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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| បន្ទាប់មក | bɑntoap mɔɔk | next, then, afterwards, later |
| ទៀត | tiət | 1. again, still, more, further, yet, additional 2. to be different, other |
| រូបភាព | ruup pʰiep | 1. image, picture, drawing, photo 2. appearance, form, shape |
| ទី | tii | 1. particle used to form ordinal numbers 2. spot, place, location 3. rank, function, service |
| 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?} |
| ក្នុង | knoŋ | 1. in, inside 2. during + (time word) |
| យើង | yəəŋ | 1. we 2. I (familiar) 3. in final position used to refer to 'our Cambodian ...' {ទុរេនកំពតយើងមែន? = Kampot durian (from our country, Cambodia), right?} |
| ឃើញ | kʰəəɲ | 1. to see, to perceive 2. to understand, to recognize 3. គិត ... ឃើញ = to find a solution, figure out, solve 4. to come to a conclusion, realize, understand |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| បន្តិចក្រោយមក | bɑntəc kraoy mɔɔk | soon after Notes: ជើង ត |
| ឡានពេទ្យ | laan pɛɛt | ambulance Notes: irregular pronunciation: ពែត |
| ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
| 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)} |
| មកដល់ | mɔɔk dɑl | to arrive at, come to |
| មន្ទីរពេទ្យ | mʊəntii pɛɛt | hospital, clinic Notes: irregular pronunciation: ពែត |
| អញ្ចឹង | ʔɑɲcəŋ | 1. in that case, so, then, therefore 2. like this/that 3. this/that much |
| បន្ទាប់ពី | bɑntoap pii | after, next |
| គាត់ | koat | 1. he/him/his 2. she/her 3. they/them/their (formal/polite 3rd person pronoun) 4. you/your (intimate) |
| 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!} |
| ជួយសង្គ្រោះ | cuəy sɑŋkrʊəh | to help, rescue, come to someone's assistance |
| និង | nɨŋ | and |
| 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 |
| អ្នកជំងឺ | neak cumŋɨɨ | patient, sick person |
| ពី | pii | from, since, of, about, at |
| កន្លែង | kɑnlaeŋ | 1. place, location, region 2. clf. for locations |
| 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) |
| ហេតុ | haet | 1. cause, reason, motive 2. source, origin 3. because of, for the reason that |
| ឬក៏ | rɨɨ kɑɑ | or (on the other hand) |
| គ្រោះថ្នាក់ចរាចរណ៍ | krʊək tnak cɑraacɑɑ | 1. road accident 2. to have a road accident |
| 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 |
| បើក | baək | 1. to open {បើកប្រអប់ = to open a box} {បើកហាង = to open a shop} 2. to turn on (e.g., a light, faucet, radio) {បើកទឹកម៉ាស៊ីន = to turn on the water/faucet} 3. of the sun: to shine 4. to drive (an automobile), generally to operate a vehicle which is powered by an engine |
| ត្រលប់ | trɑlɑp | 1. to return 2. to turn around |
| 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 |
| ពេទ្យ | pɛɛt | 1. medical doctor, physician 2. medical 3. hospital Notes: irregular pronunciation: ពែត |
| វិញ | vɨɲ | again, back, instead |
| ដោយសារតែ | daoy saa tae | because |
| គឺ | kɨɨ | 1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely |
| 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’ |
| ច្រក | crɑɑk | 1. to insert, stuff (something into something), cram, force feed 2. to put on (a ring) 3. pass, passage, lane, alley 4. opening 5. way |
| ពីរ | pii, pɨl | two |
| បានន័យថា | baan ney tʰaa | 1. that means, in other words 2. to mean |
| ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
| 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!} |
| អ្នក | neak | 1. you (to equals of both sexes) 2. person, one who... (used as an agentive particle to create nouns from predicatives) |
| ជំងឺ | cumŋɨɨ | 1. disease, illness 2. pain |
| ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ | tŋʊən tŋɔɔ | 1. to be serious, grave, heavy 2. to be patient, perseverant 3. to endure, bear up well under hardship |
| ត្រូវ | trəv | 1. must, have to 2. to be correct, right, proper, exact, accurate 3. to concern, have to do with, to agree/jibe with, coincide with 4. to be affected with/by, to suffer, undergo (ត្រូវ + CLAUSE marks a passive-like construction in which the subject of the clause introduced by ត្រូវ is translated as the agent in the passive construction) |
| សង្គ្រោះ | sɑŋkrʊəh | 1. to help, save, rescue 2. to resuscitate 3. to support 4. help, saving, support, assistance 5. to be included |
| បន្ទាន់ | bɑntoan | 1. to hurry, make haste 2. to rush, speed up, hurry someone up 3. do with urgency 4. to be pressing, urgent, immediate Notes: root: ទាន់ |
| គេ | kee | 1. he, she 2. one, someone 3. other(s) |
| 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 |
| ចូល | coul | 1. to enter, go in, penetrate 2. to approach 3. to reach 4. to begin, set in 5. may indicate the adverbial meaning of ‘inwardly’ or ‘forwardly’ directed movement 6. to enter into, subscribe to, contribute to 7. to take in (as revenue) 8. to mate (of animals) 9. to go into a trance (of a medium) 10. to possess (as a spirit possesses a medium) 11. to agree with |
| ផ្សេង | pseeŋ | to differ, to be different (from each other), to be separate |
| ចំណែកឯ | cɑmnaek ʔae | as for, as to, regarding |
| ធម្មតា | tʰoam meaʔ taa | 1. to be natural, habitual, usual, ordinary 2. usually, ordinarily |
| ព្រោះ | prʊəh | because (of), since |
| ឈឺ | cʰɨɨ | to be sick, to hurt, to be in pain |
| 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) |
| ប្រញាប់ | prɑɲap | 1. to hurry, to be in a hurry 2. quickly, promptly |
| ដូច្នេះ | doucneh | 1. so, thus, therefore 2. like this |
| 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} |
| ប្រសិនបើ | prɑsən baə | if |
| អាច | ʔaac | 1. to be able/qualified (to do something), capable of (doing something) 2. to be possible 3. to be in condition (to), be in a position (to) 4. to dare to |
| ធ្វើឲ្យ | tvəə ʔaoy | 1. to cause, make (someone) do (something) 2. to do (something) for (someone) (often used to form causative compounds) |
| ព្យាបាល | pyiebaal | 1. to take care of, look after 2. to treat (medically) |
| យឺតយ៉ាវ | yɨɨt yaav | to be slow, late (especially in terms of work) |
| គ្រោះថ្នាក់ | krʊək tnak | 1. accident 2. danger, risk 3. to be dangerous |
| ដល់ | dɑl | 1. to reach, to attain, to arrive at 2. to, toward, up to, as far as, at, until |
| ជីវិត | ciivɨt | life, living, existence |
| ដើម្បី | daəmbəy | in order to, for, to, toward, reserved for |
| ក្រុម | krom | group, team |
| គ្រូពេទ្យ | kruu pɛɛt | medial doctor, medical practitioner Notes: irregular pronunciation: ពែត |
| 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} |
| ពួកគាត់ | puək koat | they |
| ទាន់ | toan | 1. to reach, attain 2. to catch up with, overtake 3. to be timely, appropriate 4. to be on/in time 5. on time 6. while |
| ពេលវេលា | peel veelie | time |
| ស្រាល | sraal | 1. to be light (in weight), not heavy, weightless 2. to be slight, trifling, insignificant 3. not serious, petty (of a crime), early (of crops) |
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| ចាំបាច់ | cam bac | 1. necessary, essential, indispendable 2. to need to |
| 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!} |
| ចាប់ | cap | 1. to catch, capture, seize, grasp, get 2. to receive (e.g., a radio or television broadcast) 3. to select 4. clf. for handfuls 5. to begin to, undertake, start 6. to be painful |
| លេខ | leek | 1. number, figure, numeral 2. writing, drawing, letter, mark 3. to write, to draw |
| ទៅតាម | tɨv taam | 1. by, according to, through {គេគិតតម្លៃទៅតាមគីឡូ = they’re charging by the kilo} 2. to pursue, go after, go along with 3. to send for 4. to retrieve |
| នីតិវិធី | niiteʔviʔtʰii | legislative procedure or measure |
| របស់ | rɔbɑh | 1. object, thing, belonging, property 2. of, belonging to |
| ប៉ុន្តែ | pontae | but, however Notes: ជើង ត; root: តែ |
| បុរស | boʔrɑh | man, male person |
| ម្នាក់ | mneak | 1. one person (contraction of មួយនាក់) 2. alone |
| នេះ | nih | 1. this, these 2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space |
| ប្រហែល | prɑhael | 1. about, approximately 2. resembling, similar to, nearly identical 3. almost 4. maybe, probably, it is possible that, perhaps |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| ខ្លាំង | klaŋ | 1. to be strong, vigorous 2. loud 3. firm, sturdy 4. serious 5. strongly, vigorously, exceedingly |
| ដឹកជញ្ជូន | dək cʊəɲcuun | to transport |
| ឈប់ | cʰup | 1. to stop, halt, cease {ឈប់ធ្វើការ = to quit one's job} {ឈប់ពីការងារ = to quit one's job} {ឡានពេទ្យបានឈប់ខាងមុខខ្លោងទ្វារមន្ទីរពេទ្យ = the ambulance stops in front of the hospital} 2. to stop, wait, hold on {ឈប់សិន = wait a moment!} |
| នឹង | nɨŋ | with, by (means of), (attached) to |
| ខ្លោង | klaoŋ | 1. frame of a door 2. gateway, gate, covered gate 3. chief, leader, most important person Notes: also written ក្លោង |
| ទ្វារ | tvie | 1. door, entrance, opening, gate 2. mountain pass 3. bay, gulf |
| ខាងមុខ | kʰaaŋ muk | 1. front, in front (of), ahead 2. forward, facing forward 3. in the future, coming |
| 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 |
| ចុះ | coh | 1. to move downwards, descend, go down, get down, dismount 2. get off/out of 3. to go downstream 4. (of rain) to fall 5. (of fog/mist) to appear 6. to flow, run 7. to decrease, diminish 8. to lower a price, to give a discount 9. to submit, give up, comply 10. down (adverbial denoting movement downwards physically, in status or class, or in price) 11. downstream 12. to register, sign 13. to make an entry, record 14. to formalize 15. to conduct, carry out (e.g., an investigation) 16. to relax 17. to release 18. to be dated (with a calendrical date) 19. to work something out 20. to have diarrhea |
| ដោយ | daoy | 1. by, with, along 2. (indicator of an adverb) in a ... manner 3. because |
| ទីនេះ | tii nih | here |
| ចំនួន | cɑmnuən | amount, number, quantity |
| កញ្ចក់ | kɑɲcɑk | 1. mirror, glass, pane of glass 2. screen 3. reflection, example |
| សងខាង | sɑɑŋ kʰaaŋ | both sides, two sides Notes: also written សង្ខាង |
| ផ្លូវ | pləv | 1. road, street, route 2. way, style, cause, matter |
| សញ្ញាបូក | saɲɲaa bouk | plus sign (+) |
| សញ្ញា | saɲɲaa | 1. sign, symbol 2. mark (e.g., punctuation) 3. signal, notice 4. to agree, give consent 5. to promise, give one's word Notes: see also សន្យា |
| តែងតែ | taeŋ tae | usually, regularly, constantly, always, continually |
| មួយ | muəy | 1. one {មួយៗ = one by one} 2. one person/myself {សុំចេញមួយ = Please let me [go] out!} {សុំទៅមួយ = Please give way [for me one person]!} {សុំចុះមួយ = Please let me [one person] get off [the bus]!} |
| តំណាង | tɑmnaaŋ | 1. to represent 2. representative, delegate, substitute, replacement 3. substitution 4. specimen |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| តាមរយៈ | taam reaʔyeaʔ | 1. by means of 2. through, by way of, via, through the mediation (of someone) |