English

Romanzation

k'nyom

to be named, name

ch'moo-ah

surname

ch'moo-ah dtra-gaol

is

jee-a

English

ong-klayh

come

moak

from

bpee

Phnom Penh

p'nOOm bpeun

to do, make

t'wer

to work

t'wer gaa

marry

gaa

be situated in/at

nou(v)

doctor

bpairt

you (for males)

loak

you (for older females)

loak s'ray

you (for younger females)

nee-ung s'ray

he, she, they

gwat

he, she, they (generic, out of sight)

gay

we, us

yerng

question particle

...ay?

where?

ee-naa?

What is your nationality?

loak jee-a joo-un jee-ut ay?

isn't that so?

mairn dtay?

to study

ree-un

language

pee-a-saa

student

ni-saat

money

loo-I

to have

mee-an

not

men

"Miss"

nee-ang

a long time

you

aunt

mee-ng

Vietnamese

yoo-an

boss

neea-yee

leave

lieh

moi

bpee

bay

boon

bram

bram-moi

bram-bpee

bram-bay

bram-boon

10

dop

brothers and sisters

borng ba-oan

question particle

dtay?

yes (female speaker)

jaa

yes (male speaker)

baat

measure word/classifier (for persons)

nay-uk

older brother

borng bproh

older sister

borng s'ray

younger brother

bpa-oan bproh

younger sister

bpa-oan s'ray

and

(hai-ee) neung

photograph

roop tort

this, this is

nih

parents

oa-bpOOk m'dai

father

oa-bpOOk

mother

m'dai

big

tom

expensive

t'lai

far

ch'ng-ai

no (for men)

baat dtay

no (for women)

jaa dtay

of (possessive)

ra-boh

to be born

gart

country

s'rok

China/Chinese

jeun

but; only

dtai

province

kait

thirty

saam seup

year

ch'num

is, that is, namely

geu

now

ay-lou nih

to die

s'lup

period of time

bpayl

Pol Pot

bpol bpot

sibling

borng

one

moi

two

bpee

three

bay

four

boon

face, front

mo(k)

side

kang

plate

jan

cigarette

baray

old lady

doan

to follow

dan

to pay

jhai

can; past time marker

ban

grandfather, old man (respect)

da

can't

menban

to speak

ni-yee-ay

that, that is

nOOh

very

nah

who?

nay-uk naa?

husband

b'day

daughter

goan s'ray

beautiful, clean

sa-aat

how many?

bpon-maan

son

goan bproh

one person

m'nay-uk

age, ...years old

aa-yOO

first

dtee moi

second

dtee bpee

already

how-ee

but

bpon-dtai

not have, there aren't

k'mee-un

not

meundtay

eleven

dop moi/moi don-dop

twelve

dop bpee/bpee don-dop

thirteen

dop bay/bay don-dop

fourteen

dop boon/boon don-dop

fifteen

dop bram/bram don-dop

sixteen

dop bram moi/bram moi don-dop

seventeen

dop bram bpee/bram bpee don-dop

eighteen

dop bram bay/bram bay don-dop

nineteen

dop bram boon/bram boon don-dop

twenty

m'pay

negative

meunverbdtay

how old?

aa-yOO bpon-maan

wife

Thai

Bangkok

about

all

both

time

dorng

too

porng

take

yoak

look for

rork

egg

bporng

go

dou(v)

sometimes

joon-gaa

think

goot

boat

dtook

by boat

bam dtook

village

poom

to know (how to do something)

jeh

question form

reu dtay

to be able to, can

baan

a little

bon-teuch bon-dtoo-ich

well, good, beautiful

la-or

not very

meunbpon-maan dtay

to write

sor-say

letter (of the alphabet)

uk-sor

Cambodian script

uk-sor k'mai

to understand (what s. body is saying)

s'dup baan

to not understand

s'dup meun baan dtay

please

soam

to say

taa

one time

m'dorng

extra, further

dtee-ut

thank you

or-gOOn

to understand (a concept)

yoo-ul

to want to

jong