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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?} |
| ប្រទេស | prɑteeh | country, nation |
| ខ្មែរ | kmae | Khmer, Cambodian |
| វា | vie | 1. it (of animals, things, or very young children) 2. he, she, they (familiar or contemptuous) |
| 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’ |
| លក្ខណៈ | leakkʰaʔnaʔ | 1. attribute, (physical) characteristic, distinctive feature 2. character, nature, quality 3. appearance, shape, form 4. condition, criterion, qualification 5. meaning 6. section (of a law text) |
| ងាយស្រួល | ŋiey sruǝl | easy (e.g., to do, to use) |
| ជាង | cieŋ | 1. (more) ... than, in excess of, exceeding, to a greater extent than 2. marks the comparative degree of an adjective {ល្អជាង = better} 3. craftsman, artisan, skilled worker, smith {ជាងថត = camera man} |
| ឯ | ʔae | 1. at, to, in, on 2. as (for), regarding Notes: independent vowel representing the Sanskrit and Pali vowel ē ʔae (many words spelled with ឯ may also be spelled with អែ) |
| ជប៉ុន | ceaʔpon | 1. Japan 2. Japanese |
| ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
| ចង់ | cɑŋ | 1. to want/wish/desire (to do something) 2. to flirt with, court, woo (a girl) 3. to approach, draw near 4. about to (do something), on the point of 5. even if |
| និយាយ | niʔyiey | to speak, say, talk, relate, tell, to narrate, to talk over, discuss |
| ទៅកាន់ | tɨv kan | to, toward |
| 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!} |
| មិន | mɨn | negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ) |
| ស្គាល់គ្នា | skoal knie | to know each other |
| ដើម្បី | daəmbəy | in order to, for, to, toward, reserved for |
| សុំ | som | to ask (for), to beg, to demand (may be used in a polite way by older persons to younger ones) |
| 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) |
| អនុញ្ញាត | ʔaʔnuɲɲaat | 1. to allow, authorize, to permit 2. authorization, permission |
| ឬ | rɨɨ | 1. or 2. phrase-final interrogative particle {មិនមែនឬ = Isn't it true?} |
| សួរ | suə | 1. to ask, question, enquire 2. to visit, come to see |
| អ្វីមួយ | ʔvǝymuǝy | 1. what? 2. any, some, a certain one 3. anything, nothing, something |
| ទម្លាប់ | tumloap | 1. habit, custom 2. to make a habit of, to be accustomed to |
| រអែង | rɔʔaeŋ | to fear (out of respect), to dread |
| ហ៊ាន | hien | 1. bold, courageous 2. to dare, risk |
| ហៅ | hav | 1. to call, name 2. to order (e.g., in a restaurant), specifically to stop a vehicle 3. to send for, summon 4. to invite (guests) |
| ស្គាល់ | skoal | 1. to know (someone), recognize, have seen before 2. to be familiar with |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| 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!} |
| សូម | soum | 1. to request, ask for 2. to beg, entreat 3. polite term used to introduce a sentence, meaning 'please, would you...', 'would you please' |
| កុំ | kom | do not ... |
| ភ្ញាក់ផ្អើល | pɲeak pʔaəl | 1. to be startled, surprised, excited, alarmed 2. to panic |
| មកកាន់ | mɔɔk kan | to, toward (in the direction of the speaker) |
| ច្រើន | craən | 1. much, many, numerous, very much 2. mostly, often |
| ប៉ុន្តែ | pontae | but, however Notes: ជើង ត; root: តែ |
| ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
| ប្រយ័ត្ន | prɑyat | careful, to take care |
| ចំពោះ | cɑmpʊəh | toward, to, about, as for |
| ជន | cʊən | people, person, human being |
| គួរឲ្យ | kuə ʔaoy | 1. worthy of, ...-able 2. one should |
| សង្ស័យ | sɑŋsay | 1. to suspect, doubt, wonder about 2. to be suspicious, skeptical 3. doubt |
| ខ្លះ | klah | some (serves as a plural marker with ណា and អ្វី) |