Lesson 7: Simple Present Tense Flashcards
Learning to Speak Khmer: Part 1
Simple Present Tense: Statement
Subject + Verb + Object (if any)
Simple Present Tense: Interrogative
Dta + Subject + Verb + Object (if any) + reu dtay?
Simple Present Tense: Negative Response
Dtay + Subject + mun/ott + Verb + Object + dtay.
Simple Present Tense: Affirmative Response
Baat (if male)/Jaa (if female) + Subject + Verb + Object.
Subject + Verb + Object (if any)
Simple Present Tense: Statement
Dta + Subject + Verb + Object (if any) + reu dtay?
Simple Present Tense: Interrogative
Dtay + Subject + mun/ott + Verb + Object + dtay.
Simple Present Tense: Negative Response
Baat (if male)/Jaa (if female) + Subject + Verb + Object.
Simple Present Tense: Affirmative Response
Dta goa-ut joal jeut gay reu dtay?
Does she like them (or not)?
Dta goa-ut s’koa-ul krooa-sa loak/neak reu dtay?
Does she know your family?
Dta pa-own bproh loak/neak bark laan reu dtay?
Does your little brother drive a car?
Dta oa-bpook-m’dai loak/neak nou bpra-dtayh Kampuchea reu dtay?
Do your parents live in Cambodia?
Dta lpoak dtou saa-laa ree-un reu dtay?
Do you go to school?
Does she like them (or not)?
Dta goa-ut joal jeut gay reu dtay?
Does she know your family?
Dta goa-ut s’koa-ul krooa-sa loak/neak reu dtay?
Does your little brother drive a car?
Dta pa-own bproh loak/neak bark laan reu dtay?
Do your parents live in Cambodia?
Dta oa-bpook-m’dai loak/neak nou bpra-dtayh Kampuchea reu dtay?
Do you go to school?
Dta lpoak dtou saa-laa ree-un reu dtay?
Dtay, goa-ut mun joal jeut gay dtay.
No, she doesn’t like them (no).
Dtay, goa-ut mun s’koa-ul krooa-sa k’nyom dtay.
No, she doesn’t know my family.
Dtay, pa-own bproh k’nyom mun bark laan dtay.
No, my little brother doesn’t drive a car.
Dtay, goa-ut mun ni-yee-ay ong-klayh dtay.
No, he doesn’t speak English.
Dtay, oa-bpook-m’dai k’nyom ott nou bpra-dtayh Kampuchea dtay.
No, my parents don’t live in Cambodia.
Dtay, k’nyom ott dtou saa-laa-ree-un dtay.
No, I don’t go to school.
Baat, goa-ut joal jeut gay.
Yes, she likes them.
Baat/jaa, goa-ut s’koa-ul krooa-sa k’nyom.
Yes, she knows my family.
Baat/jaa, pa-own bproh k’nyom bark laan.
Yes, my little brother drives a car.
Baat/jaa, goa-ut ni-yee-ay ong-klayh.
Yes, he speaks English.
Baat/jaa, oa-bpook-m’dai k’nyom nou bpra-dtayh Kampuchea.
Yes, my parents live in Cambodia.
Baat/jaa, k’nyom dtou saa-laa-ree-un.
Yes, I go to school.
No, she doesn’t like them (no).
Dtay, goa-ut mun joal jeut gay dtay.
No, she doesn’t know my family.
Dtay, goa-ut mun s’koa-ul krooa-sa k’nyom dtay.
No, my little brother doesn’t drive a car.
Dtay, pa-own bproh k’nyom mun bark laan dtay.
No, he doesn’t speak English.
Dtay, goa-ut mun ni-yee-ay ong-klayh dtay.
No, my parents don’t live in Cambodia.
Dtay, oa-bpook-m’dai k’nyom ott nou bpra-dtayh Kampuchea dtay.
No, I don’t go to school.
Dtay, k’nyom ott dtou saa-laa-ree-un dtay.
Yes, she likes them.
Baat, goa-ut joal jeut gay.
Yes, she knows my family.
Baat/jaa, goa-ut s’koa-ul krooa-sa k’nyom.
Yes, my little brother drives a car.
Baat/jaa, pa-own bproh k’nyom bark laan.
Yes, he speaks English.
Baat/jaa, goa-ut ni-yee-ay ong-klayh.
Yes, my parents live in Cambodia.
Baat/jaa, oa-bpook-m’dai k’nyom nou bpra-dtayh Kampuchea.
Yes, I go to school.
Baat/jaa, k’nyom dtou saa-laa-ree-un.
