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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| បន្ទាប់មក | bɑntoap mɔɔk | next, then, afterwards, later |
| ទៀត | tiət | 1. again, still, more, further, yet, additional 2. to be different, other |
| រូបភាព | ruup pʰiep | 1. image, picture, drawing, photo 2. appearance, form, shape |
| ទី | tii | 1. particle used to form ordinal numbers 2. spot, place, location 3. rank, function, service |
| 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?} |
| ក្នុង | knoŋ | 1. in, inside 2. during + (time word) |
| យើង | yəəŋ | 1. we 2. I (familiar) 3. in final position used to refer to 'our Cambodian ...' {ទុរេនកំពតយើងមែន? = Kampot durian (from our country, Cambodia), right?} |
| ឃើញ | kʰəəɲ | 1. to see, to perceive 2. to understand, to recognize 3. គិត ... ឃើញ = to find a solution, figure out, solve 4. to come to a conclusion, realize, understand |
| បន្ទាប់ពី | bɑntoap pii | after, next |
| គាត់ | koat | 1. he/him/his 2. she/her 3. they/them/their (formal/polite 3rd person pronoun) 4. you/your (intimate) |
| ប្រាប់ | prap | 1. to tell, say, state, inform, report 2. to explain 3. to point out |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| ចង់ | cɑŋ | 1. to want/wish/desire (to do something) 2. to flirt with, court, woo (a girl) 3. to approach, draw near 4. about to (do something), on the point of 5. even if |
| ផ្ញើ | pɲaə | 1. to send, deliver 2. to leave (someone or something) for a time in someone else's care (e.g., to leave a motorbike in a paid parking area), to trust (someone to do something) 3. របស់ផ្ញើ: present, gift |
| បញ្ញើ | bɑɲɲaə | 1. message, object sent to someone through a third person, object entrusted/temporarily given to someone, token 2. package, parcel 3. shipment 4. consignment |
| យឺត | yɨɨt | 1. to be slow, late 2. to stretch, to be elastic |
| 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 |
| អញ្ចឹង | ʔɑɲcəŋ | 1. in that case, so, then, therefore 2. like this/that 3. this/that much |
| ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
| 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)} |
| ហុច | hoc | 1. to extend the hand (to give or to take something) 2. to hand over, offer to, pass/hand (something to someone) 3. to provide, yield 4. to utter (a sound), to pronounce, say |
| លុយ | luy | 1. money 2. small change, coin |
| 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!} |
| 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 |
| បុគ្គលិក | bokkeaʔlɨk | employee, staff |
| ការិយាល័យ | kaareʔyaalay | office, bureau, department, section |
| ប្រៃសណីយ៍ | praysaʔnii | 1. post office 2. post, postal |
| នេះ | nih | 1. this, these 2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space |
| គឺ | kɨɨ | 1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely |
| កំពុងតែ | kɑmpuŋ tae | to be in the process of (doing something) |
| លូក | luuk | 1. to reach/thrust out/extend (especially the hand), put (the hand) in some place 2. to stretch out 3. to protrude |
| ដៃ | day | 1. arm, hand 2. handle, lever, crank 3. branch (of a tree, bamboo, or a river), offshoot 4. tendril 5. trunk (of an elephant) 6. sleeve 7. steering wheel 8. clf. for handfuls of young rice plants/grass 9. clf. for slaps 10. command to an elephant not to move its trunk or not to pull up something with its trunk 11. clf. for a bunch of 10 areca nuts |
| ម្ខាង | mkʰaaŋ | 1. one side, one (of a pair) 2. at/on one side, at the other side Notes: contraction of មួយខាង |
| យក | yɔɔk | 1. to take (in one's hand or with oneself), hold 2. when ordering: I’ll take, I’ll have {យកបបរគ្រឿងសាច់ជ្រូកម៉ាចាន = I’ll have a bowl of pork porridge} 3. to take (away) 4. to steal 5. to bring 6. to borrow 7. to get, obtain, achieve |
| ម្ខាងទៀត | mkʰaaŋ tiət | the other side, the other one (of a pair) |
| វិក្កយបត្រ | vikkaʔyaeaʔbat | invoice, bill Notes: also written វិក័យប័ត្រ |
| បុរស | boʔrɑh | man, male person |
| ម្នាក់ | mneak | 1. one person (contraction of មួយនាក់) 2. alone |
| ហ្នឹង | nɨŋ | this, that, right here, right now (colloquial form of នេះ = this, that) |
| ក្មេងប្រុស | kmeeŋ proh | boy |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| ដោយសារតែ | daoy saa tae | because |
| ពេលខ្លះ | peel klah | sometimes |
| ត្រូវការ | trəv kaa | 1. to need, require, want 2. to be necessary, needed, required |
| តាមដាន | taam daan | 1. to keep track of, follow a situation 2. to spy on |
| ជាមួយនឹង | cie muəy nɨŋ | 1. together, along with 2. with |
| តើ | taə | 1. indicating an indirect question, it may often be translated as 'if' or 'whether' 2. phrase-final: used for emphasis |
| អីវ៉ាន់ | ʔəyvan | objects, things, merchandise, goods, baggage |
| របស់ | rɔbɑh | 1. object, thing, belonging, property 2. of, belonging to |
| ឬក៏ | rɨɨ kɑɑ | or (on the other hand) |
| ទៅដល់ | tɨv dɑl | 1. to arrive, to reach, to go to 2. until, up to 3. to, toward |
| អ្នកទទួល | neak tɔtuəl | recipient, receiver, addressee |
| ឬនៅ | rɨɨ nɨv | phrase-final interrogative particle: yet |
| ដូច្នេះ | doucneh | 1. so, thus, therefore 2. like this |
| 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) |
| ដោយ | daoy | 1. by, with, along 2. (indicator of an adverb) in a ... manner 3. because |
| ខល | kʰɑɑl | to phone, to call |
| ទូរស័ព្ទ | tuureaʔsap | 1. telephone 2. to call (by phone) Notes: also written ទូរសព្ទ |
| តាមរយៈ | taam reaʔyeaʔ | 1. by means of 2. through, by way of, via, through the mediation (of someone) |
| 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!} |
| ទទួល | tɔtuəl | 1. to receive, to take 2. to accept, to agree 3. to meet (e.g., at an airport or station) |
| អាច | ʔaac | 1. to be able/qualified (to do something), capable of (doing something) 2. to be possible 3. to be in condition (to), be in a position (to) 4. to dare to |
| សួរ | suə | 1. to ask, question, enquire 2. to visit, come to see |
| អ្នក | neak | 1. you (to equals of both sexes) 2. person, one who... (used as an agentive particle to create nouns from predicatives) |
| ព្រោះ | prʊəh | because (of), since |
| បាត់បង់ | bat bɑŋ | 1. to lose 2. to disappear, vanish, be missing/lost 3. to die |
| នឹង | nɨŋ | future tense marker: will, about to |
| សង | sɑɑŋ | 1. to repay, pay back (e.g., a debt), return (something, e.g., money) 2. to pay (for damage or injury), reimburse 3. to respond (e.g.m to abuse) 4. to flow back 5. backwards, back (again), in return 6. to subtract (from) 7. to substitute, replace, act for |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| ថវិកា | tʰaʔviʔkaa | budget, appropriations |
| វិញ | vɨɲ | again, back, instead |
| ប្រាក់ | prak | 1. money 2. silver |
| ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
| 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’ |
| ការ | kaa | 1. commonly occurs as a nominalizing particle deriving abstract nouns or noun phrases from verbs or verb phrases 2. work, occupation 3. business, affair, matter 4. to protect, defend, prevent 5. to marry 6. marriage 7. wedding 8. interest (e.g., on a loan) 9. profit 10. usury 11. to wind (into a skein/bobbin/reel) 12. to spin (silk) |
| រាល់ | roal | every, each, all |
| ខូចខាត | kʰouc kʰaat | 1. to damage 2. to be damaged 3. to lose (through destruction) |
| ប្រសិនបើ | prɑsən baə | if |
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| ទេ | tee | 1. particle: negative particle occurring in phrase final position especially after មិន, ពុំ, etc. 2. interrogative particle occurring in phrase final position, often in the combination ឬទេ 3. neutral/positive particle to add emphasis {ខ្ញុំសុខសប្បាយទេ = I'm fine!} {យកតែមួយទេ = I’ll take only one!} |
| 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]!} |
| ដើម្បី | daəmbəy | in order to, for, to, toward, reserved for |
| 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 |
| បង្ហាញ | bɑŋhaaɲ | 1. to show, exhibit, reveal, to indicate 2. to demonstrate, to teach 3. to introduce (someone to someone) |
| បញ្ជាក់ | bɑɲceak | 1. to confirm, verify, certify, to clarify, explain 2. to indicate 3. to prove, to show 4. to determine 5. to announce, declare, claim 6. to order 7. to conform to |
| សំណង | sɑmnɑɑŋ | 1. repayment of a debt 2. reimbursement, compensation, restitution, restoration, indemnity Notes: root: សង |
| ពី | pii | from, since, of, about, at |
| ខាង | kʰaaŋ | 1. side, part 2. direction 3. pertaining to, with regard to |
| តែងតែ | taeŋ tae | usually, regularly, constantly, always, continually |
| នូវ | nɨv | 1. marker of the direct object, especially in written, literary language 2. with, and, and also, along with, by means of |
| ទុក | tuk | 1. to put, set, place, arrange 2. to set aside, keep, retain, save, preserve, maintain, conserve, hold (in reserve) {ទុកញ៉ាំ = to keep for eating later} |
| គោលដៅ | kool dav | goal, aim, objective |