Asking for repetition — Dialogue 1


ធារីវុទ្ធី ថ្ងៃនេះមានឃើញកញ្ញាមកធ្វើការអត់?
វុទ្ធីហា? អីគេធារី?
ធារីខ្ញុំសួរវុទ្ធីឯងថា ថ្ងៃនេះមានឃើញកញ្ញាមកធ្វើការអត់?
វុទ្ធីអូ ព្រឹកមិញឃើញតាស

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ធារី tʰierii female Cambodian name
វុទ្ធី vutʰii male Cambodian name
ថ្ងៃនេះ tŋay nih today
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’
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
កញ្ញា kaɲɲaa female Cambodian name
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
ធ្វើការ tvəə kaa to work
អត់ ʔɑt 1. no, not
2. to be without, lacking
3. to restrain oneself, abstain from
4. particle to form yes/no questions
ហា haa 1. to open wide (especially the mouth)
2. to be opened (as a clam shell, nuts)
3. five
4. sound of laughter (ha ha)
5. exclamation: aha!
6. as a question: pardon?, what?
អីគេ ʔəy kee 1. what {អីគេ? = Pardon?/What?} {អីគេហ្នឹង? = What is this?} {ជប់លៀងអីគេ វុទ្ធី? = What party, វុទ្ធី?}
2. something, anything {តែដូចភ្លេចអីគេម្យ៉ាង … = But it’s as if I’ve forgotten something …}
Notes: colloquial
ខ្ញុំ kɲom I
សួរ suə 1. to ask, question, enquire
2. to visit, come to see
ឯង ʔaeŋ 1. you
2. self, oneself, by oneself
3. used after personal pronouns or names to make the address more polite
4. surely, obviously
ថា tʰaa 1. to say, tell, pronounce
2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse)
3. I've [just] said, [...]
អូ ʔou oh, aha (exclamation expressing sudden realization, or loss of doubt)
ព្រឹកមិញ prɨk mɨɲ this morning (which has already passed)
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