important verbs Flashcards
to ask
suo(r) (question)
som (request, permission)
pung (favor)
to be
cjia
kgoo
to have
there is / there are
mien
to go (to)
thow
to be located
now
to come
mauw
to live
rue now
to work for
twer-kaa aowee
to live
djole-djet [cool-cet]
to enjoy
sabaiy
to work
twer-kaa
to inform
chumriap
to tell
prap
to say
tah
to speak
nee-yiay
to want
djahng
to replace / to do instead of
djum-noor (koat)
to do / to make
twer
to eat
nyam [n~am]
hope [hoop]
see
pee-saah
to know (info)
dung / driab
to know (how to)
djeh
to know / to recognize
skoal
to drink
phuk
nyam
pee-saah
to die
to pass away
slep
koe-it
to still be alive
now rueh
to hold / to carry
caan
to fly
hah
to ride
djeeh
to bite
kehm
to listen
s-dahp [sdap]
to understand
nobody understands yet
yule [yul]
Koom-mien niak-naa toen yule teh.
to walk
to function properly (~to work)
daey
to introduce someone
nye no-am aowee sko-al
it is nice to …
Knyom sabaiy djyet nah dieyl bahn …
to meet
djuop
to think / to plan
kit (tah)
to have to / must / to be necessary
to be correct
trow [treow] / djahm baad
trow [treow] haey
to need
treow kaa
to shave / to rip off
that’s a rip off
cow
cow m-lay
to try hard
kahm
to grow
dehm
to heal
saah
djia saah s-baiy
to dry
kah
to sleep
somrahn (to parents/elders)
deiy (to children)
kain (to peers)
to operate to turn on to open to start to drive
baeuk
to drive (car)
baeuk laan
to come
mauw
don’t / do not (+verb)
kohm (long O)
to hit
djahm
to kill
sohm-laap
to have meaning
mien niey
to read (=aan) / to watch / to take care of
muhl
to explain
punyule
to not be
muhn-mahn djia / muhn djia
to help
djoo-ey
to insure
tia-nia
to spread
small change
numbers to ten
riay
to take a break
chang-ling
som-raak
to go for a walk
daay-ling
to be good at
poo-kai
bun
bun prohsap
to run
rote
to cross
to cross a mountain
kat
kat-phnom
to visit
thow-ling
to play
ling
to do something for fun
twer-ling
to tease / to joke
nee-yiay-ling
to swim
hael-thuk
to exercise
to run (for exercise)
haht-prahn
rote-haht-prahn
to cook
twer-ma-hope
to buy
theeny
to talk on the phone
too-ra-sahp
to hear
I heard that …
leuoow
knyom leuoow tah …
to turn
ngee-ak
to be born
kaayt
to cheat
keiy-ee
to look for
rok
to wait / to remember
djaam
to leave
to leave from
to leave to
djaang
djaang-pee
djaang-thow
to wake up (myself)
pyet-pee-kaine
crow pee kaine
to write
saw-say
to read
aan
to do something together
verb + djia-muoy kanere
to smash
to cheat on someone
to wash (for clothes)
bauwk (ow)
to take
yoke
to come to visit
to come to visit me
mauw-ling
mauw-ling knyom
to forget
plit
to pay / to throw / to cast
bahng (short)
to go to sleep
djole somrahn / kaine / deiy
to give
aow-wee / djoon
to grow up
thom-now
to dance
rowan
to see
keu-en
to enter
djole
to just have done something
i just ate
theup nung (+verb)
knyom theup nung nyam bye.
to freeze
kahk
to deposit to wash (for hair) to fall (for rain)
kak
to lose / to be defeated
djaan
to die (for animals, plants, machines, other things)
ngo-ob
to hurry
ru(eh) ro-an
to taste
ruo-djiat
to give back / to pay back
sohng (wyn)
to build / to construct
sahng (short)
to lose (something)
baat (short)
to believe
djooeu(r)
to hope
song-koum
to organize / to prepare
riap-djahm
to have a mission
mien pey-saa-kah-kahm
to bring something to
please bring beer to drink
yo(k) [something] mo(k)
som yok beay(r) mok nyam
to get
bahn
to pick
beh
to burn
cheh
to paint
coo
to sell
lok (oo; short)
to drown
long (short)
to find
rok keu-eny
to invite
aan-djoon / how
aan-djoon
answer (noun)
to answer
djum-lauee
ch-lauee
to take / to bring
yo(k)
to not be accustomed to something
ex: he’s not accustomed to living here
muhn djeh
koat muhn djeh rue now thee-nee
to braise
kahw
to jump
lote (long O)
to go to bed
thow kaine
to interview
sum-peah
to lead / to bring to
no-am
to be able to (before verb)
to be able to (end of sentence)
aadj
bahn
wait and listen
djam s-dahp
to arrive / to reach a destination
dahl (short)
to pump
sahp (short)
to miss (i.e. to be late)
kahk
to mug someone
chahk (short)
to suffocate
thahk
to use
praa(y)
to pour (also for gasoline)
to poke
to stab
to bet (gambling)
djaah(k)
to be empty / depleted
ahw
to be out of gasoline
ahw sang
to play music
djaah(k) pling
to start
to catch / to arrest
djab-eh-dow / djab
djab
to take note
cahth (short)
to fan / to breeze
bahc (short)
to peel
bahc
to run out of time
I ran out of money
ahw mauwng
knyom ahw loiy
to respond
thahb
to bend
baht (short)
to cut
caat (short)
to turn off
to close
but
to watch a movie
muhl kon (long O)
to have a feeling
mien djet / mien ah-rahm
to hire / to rent
djool
to take care of
taiy
to send
p-nyaah
to return
trah-lahp
to decide
sahm-raiyeek-(djet)
to have a meeting - formal and informal
proh-djoom (formal)
chuop djoom ; naat chuop kanere (informal)
go ahead
go ahead and eat
thow djoh
thow nyam djoh
to go down
djoh
to have something with me
mien [something] djuop mow djia-muoy
to pay
djany (long A) loiyee
to treat
paow
wait a moment
djam muoy pleht
to borrow
k-djaiyee
to lose (profit / money)
kaath
to vote
bauh-ch-nouwt
let’s go
aan-djung thow
to gossip
nee-yiay-dowm
to choose / to select
ch-reu reu
to practice
haat
to smoke
cigarette
djook / peet-saah
baa-raiyee
to crawl
wia
to call
haow
to let go / to divorce / to stop / to release
lang (long A)
to wear (bottoms) to wear (tops) to get dressed
slee-it
pae-ik
slee-it pae-ik
to still be doing something
now thaiy (+verb)
to destroy / to break / to ruin
koiyit
to sit
please sit down
ahng-koiyee
Som ahng-koiyee djoh.
to stand
please stand up
choh (long O)
Som choh laung
to force
bahng-kohm (long O)
to stop (someone else)
bahn-chop (long O)
to disturb / to annoy / to bother
chaa-chaow
to run away
rote djaoo
to raise
adoptive / foster
djeny-djoum
to help
djooey
to leave early
to leave late
djAny moon maung
djAny crowey maung
to not be able to find
roke muhn baan
If you cannot do it
baa lok twer muhn baan /
baa lok muhn aadj twer
to order / to command / to instruct
bahng-koab
to flatter
to be flattered
bahn-djo
djo
to trick / to cheat / to dupe
bahn-chowt
to pledge / to swear / to promise
sahd-djaa
to develop
aa-pee-wot
to drop
bahn-thok
to add
bahn-taime
to take out / off
bahn-tahy
to back up
tahy
to multiply
coon
to have the right
mien sit
to travel / to take a trip
twer dahm naay
to love
srah-laany
s-naiy
to link / to connect
p-djo-ab
to show
bang-haany
to control / to be on top of
control (noun)
druot
kaa-druot
just chit-chatting
nee-yiay knia ling
to pretend
twer djia
to check
chaiyk / cheeit
to support
ko-am-tro
to tell a lie
nee-yiay po
to tell the truth
nee-yiay kah pit / nee-yiay pit
to oppose
proh-chang (long A)
to have benefit / use / interest
to be useless
mien proh-yauwee
ahk / kumien proh-yauwee
to go to war
twer sohng-kriam
to do something correctly
twer treow
to do something incorrectly
twer koh
to make something right
daah treow
to respect
koe-robe
to start (machine)
bahny-cheh
to not start
muhn cheh
to announce
prah-kaah
to stay quiet
now s-neeyim
to describe
riap-roab
to look closely
bee-nit-muhl
should (+verb)
coouh
to allow / to agree to do something
yol-prom
to agree (about idea)
yol-srahb
to go out
djen crow / daay ling
to repair / to fix
djooeh-djole / twer
to burn (oneself)
ro-leak
to wash (car, dishes, things)
to wash (clothes) / to smash
leeng
bouwk
to do laundry
bouwk cow-aow
to send
to send to
p-ngaah
p-ngaah aowee / p-ngaah djoun
to be missing
baat cloo-in
to climb / to go up
laung (+thow)
hurry up (imperative)
to be in a hurry
chohp laung
proh-nyahb
to cause
bohn-daal
to sing
dj-rieng
