Expressing surprise — Additional dialogue


នៅកន្លែងធ្វើការ
កញ្ញានារី ដឹងថា ក្រុមហ៊ុនសម្រេចឲ្យបូនើសខែគ្រប់គ្នាអត់?
នារីថាម៉េច កញ្ញា? និយាយមែននិយាយលេង? អត់ជឿអេ៎
កញ្ញាមែនតាសមិនជឿ ទៅសួរមេទៅ
នារីហ្នឹងអ៎? សប្បាយចិត្តមែនទែននៀក

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KhmerPronunciationEnglish/Notes
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?}
កន្លែងធ្វើការ kɑnlaeŋ tvəə kaa office, workplace
កញ្ញា kaɲɲaa female Cambodian name
នារី nierii female Cambodian name
ដឹង dəŋ 1. to know, to be aware of, to be familiar with
2. [colloquial] can be used in the affirmative or, as an answer to a question, to mean ‘no’ {ដឹងហើយ = ok!} {ឯងដឹងថាគាត់ទៅណាអត់? ដឹង! = Do you know where he went to? No, I don’t.}
ថា tʰaa 1. to say, tell, pronounce
2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse)
3. I've [just] said, [...]
ក្រុមហ៊ុន kromhun company, corporation
សម្រេច sɑmrac 1. to have done, to finish, to accomplish, to achieve
2. decision, conclusion
3. to decide, conclude
Notes: also written សំរេច
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
បូនើស bounǝǝs bonus
ខែ kʰae 1. month
2. moon
គ្រប់ krup 1. all of, every
2. to be enough, complete, whole, entire
3. to rule, administer, govern
4. to manage
5. to take care of
6. to regulate
គ្នា knie 1. together
2. mutually, reciprocally
3. I/me/my (informal, intimate)
4. he/she/they/we (informal, intimate)
5. assistant, helper, colleague
6. friend, companion
7. people
8. clf. for persons
អត់ ʔɑt 1. no, not
2. to be without, lacking
3. to restrain oneself, abstain from
4. particle to form yes/no questions
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?}
និយាយ niʔyiey to speak, say, talk, relate, tell, to narrate, to talk over, discuss
មែន mɛɛn 1. to be real, true, accurate, to be right, correct, it is true
2. really, actually, indeed
3. as a question tag: [...], really? [...], right?
និយាយលេង niʔyiey leeŋ to joke
ជឿ cɨə 1. to believe, to trust (in)
2. to buy on credit
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
មិន mɨn negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ)
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!}
សួរ suə 1. to ask, question, enquire
2. to visit, come to see
មេ mee 1. female animal (that has given birth)
2. mother
3. woman
4. term of address to a younger woman or to a woman of lower status
5. chief, commander (company level and higher), leader, head, master, owner
6. guard, supervising officer
7. (in gambling) the dealer/house
8. principle, rule, guideline, theory
9. to be the main, largest, most important, leading
10. name given to any consonant combined with all the vowels or all the vowels and a final consonant
11. female elephant
12. clf. for bee/wasp stings
13. for different kinds or sites of pain/illness
14. clf. for heavy rain showers
15. exclamation of anger
ហ្នឹងអ៎ nɨŋ ʔɑɑ as a question: really?
Notes: colloquial
សប្បាយចិត្ត sapbaay cət 1. to be content, satisfied, happy
2. to enjoy
3. happy feeling
Notes: ជើង ត
មែនទែន mɛɛn tɛɛn 1. really, truly, surely, in fact, as it should be, certainly
2. seriously, actually
នៀក niək spoken forms of នេះ = this
Notes: colloquial