Talking about the taste of food 1 — Dialogue 1

នៅផ្ទះពិសី
ពិសី៖ វិបុល ម៉េចដែរ? ត្រូវមាត់អត់?
វិបុល៖ ឆ្ងាញ់តាស ពិសី។ ពិសីឯងពូកែធ្វើម្ហូបអា៎!
ពិសី៖ និយាយមែន និយាយលេង? កុំបញ្ជោរខ្ញុំអា៎។ ប្រាប់តាមត្រង់ម៉ោ ខ្ញុំអត់ខឹងអេ៎។
វិបុល៖ ឆ្ងាញ់មែនតាស ពិសី។ ខ្ញុំអត់មានកុហកអេ៎។
ពិសី៖ អរគុណហើយអីចឹង។

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Khmer	Pronunciation	English/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?}
ផ្ទះ	pteah	house, home, residence, building
ពិសី	piʔsəy	female Cambodian name
វិបុល	viʔbol	male Cambodian name
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
ត្រូវមាត់	trəv moat	1. to be delicious, to taste good 2. to be scolded, reprimanded, told off
អត់	ʔɑt	1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions
ឆ្ងាញ់	cŋaɲ	tasty, delicious
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
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
ពូកែ	puukae	clever, skilfull, good at (doing something)
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}
ម្ហូប	mhoup	food, meal
អា៎	ʔaa	1. final particle used for emphasis {ខ្ញុំសង្ឃឹមថាឈ្នះហើយហ្នឹងអា៎ = I had hoped they would win!} {សៀវភៅចាស់ៗហ្នឹងអា៎ = Just old books!} {ម្នាក់ឯងធ្ងន់អា៎ = It's too heavy for one alone!} {ម៉ោពិសាសិនម៉ោបង មានច្រើនអា៎ = Come and eat, there's more than enough!} 2. spoken form of ហើយ {អស់ចាខ្វៃអា៎? = You don't have any youtiao anymore?} 3. spoken form of ណាស់ = very, very much {ខ្ញុំឃ្លានអា៎ = I’m very hungry} 4. spoken form of ណា = particle to soften a statement, command or request
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
កុំ	kom	do not ...
បញ្ជោរ	bɑɲcoo	to praise, to flatter
ខ្ញុំ	kɲom	I
ប្រាប់	prap	1. to tell, say, state, inform, report 2. to explain 3. to point out
តាម	taam	1. to follow, to agree, to go along {ដើរតាមភ្ញៀវគ្រប់ជំហាន = to follow the customer’s every step} 2. according to, in accordance with, following, along, by, through {តាមអាយុ = according to age} {តាមសម្រួល = take it easy/take your time} 3. on, in, along {ជិះម៉ូតូតាមផ្លូវ = to ride a motorbike on the street} {ជិះតាមផ្លូវតូចៗ = to drive on small roads} {នៅតាមខេត្ត = in/throughout the province} {លក់នៅតាមផ្សារ = to sell in the market}
ត្រង់	trɑŋ	1. straight, directly 2. exactly in (some spot) 3. upright, vertical 4. frank, honest, fair
ម៉ោ	mao	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 Notes: spoken form of មក
ខឹង	kʰəŋ	to be angry
អេ៎	ʔee	1. spoken form of the question particles ... អត់? or ... ទេ? 2. spoken form of the negation particle ទេ 3. hey! Notes: colloquial
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’
កុហក	koʔhɑk	1. to lie 2. to be false, untrue 3. lie
អរគុណ	ʔɑɑ kun	1. thank you 2. to thank, to be grateful
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
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