ស្រីពេជ្រ៖ ត្រូវគេស្ដីឲ្យ សប្បាយចិត្តម៉េចកើត?
កុសល៖ បើយើងធ្វើខុស គេស្ដីឲ្យ យើងទទួលយក ហើយកែទៅ។ មានអ្នកណាដែលថាមិនដែលខុស។ បើខុសហើយ អត់មានអ្នកជួយប្រាប់ អាហ្នឹងបានពិបាក។ តែបើគេស្ដីឲ្យអត់មានហេតុផល យើងស្ដាប់ចូលត្រចៀកម្ខាងចេញត្រចៀកម្ខាងទៅ។ កុំខ្វល់ ហើយមិនបាច់យកខួរក្បាលទៅគិត ឬទៅឈឺចាប់ជាមួយទេ។
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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| កុសល | koʔsɑl | male Cambodian name |
| ថី | tʰəy | why? {ថីហ្នឹង? = What's up? What's going on?} Notes: variant: ថ្វី |
| ស្រីពេជ្រ | srǝy pɨc | female Cambodian name |
| ដូច | douc | alike, similar, like, as |
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| សប្បាយចិត្ត | sapbaay cət | 1. to be content, satisfied, happy 2. to enjoy 3. happy feeling Notes: ជើង ត |
| 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) |
| គេ | kee | 1. he, she 2. one, someone 3. other(s) |
| ស្ដីឲ្យ | sdǝy ʔaoy | to blame/scold/reprimand directly Notes: ជើង ដ |
| ម៉េច | məc | what (following a verb of saying), why, in what way/manner, how {ម៉េចហើយ?/ម៉េចអី? = What's up?} {[…] ម៉េចទៅ? = In what way […]?} {ថាម៉េចចៅ? = What are you saying, grand-daughter?} {បងចង់បានម៉ូតម៉េច? = What kind of design/fashion do you like?} |
| 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) |
| បើ | baə | 1. if, may be 2. although |
| 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?} |
| 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} |
| ខុស | kʰoh | 1. different 2. wrong, incorrect 3. mistake, fault, defect |
| ទទួលយក | tɔtuəl yɔɔk | 1. to accept 2. to take, to receive |
| 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 |
| កែ | kae | 1. to correct, fix, repair 2. to adjust, change, modify 3. to cure, remedy 4. to change a mood |
| 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!} |
| 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’ |
| អ្នកណា | neak naa | 1. who, which one 2. someone, anyone |
| 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!} |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| មិនដែល | mɨn dael | 1. never [to have done something] (used only for past actions) 2. nonsense {វាមិនដែល = មិនដែលអេ៎ = it is nonsense} |
| អ្នក | neak | 1. you (to equals of both sexes) 2. person, one who... (used as an agentive particle to create nouns from predicatives) |
| ជួយ | cuəy | to help, to assist |
| ប្រាប់ | prap | 1. to tell, say, state, inform, report 2. to explain 3. to point out |
| អាហ្នឹង | ʔaa nɨŋ | this thing, that thing Notes: less polite, used in casual conversation; see also អានោះ |
| 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)} |
| ពិបាក | piʔbaak | 1. difficult {ការទិញអីវ៉ាន់នៅខ្មែររៀងពិបាកបន្តិច = buying things in Cambodia is a bit difficult/not easy} {តែពិបាកត្រង់ ឆាប់ងងុយដេក = the problem is: I’m getting tired easily} 2. sad, poor, miserable 3. to suffer |
| តែ | tae | 1. but, however 2. only, just 3. tea |
| ហេតុផល | haet pʰɑl | 1. reason 2. cause, consequence, motivation 3. justification |
| ស្ដាប់ | sdap | 1. to listen (to) 2. to obey 3. to understand (a spoken language) Notes: ជើង ដ |
| 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 |
| ត្រចៀក | trɑciək | 1. ear 2. generic term for many kinds of (especially paired) projections such as hinges (e.g., of a door) or handles (of clay pots) |
| ម្ខាង | mkʰaaŋ | 1. one side, one (of a pair) 2. at/on one side, at the other side Notes: contraction of មួយខាង |
| ចេញ | cəɲ | 1. to go out, leave, emerge, exit 2. to issue, bring out, come out (of a publication) 3. to emit, utter 4. out, off, away (also figuratively) {ខ្ញុំគិតអត់ចេញ = I can't figure it out} 5. to pay out, pay for, lay out (money), spend 6. to gain, earn, save 7. to play (a card) |
| កុំ | kom | do not ... |
| ខ្វល់ | kvɑl | 1. to be worried, troubled/concerned (about something) 2. to be involved/mixed up with 3. to be busy 4. to be exhausted 5. (of water) to be muddy, unclear, polluted |
| មិនបាច់ | mɨn bac | to not have to, not need to, to be not necessary {មិនបាច់ទេ = [that’s/it’s] not necessary} |
| 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 |
| ខួរក្បាល | kʰuə kbaal | brain(s) |
| គិត | kɨt | 1. to think, to realize 2. to calculate 3. to charge 4. គិត ... ឃើញ = to find a solution, figure out, solve 5. to come to a conclusion, realize, understand |
| ឬ | rɨɨ | 1. or 2. phrase-final interrogative particle {មិនមែនឬ = Isn't it true?} |
| ឈឺចាប់ | cʰɨɨ cap | 1. to be sick, ill 2. to feel acute pain, hurt, suffer 3. to be hurt (physically or mentally) |
| ជាមួយ | cie muəy | with |
| 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!} |