Warning someone — Dialogue 2


ម្ដាយនិងកូនតូច
ម្ដាយកូនអា៎ លេងនៅម្ដុំហ្នឹងបានហើយណា កុំចេញទៅថ្នល់ ម៉ូតូឡានច្រើនអា៎
ម្ដាយនែ ម៉ោវិញ! អត់? កូននេះវៃ

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ម្ដាយ mdaay mother (used when speaking of or to someone else's mother)
Notes: ជើង ដ
និង nɨŋ and
កូន koun 1. child (of someone, as opposed to ក្មេង = child in general)
2. animal baby, young
3. small member of a class or set, small object {កូនថង់ = small bag}
តូច touc, tuuc 1. small, little, tiny
2. minor
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
លេង leeŋ 1. to play
2. to do something for fun or pleasure
3. to joke
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?}
ម្ដុំ mdom 1. region, area
2. one piece, one chunk (contraction of មួយដុំ)
Notes: ជើង ដ
ហ្នឹង nɨŋ this, that, right here, right now (colloquial form of នេះ = this, that)
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)}
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
ណា naa final particle to soften a statement or request
កុំ kom do not ...
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)
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!}
ថ្នល់ tnɑl, knɑl raised road or path
ម៉ូតូ moutou motorbike, motorcycle
ឡាន laan car, motor vehicle
ច្រើន craən 1. much, many, numerous, very much
2. mostly, often
នែ nɛɛ, nɛʔ, nae 1. hey, listen, see there (exclamation used among friends or to people younger than the speaker to warn or attract attention)
2. um, uh (exclamation used when one is searching for the correct word)
Notes: also written នែ៎, ណែ៎
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
វិញ vɨɲ again, back, instead
lɨɨ 1. to hear
2. independent vowel representing the Sanskrit vowel លឭៃ (words spelled with ឮ may also be spelled with លឺ)
Notes: also written លឺ
អត់ ʔɑt 1. no, not
2. to be without, lacking
3. to restrain oneself, abstain from
4. particle to form yes/no questions
នេះ nih 1. this, these
2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space
វៃ vey 1. to be quick-witted, sharp, keen (of the intellect)
2. to be intelligent, smart
3. to be fast, quick, swift
4. immediate, prompt
5. alert, vigilant
6. {... នេះវៃ: spoken form of ... នេះវ៉ើយ = this ... is so irritating}