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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
| ជួបគ្នា | cuəp knie | to meet each other |
| និង | nɨŋ | and |
| លាគ្នា | lie knie | to say goodbye to one another |
| 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) |
| និយាយ | niʔyiey | to speak, say, talk, relate, tell, to narrate, to talk over, discuss |
| បែប | baep | kind, sort, model, type, style, form, shape, method, way |
| ណា | naa | 1. which, any 2. where, somewhere, anywhere |
| វុទ្ធី | vutʰii | male Cambodian name |
| សួស្ដី | suǝsdǝy | greeting equivalent to 'hi!' 'hello!' 'good day!' Notes: ជើង ដ |
| ចរិយា | caʔreʔyaa | female Cambodian name |
| សុខសប្បាយ | sok sapbaay | to be well and happy (commonly used in the greeting សុខសប្បាយឬទេ? = How are you?, but can also used when saying goodbye) |
| ចាស | caah | 1. yes (used by women) 2. often merely a polite word of acknowledgment, especially at the beginning of a sentence |
| 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 ... |
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| អញ្ចឹង | ʔɑɲcəŋ | 1. in that case, so, then, therefore 2. like this/that 3. this/that much |
| 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!} |
| សិន | sən | 1. [phrase-final] for now, for the time being, for a moment 2. [phrase-final] first Notes: polite final hortatory particle |
| 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 |
| ណា | naa | final particle to soften a statement or request |
| បាយបាយ | baay baay | bye bye Notes: colloquial |