Khmer New Year (Sakanan) — 00 Introduction

សួស្ដី នៅក្នុងរូបភាពនេះ គឺយើងនឹងនិយាយអំពីពិធីបុណ្យចូលឆ្នាំខ្មែរ បាទ អញ្ចឹងតើពិធីបុណ្យចូលឆ្នាំខ្មែរនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា គេប្រព្រឹត្តទៅបែបណាខ្លះ? យើងមកមើលរូបភាពទាំងអស់គ្នាតែម្ដង

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KhmerPronunciationEnglish/Notes
សួស្ដី suǝsdǝy greeting equivalent to 'hi!' 'hello!' 'good day!'
Notes: ជើង ដ
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)
រូបភាព ruup pʰiep 1. image, picture, drawing, photo
2. appearance, form, shape
នេះ nih 1. this, these
2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space
គឺ kɨɨ 1. to be (equal to)
2. as follows, namely
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?}
នឹង nɨŋ future tense marker: will, about to
និយាយ niʔyiey to speak, say, talk, relate, tell, to narrate, to talk over, discuss
អំពី ʔɑmpii 1. about, concerning, relative to
2. from, out of {អំពីថ្ងៃនេះទៅ = from this day on}
ពិធីបុណ្យ piʔtʰii bon festival, ceremony
ចូលឆ្នាំខ្មែរ coul cnam kmae Khmer New Year
បាទ baat male politeness particle, also used to answer in the affirmative, or agree to or acknowledge a statement
អញ្ចឹង ʔɑɲcəŋ 1. in that case, so, then, therefore
2. like this/that
3. this/that much
តើ taə 1. indicating an indirect question, it may often be translated as 'if' or 'whether'
2. phrase-final: used for emphasis
ប្រទេស prɑteeh country, nation
កម្ពុជា kampuʔcie Cambodia
គេ kee 1. he, she
2. one, someone
3. other(s)
ប្រព្រឹត្ត prɑprɨt 1. to do, execute, perform, carry out, act in accordance with
2. to accomplish
3. to practice
4. to be applying, following, practicing
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!}
បែប baep kind, sort, model, type, style, form, shape, method, way
ណា naa 1. which, any
2. where, somewhere, anywhere
ខ្លះ klah some (serves as a plural marker with ណា​​ and អ្វី)
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
មើល məəl 1. to look at, to watch, to watch for, to observe
2. to read (to oneself), to review (a lesson)
3. to examine, survey, inspect
4. to observe
5. to treat (medically)
6. to care for, take care of
7. to consider, regard
8. particle: come on, give it a try
9. let me see!
10. phrase-final: softens a command or request {ជួយបង្ហាញតិចមើល = Please show me!}
ទាំងអស់គ្នា teaŋ ʔɑh knie 1. everybody
2. all, all of
តែម្ដង tae mdɑɑŋ 1. immediately, at once, right away, directly
2. all of a sudden
3. generally, in general
4. totally
Notes: ជើង ដ