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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ម្ដាយ | mdaay | mother (used when speaking of or to someone else's mother) Notes: ជើង ដ |
| 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} |
| 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 |
| 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!} |
| ផ្សារ | psaa | market, bazaar, fair |
| ទិញ | tɨɲ | to buy |
| បាយ | baay | 1. cooked rice 2. food, meal |
| 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 |
| 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} |
| អី | ʔəy | 1. what? {អីហ្នឹង?/អីគេ?/អីគេហ្នឹង? = what is this?/what?} {កាន់អីនៅនឹងដៃហ្នឹង? = What are [you] holding in [your] hand?} 2. something, anything {មានអីអត់ = Are you all right?/Is everything ok?/Did anything happen?} {ខ្ញុំទៅក្រៅញ៉ាំអី = I’m going out to eat something} Notes: variant of អ្វី |
| ម៉ែ | mae | 1. mother, mama 2. you/your (child addressing its mother) 3. I/me/my (mother addressing her child) 4. exclamation of anger or surprise |
| 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?} |
| សល់ | sɑl | 1. to remain, be left over {នៅសល់ = to remain, be left over} 2. to be in excess 3. remainder, surplus |
| ក្នុង | knoŋ | 1. in, inside 2. during + (time word) |
| ឆ្នាំង | cnaŋ | cooking pot, kettle, pan, casserole |
| 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 |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| 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 |
| ខ្ញុំ | kɲom | I |
| 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?} |
| 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)} |
| មើល | məəl | 1. to look at, to watch, to watch for, to observe 2. to read (to oneself), to review (a lesson) 3. to examine, survey, inspect 4. to observe 5. to treat (medically) 6. to care for, take care of 7. to consider, regard 8. particle: come on, give it a try 9. let me see! 10. phrase-final: softens a command or request {ជួយបង្ហាញតិចមើល = Please show me!} |
| ទូរទស្សន៍ | tuureaʔtʊəh | TV |
| ចប់ | cɑp | 1. to finish, cease, complete, end, conclude 2. to be complete, full, concluded 3. clf. for complete actions, cycles |
| សិន | sən | 1. [phrase-final] for now, for the time being, for a moment 2. [phrase-final] first Notes: polite final hortatory particle |
| អាឡែង | ʔaalaeŋ | to be busy Notes: BCF; colloquial; corresponds to រវល់ |
| តែ | tae | 1. but, however 2. only, just 3. tea |
| ហ្នឹង | nɨŋ | this, that, right here, right now (colloquial form of នេះ = this, that) |
| 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 |
| ប្រើ | praə | to use |
| មិន | mɨn | negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ) |
| ម៉ង | mɑɑŋ | 1. immediately, at once, right away 2. all of a sudden 3. generally, in general 4. totally Notes: spoken form of តែម្ដង |