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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ចំរើន | cɑmraən | male Cambodian name Notes: also written ចម្រើន |
| ម្សិលមិញ | msəl mɨɲ | yesterday |
| ខ្ញុំ | kɲom | I |
| 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!} |
| សម្ភាសន៍ | sɑmpʰieh | 1. interview {សម្ភាសន៍ការងារ = job interview} 2. conversation, dialogue 3. friendliness toward each other |
| ការងារ | kaaŋie | job, work, profession, duty, task |
| អ្នក | neak | 1. you (to equals of both sexes) 2. person, one who... (used as an agentive particle to create nouns from predicatives) |
| ដែល | dael | 1. who, whom, which, where, when 2. of/to/in/at which/whom 3. the fact/reason that 4. ever, happened to, having done at least once, having been to, already, always, had occasion to, have ever {អត់ដែលដឹងសោះ = I’ve never known this!} |
| កាច | kaac | 1. to be fierce, mean, ferocious, savage 2. strict, severe 3. to be almost full, nearly overflowing |
| មែនទែន | mɛɛn tɛɛn | 1. really, truly, surely, in fact, as it should be, certainly 2. seriously, actually |
| សុទ្ធា | sottʰie | female Cambodian name |
| គេ | kee | 1. he, she 2. one, someone 3. other(s) |
| និយាយ | niʔyiey | to speak, say, talk, relate, tell, to narrate, to talk over, discuss |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| ម៉េច | məc | what (following a verb of saying), why, in what way/manner, how {ម៉េចហើយ?/ម៉េចអី? = What's up?} {[…] ម៉េចទៅ? = In what way […]?} {ថាម៉េចចៅ? = What are you saying, grand-daughter?} {បងចង់បានម៉ូតម៉េច? = What kind of design/fashion do you like?} |
| ខ្លះ | klah | some (serves as a plural marker with ណា and អ្វី) |
| គាត់ | koat | 1. he/him/his 2. she/her 3. they/them/their (formal/polite 3rd person pronoun) 4. you/your (intimate) |
| សួរ | suə | 1. to ask, question, enquire 2. to visit, come to see |
| ចូលចិត្ត | coul cət | to like, to prefer Notes: ជើង ត |
| 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} |
| អ្វី | ʔvəy | 1. what? 2. anything, something, nothing |
| អាន | ʔaan | 1. to read, to read aloud, to pronounce 2. to sharpen, to whet 3. saddle (for horses, especially of leather or wood) |
| សៀវភៅ | siǝv pʰɨv | 1. book 2. pad, notebook |
| រៀន | riən | to study, to learn, to practice |
| ភាសា | pʰiesaa | 1. language 2. speech, words |
| ម្ហូប | mhoup | food, meal |
| 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 |
| ទៀត | tiət | 1. again, still, more, further, yet, additional 2. to be different, other |
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| 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)} |
| ធ្វើការ | tvəə kaa | to work |
| និយាយលេង | niʔyiey leeŋ | to joke |
| ទេដឹង | tee dəŋ | clause-final: maybe, perhaps |
| 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!} |
| មិនមែន | mɨn mɛɛn | no, not, is not |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| មនុស្ស | mɔnuh, meaʔnuh | human being, person |
| 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!} |
| ធ្លាក់ | tleak | 1. to fall, to fall down 2. to fail (an examination) |
| បាត់ | bat | 1. to lose, to disappear 2. to stop, to be finished 3. already 4. sentence-final: expressing disappointment or that something is unfortunate |
| 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 |