soxsbbay ţe? how are you? __·rkuń soxsbbay good thanks
heuy nw? finished/ready yet? __heuy/heuyheuy yes __nw/nwţe no
soḿ ţous excuse me/sorry
min ·ii ţe __no worries/it’s fine (·Ai)
bg srser heuy? have you written it yet? (sOrse)
soḿ niyay xmaer muoymuoy/yuutyuut __please speak khmer slowly
brab xṉoḿ ja xmaer __tell me in khmer
xṉoḿ y’l heuy __I understand (yOl)
caḿ ma ᵽlaet __wait a moment
juob qna pelkrouy/za’bza’b __see you later/soon
·oon ţiṉ bay m:an can? __you buy how many bowls of rice?
jḿrabsuor (jUḿrieb) hello __suosdii (suosdEi) hi __jḿrabla goodbye __sḿńag l· (sAḿńag lA·OR) good luck __soxsbbayńa be happy __b:ontae/tae but __ᵽlec (pleIc) forget __caḿ remember/wait __ţiṉ buy __l’k (lORk) sell __·rn (·Arn) read __ṉ:aḿ/pisa(formal) eat/drink __fuk drink __ţuk water __krooc (kroIc) orange __sra s (sOR) white wine __sra bier beer __smbort letter __sda’b listen/hear/obey __juob meet __qna each other __la heuy/ţwsinheuy goodbye __ţw muoy heuy I’m going __ba’lţa’t (balţOat) soccer __fsar ṯḿ neub (ṯUḿ) supermarket __sna’knw stay __r’snw (rOs) live __mk (mOk) come __mkd’l arrive __ţw go __mhoob dish __·ahar ingredients/food
min/·t VERB ţe don’t VERB __dug know (fact) __sqa’l (sqOal) know person __ceħ know how to __·ac (·aIc) can/able to
bg ceħ niyay ·’gqles ţe? __do you know how to speak english?
sqa’l mnoss nw sala m:an n·k? __how many people do you know at school?
·’t dug ţe, qa’t ţw siem rab jamuoy mnoss m:an n·k? __do you know how many people s/he is going to siem rieb with?
c’g (cOg) + VERB c’gban + NOUN want
troov + VERB trovkar + NOUN need
m:oto motorbike __lan car __ k’g (kOg) bike __daer go/walk to __leg play __daerleg stroll __say niyay __niyayleg joke __tam follow __tam stug/plov along the river/road __rien study __hag shop __hag bay restaurant __jiħ ride __jamuoy with __nig/heuynig and __nug will __meul watch __ᶍeuṉ see __coolcitt like __ṯmmta (ṯORmmAta) usually __breu use __mdg ţiet (mAdOg) again __sbbaycitt happy __qr’b (qrUb) each
កង្ហារ kOg har fan (spoken ja hal) __កៅអី kAw ·Eii chair (spoken ka ei) __ខ្នើយ xnaeuy pillow (xnAVeuy) __qrae bed __ទូរទស្សន៍ ţorţssn´ television (ţUrEţU) __ទូរសព្ទ ţoorspţ telephone (ţUrEsAp) __av shirt __kou pants __bic pen __kmou dei pencil __tok (to) table __sa ᵽw book __knlħ (kAlA) half __rb’s (rbO) thing __rb’s xṉoḿ mine __nałika watch/clock __doocqna (doIcqna) same/similar
Counters/qualifiers
ថង់ ŧ’g bag (ŧARg) __កញ្ចប់ __kṉc’b packet (kA cORb) __ប្រអប់ br·’b box (brA Orb) __ដប db bottle (dORb) __កំប៉ុង kḿ b:og can (ka pog) __ពែង paeg cup __កែវ kaev glass __ចាន can bowl/plate
c’gban mi 3 kṉc’b __I want 3 packets of noodle
piirbii few (pirbay) __xlAħ some __xṉoḿ daer me too__មិត្តភ័ mittpák friend __mnoss (mnU) people __ja muoy mnoss 5 n·k with 5 people __mna’k (mneak=muoy n·k) one person/someone __mittbros boyfriend __mittsrii girlfriend __mittpák sri/bros f/m friend __n·k/louk kru f/m teacher __cwhvay boss/store owner __kargar job __mittruomkargar/n·k tveukar jamuoy colleague __yk (york) take __mday mother __m:a’k/m:ae mum __òpok father __b:a dad __koon srii/bros child f/m __brpnṯ (brapon) wife __bdii husband
qa’t c’gban ftħ ŧmii muoy __he wants a new house
__ŧlei ftħ muoy xae monthly rent __j’k sag (ják) fill/inject petrol __pleug electricity/fire
xṉoḿ min yl ·ii ţe __i don’t understand anything
bg c’g tuk m:an db? __how many bottles of water do you want?
xṉoḿ c’g tuk muoy db __i want a bottle of water
xṉoḿ c’g/yk .. I want/will take .. __soḿ ţuk muoy kaev please a glass of water __soḿ ma roy please 100 riel __soḿ caḿ ma ᵽlet __·’s (·OR) everything __·’s m:an? all together? __(min) ·ii ţiet ·’t? anything else? __·’s heuy nw? is that all? __a muoy neħ one of these __a nouħ that __a ţḿ the big one __tooc (tooic) small __tic few __tictic a little __creun many/a lot __znaḿ year __xae month __·aţity, sbdah´ week __ŧgei day __m:oug hour __naţi (nieti) minute __muoy dg muoy ·aţity (dÓg) once per week __doog coconut
objects put number after NOUN m:oto 4, mnoss 5 n·k, ftħ 10
duration/time/quantity put number before NOUN 2 ŧgei, 3 xae, 5 qiłoo muoy m:uun
b:eg b:ouħ muoy qiło man? muoy qilo tomato
__mnoss creun many people
2 m:oug
_creun m:oug many hours
dg (dÓg) pronounced dong (short O – time) __ doog pronounced dohng (long O – coconut)
sroov – ·gkr – bay – rice crop – raw – cooked
sa yoor/bmpoog straw
hot kdw
cold tr ja’k prouħ plieg tr ja’k
juoy help
bg man loy ·a’b ţe? change? riel OK ? loy xmaer ban ·’t?
ţUm/tooIc
ŧlei/ŧouk
m:oug (b:on)man ? what time man m:oug? how many hours
bg tveukar m:oug man?
poo ţw PP m:oug man?
·oon coolcitt daerleg m:oug man
mig taeg ţw fsar m:oug man — taeg usually
brhael approx/probably
m:oug man bg ţw ftħ
start
ca’b fdeum + VERB, ·ahar/bay ŧgei/pruk/lgac
cool rien/tveukar (start class)
piir xae heuy – 2 months already
sḿ nuor question suor ask
ceṉpii leave + VERB rien/stop
ceṉpii ftħ/sala
mkd’l ftħ arrive/come
ţwd’l
mk luen early (fast)
mk yuut late (slow)
knlAħ half m:oug brambuon d’b bram (naţi)
m:oug 6-11 pruk
12-4 ŧgei
5 -7 lgac
7-dark y’b
ţwleg / daerleg travel/walk
suon park
are you ready? heuy nw?
meet juob
qa’t cg juob xṉoḿ m:oug m:an
man kar br joḿ — have a meeting (joḿ gather)
puokqe cg rien piir m:oug for 2 hours
cg juob xṉoḿ m:oug m:an
man m:oug cg rien? how many hours
man mittpák man n·k? how many friends
xṉoḿ ·’t coolcitt rien m:oug brambuon (ţe)
pii from d’l to
pii m:oug m:an d’l m:oug m:an
jit piir xae heuy almost
| what time ·oon cool rien xmaer m:oung m:an? xṉoḿ cool miig ţw fsar m:oug m:an? poo c’g mkd’l siemrab pii mm d’l mm |
how long ·oon rien xmaer m:an xae heuy? ·oon daerleg m:an m:oug muoy ·aţity? bg ţw SR m:oug m:an? |
ŧgei ţii m:an? what’s the date?
ţii muoy = first
ŧgeicán(ţ) (silent ţ) monday
ŧgei ·gqar (ongqie) tuesday the 19th ţi d’b brambuon
ŧgeipoṯ (put) wednesday ·oon c’g mk batd’ḿbg ţe ŧgeipoṯ
ŧgeiprh(sbti´) (poha or proha) thursday
ŧgeisok(r) (silent s) friday
ŧgeisw(r´) saturday
ŧgei ·aţit(y) (silent y) sunday
·oon c’g ţw siemrab ŧgei ţii m:an? xṉoḿ c’g ţw ŧgei ţii mpay piir
·oon ṯveukar m:an m:oug heuy? xṉoḿ ṯveukar jit bram m:oug heuy
ṯmmta ·oon c’b fdeum tveukar m:oug man? xṉoḿ cool ṯveukar m:oug d’b
ţḿ ner free (ţuḿ ne)
rv’l busy (rovol)
br joḿ (man kar br jom) meeting
cog sbdah´ weekend (sa ·aţity)
(ŧgei) cánţ sokr weekday
ŧgei ç’b / sḿ rak holiday sḿ rak=relax (note: rak, not riek)
ŧgei bońy public holiday (silent y)
yeug ţw …. ŧgei ç’b
colcitt ṯveukar pii m:oug 10 pruk d’l m:oug buon ŧgei
present simple tense
focus on time expression
ŧgei neħ today
ra’l every (roal) pruk, znaḿ
ra’l ŧgei xṉoḿ ţw ṯveukar m:oug brampiir
ra’l pruk nig ra’l lgac
yuut late ( inflexible things like meetings, etc – after intended time)
luen early (after V)
mk/ceṉpii yuut
yeug ·’t c’g ţw sŧany lankroog yuut ţe
qa’t ţw br joḿ luen / mk sala luen
late / early (flexible things such as eating, sleeping)
kror / za’b , (before V)
juob qna za’b za’b – see you soon
xṉoḿ za’b ṉ:am bay – i eat early
yuut / luen also slow/fast
HOW TO SAY TIME
leuk ţii muoy/pir … THE 1st/2nd time …
pel pruk, pel rien, pel ṉ:am bay, pel ṯveukar .. morning, study time, mealtime, work time
piir dg, d’b dg – twice, ten times (frequency context)
neħ leuk ţi bi xṉoḿ ṉ:am
S taeg tae V – always (before V after S)
(ja) ṯmmta usually/normally (ṯORmmAta more flexible position)
pel xlħ/ juon kal(more spoken) sometimes
pel xlħ xṉoḿ jiħ m:oto pel plieg
juon kal xṉoḿ ţw sala yut
min dael/·’t dael never
xṉoḿ min dael ṉ:am kahve ţe
min dael sqa’l ba’tdḿbg ţe –
xṉoḿ ç’b ṉ:am kahve ţiet heuy – i don’t drink coffee anymore
nw ma pleit/ yor short/long time
yeug ṉ:am bay m:oug xosqna – we eat at different times
xṉoḿ taeg tae ṉam bay ŧgei dop/ţw pel pruk
qeg / dek sleep
kroukpiidek wake
xṉoḿ min dael ţw SR ţe piimon (i have never …)
ossah´ V often (before V)
xṉoḿ ossah´ man karbrjoḿ nw sala
…. … ṉukṉa’b (ńas) at end
rarely kḿ r (koḿror before V)
xṉoḿ kḿr kroukpiidek luen nás
then/after that/next bnţa’b mk (spoken paţoab mk (ţiet) )
FIRST
ţii muoy (order start of sentence)
ţok / snsḿ save loy money
mon (conjunction, in middle)
xṉoḿ c’g rien xmaer mon, paţoab mk …
sin – instruction do first
– conjunction (like mon)
ţii muoy yeug rien xmaer, paţoab mk ·ac niyay jamuoy xmaer (foreign (puok) jn jati – braḿg jn jati qe/yeug their/our nationality)
som ·an sapw neħ sin
qa’t juob qa’t mon paţoab mk, puok qe riebkar jamuoy qna, paţoab mk ţiet man koon
last cog krouy (c’g more more like ‘a’bout)
ţimuoy xṉoḿ kroukpidek, paţoabmk ţw tveukar, paţoabmk ţiet ṉam ·ahar/bayŧgei, paţoabmk mk ftħ viṉ, cog krouy (qe) xṉoḿ cool dek
mkviṉ – vilviṉ comeback , ca’kceṉ leave
THE last one cog krouy qe
n·k qruu meul koon/meul cog krouy ·ii qe? what was the last film you saw
ţii muoy, m:oug brampel xṉoḿ krouk pii dek. paţoab mk meul rueg xmaer nw computer knlaħ m:oug. paţoab mk ţiet ṉam ahar pelpruk, heuy ţw ṯveukar. m:oug muoy ṉam ·ahar ŧgei nig m:oug bram mk fţħ viṉ . paţoab mk ṉam bay lgiec nig mel rueg nw komputa, cog krouy xṉoḿ cool dek/qeg.
qeg more polite than dek
taboog (dḿboog)
mojţuk bathe/shower
sliek pa’k get clothes
ţwd’l/mkd’l arrive (PLACE)
knlaeg ṯveukar
dg m:an, how many times
ţa’n pel (ţoan) on time ţa’n mk (only for hour time)
d’l pel it’s time to…
jit almost/near m:oug jit piir
jit yut almost late, in time
qit ŧa – think that
nw te – no yet
paţoab pii after
paţa’b pii xṉoḿ ṉ:am ·ahar ŧgei heuy, xṉoḿ c’g puk kahve
paţa’b pii xṉoḿ ceṉpi ṯveukar, xṉoḿ c’g ţiṉ ·iiv:a’n (go shopping)
paţa’b pii xṉoḿ krouk pii dek, xṉoḿ ·’t c’g ṉ:am ·ahar pruk te
bnţa’b pii xṉoḿ ṯveu mhoob heuy, xṉoḿ coolcitt meul ţoortors
bnţa’b pii m:oug d’b xṉoḿ dmner/rvl (rovul)
bnţa’b pii xṉoḿ rien heuy, xṉoḿ coolcitt meul rueg
BEFORE same position as english
mon xṉoḿ ţw sala, xṉoḿ c’g ṉam pruk
xṉoḿ taegtae ṉam ·ahar pruk mon m:oug brambuon
mon qa’t man karbrjoḿ qa’t c’g ·an sapw
ţmmta xṉoḿ mojţuk mon cool qeg
PAST SIMPLE
msilmiṉ yesterday
msilmg:ei day before yesterday
YESTERDAY pruk/(pel) ŧgei (trag) msilmiṉ
lgac/y’b miṉ
TODAY pruk/ŧgei(trag) miṉ
ŧgei msilmiṉ xṉoḿ jiħ m:oto pel plieg
pruk miṉ xṉoḿ kroukpiqeg luen
THE OTHER DAY
ŧgei mon
LAST
ŧgei can mon
aţiṯy mon
xae mon
znam mon
m:oug mon AN HOUR AGO
leuk mon LAST TIME
ra’l dg/pel every time
AGO
muoy ŧgei mon
d’b nati mon
piir m:oug mon
bii znam mon
xṉoḿ man karbrjoḿ 2 ŧgei mon
xṉoḿ keut sae sib bram znaḿ mon
JUST/ONLY
b’g man m:oto tae muoy ţe
JUST (recent)
ţeubtae
qa’t ţeubtae ceṉ tw/ ṯveu floov (heuy/ţe)
sţug river (tip stagnant)
BEFORE
mon
BEFORE (previously)
piimon
xṉoḿ r’snw baraḿg piimon
xṉoḿ zb 4 ŧgei – stop work 4 days
xṉoḿ c’g ·ouy b’g srser oţahrń´ (utiahor) example
xṉom coolcitt ciħ m:ootoo mon tw ṯveukar
puok yeug twd’l ·iitalii 2 znam mon
PAST
xṉoḿ ban ţw SR
(not with man, çuu (state) OR coolcitt (emotions))
xṉoḿ ban dek
bg ban xeuṉ xṉoḿ ·’t?
qa’t ·’t ban puk sra bier ţe
? or NEG ONLY
bg man ţw SR ţe/·’ţ?
xṉoḿ ·’t man ţw fsar ţe msilmiṉ
baţ xṉoḿ ţw / ·’t ţe xṉoḿ ·’t ţw
iłov iłovneħ iłovhnug pelhnug NOW
CONTINUOUS
kmpg kmpgtae(so cant do another thing) in process of
xṉoḿ ·’t kmpg dek ţe
bg kmpg rvl/çu ·’t ? (also ADJ)
kmpg ţw (on the way to)
also NW: nw rgcaḿ / nw srla’ṉ waiting / in love etc..
·akasṯato weather
deum çeu tree
suon park
prei forest
FOR (purpose, people)
smra’b – xṉoḿ tiṉ sapw smra’b ·oon
(utiahor) example
smra’b sikxasala – for a workshop
FOR (people ONLY)
·ouy
TO (until)
d’l (TIME,DAY)
pii m:oug 3 d’l m:oug 7
ţw (PLACE)
pii bangkok ţw batd’ḿbg
xṉoḿ c’g daer ţw psar
but
daerleg/ţwleg siemrab
xṉoḿ c’g srser email ţw mittpák xṉoḿ
teubtae – JUST (recently) before VERB
tae .. ţe – JUST (only)
tae piir ŧgei .. ţe
LONG TIME
yoor heuy – xṉoḿ sqa’l batd’ḿbg yoor heuy (yoor long, slow)
xṉoḿ ·’ţ juob na’k qruu yoor heuy (no ţe)
FUTURE
nug
ᶍeuṉ see (glimpse)
meul watch, look at (longer, intentional)
xṉoḿ nug ṯveu lomhat ·aţit krouy
qe nug tiṉ m:ootoo
qe nug ·’t ŧgei neħ ţe
s·aek tomorrow (s·at beautiful)
mittpák xṉoḿ ţoorspţ mk xṉoḿ
xṉoḿ nug ţoorspţ ţw … s·aek
want SOMEONE to..
qe ·’t c’g ·ouy xṉoḿ ţoorspţ ţw qe ţe
xṉoḿ c’g ·ouy xxxx mk batd’ḿbg
day after tomorrow
(ŧgei) xans·aek
next (after noun)
krouy
ŧgei krouy (some day, only future)
ŧgei paţa’b (next day, only past)
xae,znam krouy (next month, year)
qe nug ţwleg/m’kleg yeug
pel/leuk krouy
juob qna pelkrouy
PLAN TO
qroug
qroug j’b lieg (party) j’b magic trick lieg clean
HAVE A PLAN
man qmroug
HOPE TO not used
piir ŧgei ţiet
xṉoḿ nug ţwd’l tiinouħ d’b naţii ţiet
xṉoḿ nug mkd’l fţħ muoy m:oug ţiet
door (move, change JP IDOO)
xṉoḿ nug door kanlaeg r’snw xae krouy
xṉoḿ c’g loy ·a’b (change)
za’b za’b soon
FINISH, exhaust, use up, no more (c’gban ţiet)
·’s heuy
·’s loy heuy
·’s tmoor heuy
·’s xmlag out of energy
sag petrol
pel, m:oug
FINISH it’s over (time), too late, past
c’b heuy choorb (ç’b heuy stop rhymes)
not yet finished ·’ţ ţa’n c’b ţe
FINISH complete, already done
heuy heuy
WILL FINISH (future)
nug ṯveu ACTION ·ouy heuy mon(by) m:oug bram (ouy make it happen)
FUTURE TENSE HOMEWORK tveu with all verbs from today