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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| អ្នកទទួលភ្ញៀវ | neak tɔtuəl pɲiəv | receptionist |
| ជម្រាបសួរ | cumriep suǝ | 1. hello 2. to say hello Notes: also written ជំរាបសួរ |
| បង | bɑɑŋ | 1. elder sibling 2. you (addressing an acquaintance, friend, elder sibling, or husband), or I (if elder than the addressee) 3. you (politely addressing a stranger who's not too much younger than oneself) |
| 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’ |
| អី | ʔəy | 1. what? {អីហ្នឹង?/អីគេ?/អីគេហ្នឹង? = what is this?/what?} {កាន់អីនៅនឹងដៃហ្នឹង? = What are [you] holding in [your] hand?} 2. something, anything {មានអីអត់ = Are you all right?/Is everything ok?/Did anything happen?} {ខ្ញុំទៅក្រៅញ៉ាំអី = I’m going out to eat something} Notes: variant of អ្វី |
| ឲ្យ | ʔaoy | 1. to give 2. to let, to allow 3. for, to, in order to, so as to {ចង់ឲ្យខ្ញុំកុម្ម៉ង់អីញ៉ាំឲ្យហើយអត់? = Do you want me to order something for you already?} 4. in a... manner (forms adverbial phrases from predicatives) Notes: also written អោយ, ឱ្យ |
| ខ្ញុំ | kɲom | I |
| ជួយ | cuəy | to help, to assist |
| វុទ្ធី | vutʰii | male Cambodian name |
| សួស្ដី | suǝsdǝy | greeting equivalent to 'hi!' 'hello!' 'good day!' Notes: ជើង ដ |
| 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 |
| កក់ | kɑk | 1. to wash, shampoo 2. to clean, soak (in order to get clean) 3. to wet (of the rain) 4. to give an advance, make a deposit/down payment 5. kind of reed used for making mats 6. shower head, sprinkler 7. to be warm, comfortable 8. affectionate 9. to keep warm 10. to comfort, console 11. affectionately 12. to book, to make a reservation |
| សំបុត្រ | sɑmbot | 1. ticket 2. letter, message, note 3. envelope in which money is put as a wedding gift Notes: also written សំបុដ |
| យន្តហោះ | yʊən hɑh | airplane Notes: ជើង ត |
| 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!} |
| បាងកក | baaŋ kɑɑk | Bangkok |
| 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 |
| អញ្ជើញ | ʔɑɲcəəɲ | 1. to invite/summon (someone to do something) 2. please do, go ahead and ... 3. used before verbs of motion and certain other verbs as a sign of respect {អញ្ជើញចូល = please come in!} {អញ្ជើញទៅណាមកណាហ្នឹង? = [spoken politely to someone who's older] Where are you going?} |
| ថ្ងៃ | tŋay | 1. day, daytime 2. sun |
| ណា | naa | 1. which, any 2. where, somewhere, anywhere |
| ដែរ | dae | 1. also, too, likewise, in the same way 2. indeed, quite, rather 3. marks a polite, gentler, less abrupt statement: all the same, even so, nevertheless |
| 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 |
| ប៉ុន្មាន | ponmaan | 1. how much, how many 2. (in an affirmative context) some, several, a few, a certain number 3. (in a negative or indefinite context) (not) many, to any (great) extent |
| នាក់ | neak | clf. for people |
| ថ្ងៃសៅរ៍ | tŋay sav | Saturday |
| ហ្នឹង | nɨŋ | this, that, right here, right now (colloquial form of នេះ = this, that) |
| ឆែកមើល | cʰaek məəl | to check, inspect, control |
| សល់ | sɑl | 1. to remain, be left over {នៅសល់ = to remain, be left over} 2. to be in excess 3. remainder, surplus |
| កន្លែង | kɑnlaeŋ | 1. place, location, region 2. clf. for locations |
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| 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 |
| ជនជាតិ | cɔɔn ciet | 1. citizen, people {ជនជាតិខ្មែរ = Khmer people} 2. nationality |
| ខ្មែរ | kmae | Khmer, Cambodian |
| ទាំងអស់ | teaŋ ʔɑh | all, all of |
| មែន | mɛɛn | 1. to be real, true, accurate, to be right, correct, it is true 2. really, actually, indeed 3. as a question tag: [...], really? [...], right? |
| ចេញ | cəɲ | 1. to go out, leave, emerge, exit 2. to issue, bring out, come out (of a publication) 3. to emit, utter 4. out, off, away (also figuratively) {ខ្ញុំគិតអត់ចេញ = I can't figure it out} 5. to pay out, pay for, lay out (money), spend 6. to gain, earn, save 7. to play (a card) |
| ម៉ោង | maoŋ | 1. hour 2. o'clock 3. clock, time {សប្បាយពេកភ្លេចមើលម៉ោង = it was so much fun that I forgot to watch the clock} {គាត់សល់ម៉ោងច្រើនដែរ = she still has a lot of time} |
| ព្រឹក | prɨk | morning |
| ហើយនិង | haǝy nɨŋ | and (followed by the last in a series), with |
| យប់ | yup | night, evening |
| យក | yɔɔk | 1. to take (in one's hand or with oneself), hold 2. when ordering: I’ll take, I’ll have {យកបបរគ្រឿងសាច់ជ្រូកម៉ាចាន = I’ll have a bowl of pork porridge} 3. to take (away) 4. to steal 5. to bring 6. to borrow 7. to get, obtain, achieve |
| ម្នាក់ | mneak | 1. one person (contraction of មួយនាក់) 2. alone |
| ថៃ | tʰay | Thai |
| 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 |
| សុំ | som | to ask (for), to beg, to demand (may be used in a polite way by older persons to younger ones) |
| ប៉ាស់ស្ព័រ | pah spoa | passport Notes: see also លិខិតឆ្លងដែន |
| ទាំង | teaŋ | 1. all, both {ទាំងពីរ = both} {ទាំង ... ទាំង ... = both ... and ...} 2. entirely, completely 3. adverb marker equivalent to ដោយ |
| ម៉ង | mɑɑŋ | 1. immediately, at once, right away 2. all of a sudden 3. generally, in general 4. totally Notes: spoken form of តែម្ដង |
| ដើម្បី | daəmbəy | in order to, for, to, toward, reserved for |
| ជូន | cuun | 1. to give, present, offer 2. to accompany, escort, give someone a lift or ride 3. to, for (formal or polite variant of ឲ្យ) |