to go, to move 2. (of machines) to run |
| យឺត | yɨɨt | 1. to be slow, late 2. to stretch, to be elastic |
| ធ្វើឲ្យ | tvəə ʔaoy | 1. to cause, make (someone) do (something) 2. to do (something) for (someone) (often used to form causative compounds) |
| ខាត | kʰaat | 1. to lose, to suffer a loss, to squander, to waste 2. loss |