voyager1970 » 11 ноя 2006, 12:50
Basics
Hello.
. (Chum riep sueh)
Hello. (informal)
. (sues dei)
How are you?
? (sok sabbai te?)
Fine, thank you.
. (la'or, arkhun)
What is your name?
? (Lok chmuah ey?)
My name is ______ .
______ . (Knyom chmuah _____ .)
Nice to meet you.
. ( )
Please.
. (Soum)
Thank you.
. (Aw khun)
You're welcome.
. (Muhn ay te or Unjuhn)
Yes.
. (ja female) (baaht men)
No.
. (ot te)
Excuse me. (getting attention)
. (soum doh)
Excuse me. (begging pardon)
. (soum doh)
I'm sorry.
. (soum doh)
Goodbye
. (chum riep leah)
Goodbye (informal)
. (leah sen heuy)
I can't speak name of language [well].
[ ]. (khnyom ot seu cheh niyeay pia'saa khmae te)
Do you speak English?
? (Cheh niyeay pia'saa Anglais baan te?)
Is there someone here who speaks English?
? (Mean neak nass cheh Anglais te?)
Help!
! (Chouay!)
Look out!
! (Moul sen!)
Good morning.
. ( )
Good evening.
. ( )
Good night.
. ( )
Good night (to sleep)
. ( )
I don't understand.
. (Min yul dtey)
Where is the toilet?
? (Bangkun now ey nah?)
[edit]Problems
[edit]Numbers
Although Khmer uses base-10 numbers, the numbers for 1-9 are effectively spoken as base-5. Thus, six (bpram mouy) literally means five (bpram), one (mouy); whereas sixteen (dop bpram mouy) is ten (dop), five (bprum), one (mouy).
In practice, the word 'sep' is often omitted from the numbers for 30-90. However, it is generally considered more proper to include the word.
1 = mouy
2 = bpii
3 = bai
4 = buen
5 = bpram
6 = bpram mouy
7 = bpram bpii (or bpram pol)
8 = bpram bai
9 = bpram buen
10 = dop
20 = m'pai
30 = sam sep
40 = see sep
50 = ha sep
60 = hok sep
70 = chet sep
80 = bpet sep
90 = gow sep
100 = mouy roy (or m'roy)
1000 = mouy poan (or m'poan)
10,000 = mouy meun (or m'meun)
100,000 = mouy sen (or m'sen)
[edit]Time
Time = Moung
[edit]Clock time
What time is it? = Moung bon maan?
Moung mouy tngai (day) = 1 pm
Moung mouy yup (night) = 1 am
[edit]Duration
Hour = moung
Minute = natii
[edit]Days
Day = tngai
One day = mouy tngai
[edit]Months
Month = duen
Carpe Diem
"He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future."
-- George Orwell