បូរ៉ា៖ សុំទោស កន្លែងនេះអង្គុយបានអេ៎?
ធីតា៖ ចា៎ស បានតាស។
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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| មិន | mɨn | negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ) |
| ស្គាល់គ្នា | skoal knie | to know each other |
| 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’ |
| កៅអី | kav ʔəy | chair, seat |
| ស្រាប់ | srap | 1. to be available, prepared, ready-made, completed 2. already 3. obviously, as a matter of fact 4. to be definite, certain, obvious |
| បូរ៉ា | bouraa | male Cambodian name |
| សុំទោស | som tooh | 1. excuse me, pardon me 2. I'm sorry |
| កន្លែង | kɑnlaeŋ | 1. place, location, region 2. clf. for locations |
| នេះ | nih | 1. this, these 2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space |
| អង្គុយ | ʔɑŋkuy | to sit, to sit down |
| 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)} |
| អេ៎ | ʔee | 1. spoken form of the question particles ... អត់? or ... ទេ? 2. spoken form of the negation particle ទេ 3. hey! Notes: colloquial |
| ធីតា | tʰiidaa | female Cambodian name Notes: irregular pronunciation: ធីដា |
| ចា៎ស | caah | 1. yes (used by women) 2. often merely a polite word of acknowledgment, especially at the beginning of a sentence Notes: same as ចាស, but written with a diacritic to indicate high intonation |
| 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 |