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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| សម្ផស្ស | sampʰɑh | female Cambodian name |
| អាឡូ | ʔaalou | hello (answering the phone) Notes: colloquial |
| សុភ័ក្រ | soʔpʰeak | male or female Cambodian name |
| ទំនេរ | tumnee | 1. free 2. empty, unoccupied, vacant 3. not busy |
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| និយាយ | niʔyiey | to speak, say, talk, relate, tell, to narrate, to talk over, discuss |
| 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?} |
| 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)} |
| អេ៎ | ʔee | 1. spoken form of the question particles ... អត់? or ... ទេ? 2. spoken form of the negation particle ទេ 3. hey! Notes: colloquial |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| អញ្ចេក | ʔɑɲcek | 1. like this 2. this, this much Notes: alternative pronunciation of អញ្ចេះ |
| ង៉ៃអាទិត្យ | ŋay ʔaatɨt | colloquial pronunciation of ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ = Sunday |
| ហ្នឹង | nɨŋ | this, that, right here, right now (colloquial form of នេះ = this, that) |
| 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!} |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| ជាមួយគ្នា | cie muəy knie | 1. together, with one another, reciprocally 2. the same (as) |
| 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 |
| លើក | lǝǝk | 1. to lift, raise, elevate, boost, hoist {លើកដៃសំពះ = to raise the hands in a greeting or respectful gesture} {លើករបស់ = to lift something} {លើកទូរស័ព្ទ = to pick up the phone} 2. to erect, build, establish, create 3. to form 4. to levy/raise (e.g., troops) 5. to perform/celebrate (a ritual or ceremony) 6. to exalt 7. to rouse 8. to transport 9. to exhume, dig up 10. to postpone, adjourn, cancel 11. time, occasion, instance, session {លើកមុន = last time} 12. except, unless |
| ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ | tŋay ʔaatɨt | Sunday |
| ក្រោយ | kraoy | 1. to be next, behind, after 2. back 3. later, next 4. in the future |
| វិញ | vɨɲ | again, back, instead |
| ខ្ញុំ | kɲom | I |
| 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) |
| សៀមរាប | siǝm riep | Siem Reap (a province and town in northwest Cambodia, where the ruins of Angkor are located) |
| ថ្ងៃស្អែក | tŋay sʔaek | tomorrow |
| រហូតដល់ | rɔhout dɑl | until, up to, as far as |
| អាទិត្យ | ʔaatɨt | 1. sun 2. week 3. Sunday, as in ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ = Sunday |
| ថ្ងៃចន្ទ | tŋay can | Monday |
| 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 |
| រវល់ | rɔvʊəl | busy, occupied |
| ថ្ងៃសៅរ៍ | tŋay sav | Saturday |
| ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
| សុំទោស | som tooh | 1. excuse me, pardon me 2. I'm sorry |
| ណា | naa | final particle to soften a statement or request |
| អត់អីទេ | ʔɑt ʔəy tee | 1. it doesn't matter, it's all right 2. surely, certainly Notes: see also មិនអីទេ |
| 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 |
| សម្រេច | sɑmrac | 1. to have done, to finish, to accomplish, to achieve 2. decision, conclusion 3. to decide, conclude Notes: also written សំរេច |
| ជួបគ្នា | cuəp knie | to meet each other |