Identifying items or people 2 — Dialogue 1


មិត្តភក្តិមកលេងផ្ទះ
កណ្ណិកាភា រូបថតគ្រួសារភាឯងមែន?
សោភាហ្នឹងហើយថតកាលខ្ញុំនៅតូច ហើយពេលហ្នុងម៉ាក់ទើបតែកើតប្អូនស្រីខ្ញុំ
កណ្ណិកាមួយណាភាឯង? មុខស្រដៀងគ្នាកម្ពស់ប៉ិនគ្នាទៀត
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កណ្ណិកាមុខកាត់តាមម៉ាក់ទាំងអស់ម៉ង

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មិត្តភក្តិ mɨt pʰeaʔ friend
Notes: ជើង ត (twice)
មក mɔɔk 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
លេង leeŋ 1. to play
2. to do something for fun or pleasure
3. to joke
ផ្ទះ pteah house, home, residence, building
កណ្ណិកា kɑnəkaa female Cambodian name
ភា pʰie short for សោភា, a female Cambodian name
រូបថត ruup tʰɑɑt photograph, picture
គ្រួសារ kruəsaa family
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
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?
សោភា saopʰie female Cambodian name
ហ្នឹងហើយ nɨŋ haǝy 1. yeah, yes, right, correct, that's correct
2. ok, all right
Notes: colloquial
ថត tʰɑɑt 1. to photograph, take pictures
2. to record (sound)
3. to X-ray
4. to untie
5. to take out
6. drawer
កាល kaal 1. time, moment, period of time
2. era, epoch
3. during, at the time when
ខ្ញុំ kɲom I
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?}
តូច touc, tuuc 1. small, little, tiny
2. minor
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
ពេល peel 1. time
2. moment, instant, period of time
ហ្នុង noŋ 1. this, that
2. there
ម៉ាក់ mak mom, mommy
Notes: colloquial
ទើបតែ təəp tae just
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)
ប្អូនស្រី pʔoun srǝy younger sister
មួយ muəy 1. one {មួយៗ = one by one}
2. one person/myself {សុំចេញមួយ = Please let me [go] out!} {សុំទៅមួយ = Please give way [for me one person]!} {សុំចុះមួយ = Please let me [one person] get off [the bus]!}
ណា naa 1. which, any
2. where, somewhere, anywhere
មុខ muk 1. face, front
2. in front of
3. type, kind, variety
4. dish, kind of food
5. head, chief, chairman, president
6. mouth or opening of a stream
7. (sharp) edge (of a knife blade)
ស្រដៀង srɑdiǝŋ to be similar to, to resemble
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
កម្ពស់ kɑmpʊəh height
ប៉ិន pən 1. to be clever, smart, skilful, talented {អត់សូវប៉ិន = to be not good at, to not like}
2. spoken form of ប៉ុន = equal to, alike, similar, same as
ទៀត tiət 1. again, still, more, further, yet, additional
2. to be different, other
ចុះបើ coh baə what if, but if
បងប្អូន bɑɑŋ pʔoun 1. brothers and sisters, siblings
2. relatives
មិន mɨn negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ)
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
នៀក niək spoken forms of នេះ = this
Notes: colloquial
ឈរ cʰɔɔ to stand (up)
ជិត cɨt 1. to be close, near
2. tight
3. close-set, dense, thick
4. closely, tightly
5. almost
6. about to, on the point of (doing something)
7. to cover completely, be completely/firmly covered
8. command used by elephant drivers to make an elephant to move closer
អ្នក neak 1. you (to equals of both sexes)
2. person, one who... (used as an agentive particle to create nouns from predicatives)
ប៉ា paa father
នេះ nih 1. this, these
2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space
បងស្រី bɑɑŋ srǝy elder sister
កាត់ kat 1. to cut, slice, slit
2. to divide, detach
3. to penetrate, pass through, cut through/across, take a short cut
4. to interrupt
5. to solve, untangle
6. to settle (a matter)
7. to decide (a legal case)
8. to ignite, catch/start (of a fire)
9. to be hybrid, of mixed blood or ethnic origin
10. across, through
11. briefly
12. to set, to fix, to judge
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}
ទាំងអស់ teaŋ ʔɑh all, all of
ម៉ង mɑɑŋ 1. immediately, at once, right away
2. all of a sudden
3. generally, in general
4. totally
Notes: spoken form of តែម្ដង