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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ធីតា | tʰiidaa | female Cambodian name Notes: irregular pronunciation: ធីដា |
| រតនា | reaʔtaʔnaa | male or female Cambodian name |
| ម៉េចដែរ | məc dae | 1. How is it? How is it going? 2. What's up? 3. How is that? What do you think about that? Notes: colloquial |
| ម្ហូប | mhoup | food, meal |
| ខ្ញុំ | kɲom | I |
| ធ្វើ | tvəə | 1. to do, to make, to work, to prepare 2. to cultivate (a field) {ធ្វើស្រែ = to work in a rice field, be a farmer, grow rice} |
| ឆ្ងាញ់ | cŋaɲ | tasty, delicious |
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| មានអី | mien ʔəy | 1. what things, why not, of course, O.K., all right, yeah, well... 2. you're welcome 3. but, however (contrasts one statement with another) 4. no problem Notes: colloquial |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| សុភា | soʔpʰie | female Cambodian name |
| ត្រូវមាត់ | trəv moat | 1. to be delicious, to taste good 2. to be scolded, reprimanded, told off |
| ដូច | douc | alike, similar, like, as |
| រៀង | riəŋ | 1. រៀង + adj. + បន្តិច/តិច = a bit + adj. {រៀងពិបាកបន្តិច = a bit difficult} {រៀងប្រៃបន្តិច = a bit salty} 2. to arrange in series, ranks, rows, order or style 3. in sequence, in order, in rows 4. all, each, every |
| ប្រៃ | pray | salty |
| បន្តិច | bɑntəc | 1. a little, a little bit, in small amounts, few 2. rather, slightly, just barely 3. in a little while Notes: ជើង ត |
| តែ | tae | 1. but, however 2. only, just 3. tea |
| ញ៉ាំ | ɲam | to eat, to drink, to consume {ញ៉ាំបាយ = general term for 'to eat' (neutral form for younger persons and persons of the same age)} Notes: informal, of oneself, addressing children or close friends but not elders |
| 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)} |
| អ៎ | ʔɑɑ | 1. particle used to form a yes/no question, similar to ឬ 2. exclamation indicating satisfaction or surprise 3. indicating something like surprise on part of the speaker that the listener might not be aware of some fact or past event {ម៉ាស៊ីនត្រជាក់ខូចតាំងពីម្សិលមិញអ៎។ = [Didn’t you know that] the A/C has been broken since yesterday!} Notes: colloquial |
| ប្រហែល | prɑhael | 1. about, approximately 2. resembling, similar to, nearly identical 3. almost 4. maybe, probably, it is possible that, perhaps |
| ដាក់ | dak | 1. to put, place 2. to deposit 3. to add (ingredients) 4. to set (e.g., a trap) 5. to establish 6. to assign 7. to locate, settle, station 8. to lock up 9. to fasten 10. to use 11. to strike, hit hard 12. to affect 13. to subject someone to 14. to be hard hit, suffer a setback 15. to have bad luck, cause bad luck 16. to feel unwell, have an upset stomach (especially after eating certain fruits) 17. to contract for 18. to subscribe to 19. to renounce (a throne) 20. to put aside (religious vows) 21. in, into, on 22. to eat, drink 23. to kneel 24. command to an elephant to kneel by bending the rear legs |
| អំបិល | ʔɑmbəl | salt |
| ជ្រុល | crul | 1. too much, exceedingly 2. to exceed (reasonable limits), overdo, go too far 3. to pass by 4. to do something unintentionally or involuntarily 5. to be too late for |
| តិច | təc | 1. to be few (in number), small (in size or extent), less 2. a little bit, somewhat 3. phrase-final: makes a request more polite {ចង់ពឹងឲ្យជួយលើកអីវ៉ាន់តិច = Can you please help me carrying these things?} {ខ្ញុំសុំលអាវនេះតិចបានអេ៎? = Can I try on this shirt here, please?} 4. phrase-initial: expressing concern {តិចមានបញ្ហាអីទៅ បង? = Will this be a problem?} |
| 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 |
| បើ | baə | 1. if, may be 2. although |
| កុំ | kom | do not ... |
| 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 |
| ណា | naa | final particle to soften a statement or request |
| ផ្សេង | pseeŋ | to differ, to be different (from each other), to be separate |
| វិញ | vɨɲ | again, back, instead |
| 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!} |
| មិនមែន | mɨn mɛɛn | no, not, is not |
| ដល់ | dɑl | 1. to reach, to attain, to arrive at 2. to, toward, up to, as far as, at, until |
| ថ្នាក់ | tnak | 1. level, class/grade (in school) 2. rank, step, stage 3. shelf 4. floor, story 5. row (of seats in an auditorium) 6. classroom, lecture hall |
| ណា៎ | naa | final emphatic or hortatory particle in informal, friendly speech: it indicates that the speaker is requesting agreement or compliance and is similar to English ‘OK?’, ‘do you hear?’, ‘don't you agree?’, ‘don't you know?’, ‘isn't that right?’, ‘come on!’, ‘indeed (it's so)!’, ‘that's right!’ - sometimes it is best left untranslated especially when it seems to merely make the statement less abrupt |