Making appointments for meetings — Cultural note

នៅខ្មែរ ការមកយឺតដប់ទៅដប់ប្រាំនាទីនៅពេលណាត់ជួបច្រើនកើតមានជាញឹកញាប់ ពេលខ្លះយឺតរហូតដល់សាមសិបនាទីក៏មាន។ មូលហេតុគឺមកពីទម្លាប់ ឬដោយសារការស្ទះចរាចរណ៍ដែលកើតឡើងស្ទើរគ្រប់ទីកន្លែងនៅទីក្រុងភ្នំពេញ។

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Khmer	Pronunciation	English/Notes
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?}
ខ្មែរ	kmae	Khmer, Cambodian
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)
មក	mɔɔk	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
យឺត	yɨɨt	1. to be slow, late 2. to stretch, to be elastic
ដប់	dɑp	ten
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!}
ដប់ប្រាំ	dɑp pram	fifteen
នាទី	nietii	1. minute 2. domain, scope, jurisdiction 3. role, function, duty, area of concern, business 4. rank
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
ជួប	cuəp	to meet (especially intentionally)
ច្រើន	craən	1. much, many, numerous, very much 2. mostly, often
កើត	kaət	1. to be born, created 2. to be, become 3. to come into existence, arise, appear 4. to rise (of the sun) 5. to happen, occur 6. to give birth to 7. to have/suffer (from a disease), contract (an illness) 8. to be affected (by an emotion) 9. to succeed 10. to be possible 11. to be able 12. (the) east 13. eastern 14. period (or day) of the waxing moon (the days in the 15-day period between the new moon and the full moon)
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’
ជា	cie	1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines)
ញឹកញាប់	ɲɨk ɲoap	1. repeatedly, many times 2. often, frequently, on many occasions
ពេលខ្លះ	peel klah	sometimes
រហូតដល់	rɔhout dɑl	until, up to, as far as
សាមសិប	saam səp	thirty
ក៏	kɑɑ	marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly
មូលហេតុ	muulhaet	1. cause 2. origin, source
គឺ	kɨɨ	1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely
មកពី	mɔɔk pii	1. because of 2. to result from
ទម្លាប់	tumloap	1. habit, custom 2. to make a habit of, to be accustomed to
ឬ	rɨɨ	1. or 2. phrase-final interrogative particle {មិនមែនឬ = Isn't it true?}
ដោយសារ	daoy saa	1. because of, thanks to 2. depending on
ស្ទះចរាចរណ៍	steah cɑraacɑɑ	traffic jam
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!}
កើតឡើង	kaət laəŋ	to happen, occur
ស្ទើរគ្រប់	stǝǝ krup	almost whole, almost complete
ទីកន្លែង	tii kɑnlaeŋ	place, site, location
ទីក្រុង	tii kroŋ	city, town
ភ្នំពេញ	pnum pɨɲ	Phnom Penh