Basic 135 English words so someone can communicate in English.
Good idea, I think I should join you. My Khmer studies have been far too sporadic for various reasons. Please correct me where I'm wrong or lacking, or just ridicule it as a whole.LaudJohn wrote:I think I will make it a goal to learn these 135 words in khmer this year. I know several of them already, but not enough, it is a good starting point.
Here's what I know, or rather what I don't:
I: knyom
you: Good luck with this, there are more than 200 ways to say it. Bong/oun (etc) aing works.
he: proh (+ something to specify which he)
she: srey (+ something to specify which she)
we: ?
they: ?
it: ?
eat: nyam
want: jung
go: toe
do: ?
give: oi
come: ?
buy: ting
like: chuol chet
help: chooi (pronunciation of "oo" is key, you will say "fuck" if you get it wrong)
sleep: leang (?)
know: scorl (location/person), dung (fact)
have: mien
work: tuol ka
love: sra lang
understand: yol
see: muh
take: ?
tell: ?
sell: ?
ask: sou
wash: ?
yes: bath (male) / ja (female)
no: ort ey
not: ort
ok: ok (universal?)
can: ?
please: som
thank you: ahkun
hello: sou sdey / jum reab sou, depending on formality
goodbye: lie hai
where: no nas
when: pel nas
what: ey kei
why: ?
now: ?
already: hai
but: ?
morning: arune
afternoon: ?
evening: ?
night: ?
time: pel or mao (literally hour)
today: tngai nis
tomorrow: tngai sa-ek
yesterday: ?
week: ?
month: kai
this: a nis
then: ?
there: ti nos
here: ti nis
and: nung (with?)
good: la-aah
bad: akrok
problem: panya
price: ?
dollar: riel (under 100), dolla (100+)
money: loy
food: bai
water: dteuk
rice: bai
clothes: ?
clean: ?
dirty: ?
big: thom
small: tuot
hot: kdau
cold: ?
open: ?
shut: ?
red: ?
yellow: ?
green: ?
blue: ?
white: sow
black: ?
house: ?
home: pteah
shop: phsar (market?)
school: sala
place: kanlain (very useful, e.g. "kanlain tuol ka")
toilet: ?
car: laan
moto: moto
bus: ?
name: chmo
left: chvein
right: sadam
up: ?
down: ?
happy: sabay chet
unhappy: ?
angry: ?
scared: ?
sick: chuu
hungry: klean
beautiful: sa aart
father: pa
mother: ma
brother: bong proh (older), oun proh (younger)
sister: bong srey (older), oun srey (younger)
child: kon
husband: ?
wife: bropum
family: ?
friend: (pooh-mak?)
people: ?
man: proh
woman: srey
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Good effort. I'm certainly not the expert here, but I'll add to this and make some corrections where I can:
Alexandra wrote: Good idea, I think I should join you. My Khmer studies have been far too sporadic for various reasons. Please correct me where I'm wrong or lacking, or just ridicule it as a whole.
Here's what I know, or rather what I don't:
I: knyom
you: Good luck with this, there are more than 200 ways to say it. Bong/oun (etc) aing works.
he: koat
she: koat
we: yearng
they: peuk koat (when they're closer), ke / peak ke (further away)
it: via (also used for animals)
eat: nyam
want: jung
go: toe
do: trew
give: oi
come: muk / mao
buy: ting
like: chuol chet
help: chooi (pronunciation of "oo" is key, you will say "fuck" if you get it wrong)
sleep: keng / dek
know: scorl (location/person), dung (fact), jeh (to now knowledge)
have: mien
work: tuol ka
love: sra lang
understand: yol
see: muh
take: ?
tell: prap
sell: luak
ask: sou
wash: leang
yes: bath (male) / ja (female)
no: ort ey
not: ort
ok: ok (universal?)
can: ahc / ahc ..... baan
please: som
thank you: ahkun
hello: sou sdey / jum reab sou, depending on formality
goodbye: lie hai
where: ey nah
when: pel nas
what: ey kei
why: hat ey
now: eylowni
already: hai
but: bontai
morning: arune
afternoon: tngai
evening: l'ngeach
night: yup
time: pel or mao (literally hour) (maong, mao = to come)
today: tngai nis
tomorrow: tngai sa-ek
yesterday: meselmen
week: ateut
month: kai
this: a nis
then: pel, or ta (meaning that)
there: ti nos
here: ti nis
and: nung
with: jia muoy
good: la-aah
bad: akrok
problem: panya
price: thlay
dollar: riel (under 100), dolla (100+)
money: loy
food: mahope
water: dteuk
rice: bai
clothes: kao aiv (literally pants-shirt)
clean: somart
dirty: ?
big: thom
small: tuot
hot: kdau
cold: ?
open: bat
shut: bart
red: kraham
yellow: lieng
green: bejtang
blue: kh-eu
white: sow
black: kh'maw
house: pteah
home: pteah
shop: phsar (market?)
school: sala
place: kanlain (very useful, e.g. "kanlain tuol ka")
toilet: bontop teuk
car: laan
moto: moto
bus: ?
name: chmo
left: chvein
right: sadam
up: ?
down: ?
happy: sabay chet
unhappy: aht sabay (?)
angry: ?
scared: ?
sick: chuu
hungry: klean
beautiful: sa aart
father: pok
mother: mai
brother: bong proh (older), oun proh (younger)
sister: bong srey (older), oun srey (younger)
child: kon
husband: p'dey
wife: prap un
family: kru-sa
friend: puk maat
people: menuh
man: proh
woman: srey
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