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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| អតិថិជន | ʔaʔteʔtʰeʔ cɔɔn | customer, client Notes: formal |
| តែង | taeŋ | 1. constantly, always, used to {អតិថិជនតែងគិតថា […] = customers always think that […]} 2. to arrange, decorate, beautify 3. to compose, create, draft, write {តែងសេចក្ដី = essay} 4. to set up, erect, establish |
| 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 |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| ទំនិញ | tumnɨɲ | goods, merchandise |
| 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!} |
| ថ្លៃ | tlay | 1. expensive, dear, valuable 2. cost, price, value |
| ជាង | cieŋ | 1. (more) ... than, in excess of, exceeding, to a greater extent than 2. marks the comparative degree of an adjective {ល្អជាង = better} 3. craftsman, artisan, skilled worker, smith {ជាងថត = camera man} |
| ភាគច្រើន | pʰiek craən | 1. mostly 2. majority |
| 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’ |
| គុណភាព | kunaʔpʰiep | 1. quality, characteristic(s) 2. value, virtue |
| ល្អ | lʔɑɑ | 1. good, nice, beautiful, pretty 2. correct, proper |
| ប៉ុន្តែ | pontae | but, however Notes: ជើង ត; root: តែ |
| 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?} |
| ខ្មែរ | kmae | Khmer, Cambodian |
| ពាក្យ | piek | word, term, expression, phrase |
| ស៊ី | sii | 1. to eat (with humans it is intimate in urban centers but may be used more generally in rural areas) 2. to consume (food, fuel) 3. ស៊ីប្រេន = to sell at a high price just because it’s a brand name |
| ប្រេន | breen | brand Notes: BCF; colloquial |
| គឺ | kɨɨ | 1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely |
| មានន័យ | mien ney | to mean |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| ប្រហាក់ប្រហែល | prɑhak prɑhael | 1. to be almost sure, wonder about something one is almost sure of, be more or less certain about 2. to be alike, almost the same, approximate 3. perhaps, as if, it looks as if |
| នឹង | nɨŋ | with, by (means of), (attached) to |
| ផ្សេងទៀត | pseeŋ tiət | other |
| ដែរ | dae | 1. also, too, likewise, in the same way 2. indeed, quite, rather 3. marks a polite, gentler, less abrupt statement: all the same, even so, nevertheless |
| តែ | tae | 1. but, however 2. only, just 3. tea |
| ដោយសារ | daoy saa | 1. because of, thanks to 2. depending on |
| ម៉ាក | maak | brand, mark, trademark |
| ឬ | rɨɨ | 1. or 2. phrase-final interrogative particle {មិនមែនឬ = Isn't it true?} |
| គេ | kee | 1. he, she 2. one, someone 3. other(s) |
| ស្គាល់ | skoal | 1. to know (someone), recognize, have seen before 2. to be familiar with |
| ច្រើន | craən | 1. much, many, numerous, very much 2. mostly, often |
| ទើប | təəp | 1. then, only then, next 2. so, consequently {យប់មិញជួបមិត្តចាស់ទើបខ្ញុំញ៉ាំស្រា = yesterday, I met old friends, so I had drinks [with them]} 3. just {ទើបមកដល់ម្សិលមិញ = [they’ve] just arrived yesterday} |
| ធ្វើឲ្យ | tvəə ʔaoy | 1. to cause, make (someone) do (something) 2. to do (something) for (someone) (often used to form causative compounds) |
| វា | vie | 1. it (of animals, things, or very young children) 2. he, she, they (familiar or contemptuous) |
| 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) |
| លក់ | lʊək | 1. to sell 2. asleep {ដេកលក់ = to be sound asleep, to sleep deeply} {ដេកមិនលក់ = to not be able to fall asleep, to have insomnia} |
| ក្នុង | knoŋ | 1. in, inside 2. during + (time word) |
| តម្លៃ | tɑmlay | 1. price 2. value |
| ធម្មតា | tʰoam meaʔ taa | 1. to be natural, habitual, usual, ordinary 2. usually, ordinarily |